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"Terrazi is a major motorcycle manufacturer making its debut in Real Racing Roots '99 as a car manufacturer. They're known for their engines that are likened to precision instruments and unusual body designs."
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

Terramotors Corporation, or more commonly known as Terrazi (Japanese: テラジ), is a Japanese manufacturer that debuted in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4.

Founded by Soichiro Teraji (Japanese: 寺路 正一郎), Terrazi started as a motorcycle manufacturer, and entered the Real Racing Roots '99 as a car manufacturer. This background makes Terrazi comparable to Honda; the given name of the company founder gives the fact away. Terrazi is widely known for their surreal body styles that other manufacturers can't imitate, including Wildboar (a reverse trike), Starlight (a 1960s style Formula One car with a canopy), and Destroyer (a prototype car that resembles a Mini 4WD car). Terrazi is also involved in rocket car projects with the Utopia and Terrajin.

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R4-only cars[]

Post-R4 cars[]

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The Terrazi Gaia billboard in Ace Combat 7.


Trivia[]

  • The manufacturer itself is named after one of the Xevious enemies of the same name.
    • The Terrazi text also appears in Rave Racer in both Ridge Racer and City courses, although at this time car manufacturers had yet to be established.
  • The logo of Terrazi is somewhat similar to that of Daihatsu, except where Daihatsu features a stylized "D", that of Terrazi is a stylized "T".
    • In a way, it also resembles the Lexus logo.
  • In Ridge Racer 7, in some of the car unlock cutscenes, Terrazi's full name, "Terramotors Corporation", is often misspelled as "Teramotors Corporation" (note the missing extra "R").
  • Despite Terrazi also being a motorcycle brand, there are currently no known Terrazi motorcycles that have appeared in the games to date, due to the Ridge Racer series heavy focus on cars over motorcycles.
    • However, a Terrazi NFR 990 H motorcycle made an appearance in MotoGP 3, also made by Namco.
  • In Ridge Racer 7, a news report states that Terrazi has a car museum near the Highland Cliffs district, which is claimed to contain more than 200 Terrazi vehicles (possibly also their motorcycles); this might be Ridge State's counterpart of the Honda Collection Hall, given that Terrazi is based on Honda.
  • The founder's name, Soichiro Teraji is an obvious reference to Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda, which also produced motorcycles before eventually producing cars. His last name, Teraji, also makes a reference to Mazda in one way (as the brand's name is derived from the founder's last name, which is "Matsuda").
  • Terrazi is referenced in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune arcade game series (in particular, WMMT5, 5DX, 5DX+ and 6), also made by Bandai Namco, where they are featured on the tire branding of a special model of a Toyota HiAce Wagon (with a heightened suspension), and is also a secret unlockable car in the said game series.
  • Terrazi is also one of two brands in the series to have purely electric vehicles (one such example would be the Destroyer). The other brand to have an electric vehicle later on would be Himmel, with their 490B special machine, albeit with an inline-6 for a range extender.
CEDEC2020 HDRI Test

A HDRI rendering test scene produced by Bandai Namco from the CEDEC 2020 show, containing an actual 3D model of the Terrazi Gaia

  • In Ace Combat 7, there is a billboard for Terrazi Gaia, Terrazi's latest sports car. Said sports car is advertised as a "lean, mean green machine", indicating that it might be an electric vehicle like the Destroyer, or at the very least, a hybrid.
    • A model of the Gaia is used as a True HDRI rendering demo shown at the CEDEC 2020 conference, although in different color compared to the billboard in Ace Combat 7.
  • Based on the fact that Terrazi built motorcycles, it is possible that they manufactured the motorcycles featured in both Cyber Cycles, Nirin, and Dead Heat Riders, motorcycle arcade games created by Namco, as well as the NFR990H, a fictional racing motorcycle in MotoGP 3.
    • A motorcycle with Terrazi logos appears in Go Vacation.
    • It may be possible that the scooters of Pac-Man's ghosts in Ridge Racer V are actually Terrazi-branded, but are re-fitted with different powerplants.
    • In the Tekken series, it is likely that Hwoarang's motorcycle is a Terrazi. Others would likely be Nina Williams and Jin Kazama's motorcycles from Tekken 6, including those seen in Tekken 8.
    • This therefore, makes Terrazi, along with Kamata and Danver, one of the few manufacturers to have some of their products featured in other Bandai Namco titles/franchises, but not have them present in the Ridge Racer games.
Manufacturers in the Ridge Racer series
Active Âge · Assoluto · Danver · Gnade · Himmel · Kamata · Lucky & Wild · Sinseong · Soldat · Terrazi · Zihua
Defunct Lizard · Rivelta
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