The Italians have their Mille Miglia, the British have their rallies, and the Japanese have their own word for spirited driving through back roads: touge. Pronounced “toe-geh,” the foreign phraseology translates to “pass,” meaning routes of mountainous switchback tarmac with extreme elevation changes optimal for some good old-fashioned driver competition.
Though popular in The Land of the Rising Sun, the challenging Japanese rally is a recipe few stateside enthusiasts have been able to taste. That was, until last year when Japanese Nostalgic Car cofounder and all-around petrolisti Ben Hsu decided sunny Southern California would be the perfect place for the inaugural JNC Touge. Read More
Though popular in The Land of the Rising Sun, the challenging Japanese rally is a recipe few stateside enthusiasts have been able to taste. That was, until last year when Japanese Nostalgic Car cofounder and all-around petrolisti Ben Hsu decided sunny Southern California would be the perfect place for the inaugural JNC Touge. Read More
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