【Speedhunters：译起看车】JDM幻梦——四车同堂

原标题：A Four-Car Garage Of JDM Dreams

原作者：Toby Thyer

Desire makes people do crazy things. Wanting a piece of something special is human nature, but when there’s suddenly a shortage of something that everyone wants, things start to get a bit silly.

All of a sudden people want old Honda Civics in any configuration and are willing to pay crazy money for something that originally sold in hundreds of thousands of units. I think you all know what happens when people start lusting over something of which only 1,945 units were built…
    热情，驱使着人们不断做出疯狂的举动。想要一件宝贝是人类的本能，但当大家期盼的宝贝突然供不应求，事情就略显怪诞了。

     仿佛一夜间，人们就开始追捧老款思域了。人们愿意为这些原本只生产了几千辆的老家伙倾家荡产。不难想象，当人们痴迷于这些只生产了1945台的家伙时，会发生什么...... 

  All around the world, used car prices are skyrocketing and people who can are buying up collectible vehicles from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and early-’00s like there’s no tomorrow. There is a tomorrow of course, but it’s likely to be all-electric. That means, as these cars get squirrelled away by those with the financial means to do so, the rest of us are left to fight over base model cars, which in turn have their prices grossly distorted. 

    世界各地，二手车价格正在火箭式飞升。付得起的人们疯狂地将70、80、90年代乃至千禧年的中古车收入囊中，仿佛已然世界末日。当然，汽车业还有明天，只不过是一个电动化的明天。这意味着，上述这些车被有钱人一抢而空后，只留下几款模型共我们争抢。事实上，就连这些模型的价格也在不断攀升。

    When I was in Osaka last year, I stopped by Sho-san’s garage to check out his collection of modified kyusha. With only 45 minutes to get back to the airport for my return flight, this really was a fleeting visit.

    我去年在大阪时，曾经在Sho桑的车库留步，参观了几辆改装的kyusha。离飞机起飞只有45分钟，这真是一次简短的体验。

Considering their value, most of Sho-san’s classics rarely see the road, but luckily for me his restomodded Rocket Bunny-kitted S30 Fairlady Z was ready for a run. With the engine warmed up, we set off for a very quick lap around the block.

   由于价格昂贵，Sho桑的大部分藏品都在道路上极为罕见。幸运的是，这台restomod风格，配有火箭兔套件的S30淑女Z还可以跑跑。引擎预热后，我们绕着街区快速地来了一圈。

  Personally, I love this Z’s cold slate grey paintwork offset by the 18-inch Slybucks Forged wheels (made by Slybucks Forged) with the splash of yellow. 

  就我个人而言，青灰色的外漆衬托上18英寸的Slybucks Forged轮圈，再来几点黄漆，真是酷毙了！

Unfortunately, I just didn’t have time to photograph the details, so my sincere apologies for that. I’ll paint a picture for you though: a plush red leather retrim (with perforations and chrome rivets for the seats), air suspension, and an L-series engine on ITBs. It was mesmerising to see and hear it out on the street for the few minutes we had to shoot.

可惜，我没有时间拍下这些细节，我为此真诚道歉。为此，我将为你口述我看到的奇观：豪华的红色皮革装饰(带有穿孔和铬铆钉)座椅，空气悬架，以及ITB上的l系列发动机......在我们拍摄的那几分钟里，真是让人着迷。

  Cars of this era are very special indeed. They resonate across multiple generations, the older for nostalgia and the younger because these cars are Instagramably cool. 

  这个年代的车确实令人着迷。它们串起了几代人的共鸣：年老者多有一份怀旧，而年轻人也热爱它们——毕竟，它们可是Instagram上的明星！

All four cars in Sho-san’s garage are worth a closer look, and the next time I’m down in Osaka I’ll try to do just that with some proper features. But which one would you most like to see more of? And on top of that, which one would you daily drive, and which one would you keep as an investment and not drive?

Personally, I would just drive them all. But then, I’ve never really been good with money.

  Sho桑的四辆藏车都很值得一看，我会在下次去大阪时想办法为你们呈现。但是，哪一辆车是你的菜？更重要的是，你会选哪一辆车日常代步，又会把谁当做投资性的理财产品？

    就我而言，我愿意把它们全开上路！话说回来，我可是从来不擅长理财。