Speed Racer Service Stations in Japan

By at 9:23 am Tuesday, Sep 16

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Mach GoGoGo is no mere gas station, as it seems that you can purchase a used car from Trixie and have your bumper resprayed by ChimChim as you enjoy lunch in the cafe. I hope Pops is on the griddle! Having no brand loyalty to any gas station, I must admit, I would be willing to pay an extra nickel a gallon to have a Speed Racer fill-up.

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Mach 5 marketing is nothing new in Japan, as it seems Japanese consumers have been wooed by Speed Racer for some time, although Maruzen Oil's commercial seems to be inspired by, if not sanctioned by, Speed Racer.

Mach GoGoGo Service Stations (via Japanese Nostalgic Car blog)
Mach 5 Race Team

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Mister Jalopy is proprietor of Coco's Variety, which primary business is bicycles. Additionally, we sell Japanese figural pencil erasers, used bike parts, old toolboxes, books worth owning, bike pumps, balsa wood gliders, vintage novelty French flags, metric measuring tapes, oilcloth, Park bicycle tools, wicker bike baskets and Dutch bicycle cargo bags for the carting of fresh produce, the transportation of books of French poetry and the rescuing of kittens. At this time, we sell neither pancakes nor parakeets.

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