A brief history of the Pig decal that's on the wing mirrors of Petter's car
02 November 2005, 01:58 PM
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A brief history of the Pig decal that's on the wing mirrors of Petter's car
Right, i'm going to enlighten you into the world of the Subaru Pig as no one seems to know the full history apart from it being sponsorship from Young Magazine (a Japanese version of FHM
)
it's called P-Chan, and it's a black pig from the Manga comic Ranma 1/2, which ended back in 1996, the character Ryoga is cursed in the comic and whenever he gets wet turns into this pig, i won't even get started on the main character who turns into a girl when he gets wet
you'll just have to Google if you're that interested i presume Young Magazine have just adopted it as their logo over time
so there you go 
Last edited by flat4; 03 November 2005 at 01:28 PM. Reason: the feckin' picture was a red cross, so i thought i'd add some more pics while i'm at it
02 November 2005, 02:13 PM
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Well done flat4.
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Originally Posted by Silver Scooby Sport
"The pig is a mascot for the Japanese manga (comic) magazine Young Magazine. It's always somewhere on the cover, an example of which can be found here: Clicky (Warning: This will always have a bikini-clad teenie-bopper on the cover. It's your call if it's appropriate for work!)
The pig appears on Petter Solberg's rally car. For the past two years the pig has only been on the driver's side mirror. Back in 2002 it showed up on the co-driver's side as well, but that seems to have been dropped now. It ONLY appears on Petter's car -- Mikko's car doesn't have it, and Tommi's (when he was with Subaru) did not either. Toshihiro Arai (in the Production championship) has the pig on both of his side mirrors, as well as a little piggie on his driving suit. I suspect that it's a personal sponsor, rather than sponsoring the entire Subaru World Rally Team or STi."
"The pig is a mascot for the Japanese manga (comic) magazine Young Magazine. It's always somewhere on the cover, an example of which can be found here: Clicky (Warning: This will always have a bikini-clad teenie-bopper on the cover. It's your call if it's appropriate for work!)
The pig appears on Petter Solberg's rally car. For the past two years the pig has only been on the driver's side mirror. Back in 2002 it showed up on the co-driver's side as well, but that seems to have been dropped now. It ONLY appears on Petter's car -- Mikko's car doesn't have it, and Tommi's (when he was with Subaru) did not either. Toshihiro Arai (in the Production championship) has the pig on both of his side mirrors, as well as a little piggie on his driving suit. I suspect that it's a personal sponsor, rather than sponsoring the entire Subaru World Rally Team or STi."
Darren
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03 November 2005, 01:30 PM
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just added a pic of the 'P-Chan' on Petter's car as i don't think it was obvious to all what i was on about 
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