Dash-001 Great Emperor

* Zero
* Premium

The **Dash-001 Great Emperor** (Japanese: ダッシュ００１号 大帝グレートエンペラー, *Dasshu Marumaruichi-gō Gurēto Enperā*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on September 18, 1991.

It was featured in manga *Dash! Yonkuro* as Yonkuro Hinomaru's 4th machine in the series.

## General info

The Great Emperor featuring some design changes from the Super Emperor; The rear spoiler was changed to the one that was seen on the Horizon and the additional front spoiler was added to the front (in which covers the front bumper).

The normal default form with front spoiler, rear spoiler and rear cowl attached was called **Super Aero Formation** (Japanese: スーパーエアロフォーメーション, *Sūpā Earo Fōmēshon*). By removing the rear spoiler, the rear cowl and the front spoiler, the **Naked Formation** (Japanese: ネイキッドフォーメーション, *Neikiddo Fōmēshon*) can be recreated. Since the front spoiler is covering the front bumper, it has to be removed if user wishes to install any Grade-Up Parts on the front bumper.

### Standard and Premium

Both the standard and the Premium variant features the more traditional Emperor color schemes, with the white body and red/orange trims on it.

The standard model was equipped with the white, medium diameter 5-spoke G-Emperor-type wheels paired with the black high-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in gray.

The original Great Emperor comes with paper-type stickers, while the Premium variant comes with foil-type stickers to give the bodyshell a metallic look.

The Premium variant was equipped with the deep gold, small diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheel paired with the black, treaded radial tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in dark gray and red respectively, and the easy locking gear cover was molded in red.

### Special Kit

The limited Special Kit variant comes with a polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis molded in black and an additional Dash-3 Shooting Star bodyshell. Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard variant.

The Special Kit comes with the monochrome, downsized version of chapter 12 to 17 of the *Shin Dash! Yonkuro* manga.

## In media

### *Dash! Yonkuro*

The Great Emperor was made by Genkuro Hinomaru (Yonkuro's father), created from his own Dash-01 Super Emperor. Genkuro return to Japan before the tournament final and give the Great Emperor to his best friend Mr. Sumeragi, who then later give it to Yonkuro without him and the rest of the team knowing the car's origin. It was first used it in the national tournament's final.

It is everything superior to Super Emperor, to the point where Yonkuro's teammate Shinkuro was unable to catch it. During the beginning of the tournament's final, it get the head start, but starts to slow down due to strong downforce and the air pressure being building inside the bodyshell!

Genkuro, who is watching the race alongside Mr. Sumeragi, decided to have Mr. Sumeragi to tell Yonkuro the Great Emperor's origin and the other secret it has: The Great Emperor has two faces. Just then, Tankuro's Neo Burning Sun was busted right on the front of a big slope due to the use of condenser circuit, and Yonkuro was able to figure out his car's mystery when he saw that the smokes (produces from the Neo Burning Sun's busted motor) collides with the slope road's surface. Yonkuro then removes the front spoiler, the rear spoiler and the rear cowl and the car regains its superior performance due to reduced pressure. Using the busted Neo Burning Sun as a jump stand, the Great Emperor crossed the finish line ahead of Momotaro's Crimson Glory, leading to the ultimate victory for the Dash Warriors in the national tournament.

During the Black Mistral arc, Yonkuro participates into the Hell Caravan rally with his Great Emperor, but during the first stage, its front bumper and front spoiler got damaged. This forced Yonkuro to switch to Emperor and later Liberty Emperor.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the original Great EmperorBoxart of Special Kit.
## Trivia

* The Great Emperor was chosen to be the cover car for the 1991's Tamiya Japan Cup.

## See also

* Dash-1 Emperor
* Dash-01 Super Emperor
* Liberty Emperor (Dash! Yonkuro)
* Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor
* Rise-Emperor

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Dash-001 Great Emperor at Tamiya Japan
* Dash-001 Great Emperor Premium at Tamiya Japan
* Dash-001 Great Emperor Special Kit (reissue) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Dash-001 Great Emperor Premium at Tamiya America
* Dash-001 Great Emperor Special Kit (reissue) at Tamiya Japan