Speed Racer Service Stations in Japan

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.

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

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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Aha! Now I will know where to go to get my car refueled and washed and! Ah! Also, where to get my next car from when I am in Japan! Ha ha! Yes, this is the very best gas station in all of Japan and I will always go there when I need to get new gas for my automobile! Oho! I am so excited about Mach GoGoGo super awesome gas and car selling that I must hop from one foot to the other, even as my entire body above the waist remains perfectly still! Ah!
Anonymous

The “upskirts” remind me a lot of 50s pinups by a certain artist.
Cinema Suicide

Awful lot of upskirt shots in that ad…