Kazunori Yamauchi tweets!

[shirakawaa]

Anything interesting in the new tweet from Kaz? ( tweet about 3hours ago)

Still related to Mr. Naruse's death:

成瀬さんに若いころから育てられた多くのトヨタの方からメールをいただきました。（成瀬さんが）こんな終わり方をしては絶対におかしいのです・・・納得できないのです・・・と。残された者たちが、こんな心情を自然に吐露できる風土。歴史と人の厚みがあるトヨタって会社はすごいな、と思います。

I've received emails from many people from Toyota who have been raised by mr. Naruse since their early years. Like: "It's absurd that he (mr. Naruse) ended up this way" ... "I can't accept this"... etc. People are expressing their emotions spontaneously like this. I think that Toyota, with all its history and deep people, is a wonderful company.

 

[Timppaq]

So sad what happened

 

[Denur]

Too bad that Kaz is not able to go to Goodwood this year. There goes my chance to tackle him for a few question.

Although I want to go to Goodwood, My Situation should not allow it this year.

 

[Radracing]

Well if we are getting a bunch of RUF Porsches we might be getting the EV Targa and the V8 Carrera. Hmmm! 💡 I don't think an electric sports car or any EV is useless anyone who thinks so is pretty IMO

 

[Nero9]

Electric cars are useless IMO... 👎
And you won't change my mind.

 

[sparkedglory]

Electric cars are useless IMO... 👎
And you won't change my mind.

Tesla Model S

 

[SuperShouden]

Also, Tesla had started working with Toyota to create an Under-$30,000 car known as the Bluestar. Both the Model S and Bluestar are due out in 2012.

 

[Wingu]

Here's something about a guy wanting a GT5 event prior to the release.

RT @yuuizm: @Kaz_Yamauchi GT5発売直前にイベント的なお祭りを開催して欲しいです。たとえばGT5Pユーザーのオンライン耐久レースとかユーザーからGT5に収録される車のエアロパーツのデザイン画募集とか・・是非一緒に盛り上げて行きたいです!!

Just before the release, I would like you to hold an celebration event! For an example, GT5P user's online endurance race, or a design competition for the aero parts which will be included in GT5... Please, let's get this fire going together!

Reply from Yamauchi: 発売直前に、何かイベントやりたいね。タイムトライアルチャレンジの上位入賞者に賞品渡さないといけないし。

I would like to do an event just before the release. But if we're going to do something like a time trial challenge or such, we would have to give the winner a price too [The grammar part here, indicates that going through the effort of making a prize, is a little tiresome]

 

[eSZee]

Fire? Yamauchi-san is going to burn down PD headquarters after GT5 is released. You heard it here first folks!

 

[SuperShouden]

Does the comment before that from Kaz say he's going to compete in a WRC event or HAS competed?

 

[alba]

Kaz is all over the place

 

[gtone339]

Kaz is all over the place

He's the stig in disguise.

 

[Timppaq]

Thanks Wingu 👍 Really appreciated.

A nice price would be something like to be able to pic a 1 combo (car + track) for the license tests (even from the choices they'd give)

Can you translate that to JP Wingu?

Basically anything to get your "finger prints" on the game

 

[SuperShouden]

I think a nice time trial event would either be using the Top Gear Test Track or Stelvio Pass.

 

[trk29]

What is the "Aero parts" he's talking about?

 

[Slurm]

What is the "Aero parts" he's talking about?

I see it! It excites me!

edit: The mention of aero parts is by a fan, not by kaz. oh well back to blind faith...

 

[SuperShouden]

There's a new tweet up, but I can't make heads or tails with it. Stupid crappy translators.

 

[mbavaria30s]

Some other people were talking about some club in Tokyo (ageHa), but not really sure why. 新木場の辺 is the area around a train station in Tokyo in the area of ageHa. Kaz says the area around the station is nice, especially places like AGEHA.

My Japanese is poor, but what Kaz said was pretty simple. Maybe someone else will chime in, too.

 

[SuperShouden]

There is a new tweet. Nothing to do with GT5...but there is a new tweet.

 

[Wingu]

Yeah, nothing new about GT5 yet.

 

[gtone339]

Whats the new tweet?

 

[SuperShouden]

New tweet on twitter, but it's another one about how Kaz doesn't like the 140 character limit. The first one was stating that it's only 140 characters, but sometimes he could type 140 characters in Japanese and but if it was translated to English, it'd be over 140 words or something, so he likes to tweet in Japanese.

 

[Timppaq]

So he speaks English? What a revelation!!

(good to know, then he must have read my tweets to him )

 

[Jay]

Yeah, he can speak English but seems he doesn't like to unless necessary, there was a small clip of he speaking english in the pit lane at the 24hr Nurb enduro. I didn't know he could read and write english until now though.

 

[SuperShouden]

There have been a couple times when he's spoken English during interviews when someone catches him without Translator-san. (usually at a race he's participating in.) And the Honda twitter-view made it apparent that he could read and write English. (they never said Translator-san was there, and I suspect it was just Kaz himself.)

 

[alba]

There's a picture with him and translator-san. I think he just knows the really basic words

 

[Timppaq]

Like standard & premium? And soon(might be some confusion with this)?

 

[analog]

I've just realised how strange the title of this thread must have looked a few years ago before Twitter..........

 

[Timppaq]

ROFL

 

[paskowitz]

I've just realised how strange the title of this thread must have looked a few years ago before Twitter..........

So true. I would have been like ?!?!