S2 Ep1: The Golden Era of JDM: Prologue

About this episode

This episode introduces the origins of Japan's Golden Era of Cars and explores the country's recovery post-WWII.

In this season of Past Gas, we're exploring the origins of Japan's Golden Era of Cars. How did Japan bounce back from the devastation of WWII? What made their economy so strong? And when did their sports cars become the icons we know today? All will be explained in this 12 part series, stay tuned!

People in this episode

Host: Donut Media

Topics covered

• JDM
• Japanese cars
• post-WWII economy
• sports cars
• automotive history

Keywords

• JDM
• Japanese cars
• Golden Era
• sports cars
• automotive history
• post-WWII

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Japan

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