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Japanese Automotive Invitational
Every year the famed Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance features a sampling of extremely elegant and exclusive cars of the world. However, most of the vehicles invited to Pebble have origins in Europe or America, and the majority were built before World War II. To provide a broader spectrum of automotive history, Infiniti once again sponsored the Japanese Automotive Invitational at Pebble Beach. With a large display located up the hill from the Pebble Beach Golf Links, the Japanese Automotive Invitational provides unique insight to automotive innovation originating from Japan. This is the second year for the JAI, and the collection of outstanding examples of historical Japanese automobiles grew considerably over last year.
VIDEO: Nissan Senior VP of Global Design Alfonso Albaisa on the JAI
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1959 Datsun 221 Pickup
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1959 Datsun 221 Pickup
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1963 Prince Skyline Sport
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1963 Prince Skyline Sport
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1964 Datsun 1500 Fairlady
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1965 Honda S600 Coupe
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1965 Honda S600 Coupe
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1965 Honda S600 Coupe
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1965 Honda S600 Roadster
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1965 Honda S600 Roadster
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1966 Hino Contessa 1300S
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1966 Nissan Silvia CSP311
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1966 Toyota Corona Toyoglide
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1967 Datsun 411 SSS Wagon
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1967 Toyota Sports 800
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1967 Toyota Sports 800
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1971 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO MR
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1971 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO MR
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1971 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO MR
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1971 Nissan Skyline C10 GTR
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1971 Nissan Skyline GTR KPG C10
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1972 Isuzu Bellett GT-R
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1973 Toyota Land Cruiser
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1988 Acura Integra RS
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1988 Mazda RX-7 Turbo
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1988 Mazda RX-7 Turbo
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1988 Nissan 300ZX Race Car
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1992 Mazda Eunos Cosmo
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Japanese Automotive Invitational
1992 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R Nismo Edition
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1996 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 Spyder