Panda the new JDM word?!

[TrboANTsi]

easy guys i wasnt trying to start an argument. I do admit I heard panda back in the days when i was in h.s. and lets just say im httin 30 soon so im an old fart. I honestly though it did come from the style of the ae86 cuz honestly that was the only car back then that i saw with that color combo. These days though its like everyone is trying to abuse it. to me though that was the only car that was cool with it. stateside here back in the days that meant any color car with black bumpers were the basic models..like the old school civics etc. anyways carry on.

[bishoppac8]

i never heard the word til last week when my boy bought a white crx with all the black trim still on it. so its a new word to me. =) lol

[presidential]

To the OP: Why does this bother you? Who cares what anyone says, it's about as stupid as making a thread about it.

[Thatguysstuff]

You make me a Sad panda! Its sexual harassment Panda!



No really i think it pertains to this car....

[fourbanger]

my car is white with black trim...but its not a damn panda ,it's a zebra.

[TrboANTsi]

^lol exactly..why not zebra. also i started this thread to start. thought came up and i posted it. or why not hamburgler hes black and white too.

[Jordan T]

its deff an AE86 thing, GTapex and GT-S's came in that scheme. ive seen hondas guys doing it lately though, doesnt look to slick on a eg hatch i gotta say.

[ThaiRacer]

How can panda's be jdm? I thought they came from china

[Steez]

Who cares? It's just another dumb term.

My car must be panda yo, I have a black roof and mirrors and the rest of the car is white! Oh man!

[Troux]

Just because it's an old term doesn't mean it's not a new fad. For instance, the entire drifting thing is an old sport (mid-late '80s), but reached international fad status just in the past few years. The AE86 in itself wasn't very big until more recently, either. Then there's stuff like veggie oil Benzs, Nurburgring lap times, and of course RHD cars. Old news, new fads.

[shinmei2006]

Just because it's an old term doesn't mean it's not a new fad. For instance, the entire drifting thing is an old sport (mid-late '80s), but reached international fad status just in the past few years. The AE86 in itself wasn't very big until more recently, either. Then there's stuff like veggie oil Benzs, Nurburgring lap times, and of course RHD cars. Old news, new fads.

and supras... cant forget supras

[edmel89]

its just a word..?

[Orion ZyGarian]

and supras... cant forget supras

Supras are srs bizniss. They were popular in the 80s (more made in 89 than from 93-9, just not to mod.

[longfellow2]

I thought pandas were from china?

[Orion ZyGarian]

I thought pandas were from china?

Either way, they arent from Vietnam