Trying to find...

[jonesy]

I saw this one anime a long time ago and am trying to track it down.

It was either a movie or the first episode of a series. It began with an introductory scene on a freeway with the main characters on their way to work. I think there were three of them. One had a sports car, one was on a motorcycle and the third had a tiny japanese looking car. They spot each other for the first time while driving through heavy traffic. Then they all receive an alarm from their work and rush there. They arrive to a military base and it's revealed that they are to pilot somekind of a military thingamagig. I faintly remember that it might have been a shapeshifting mecha or something similar. Then there's a huge battle where they all nearly die and the vehicle gets trashed.

Appreciate any help in finding it.

 

[Ranger REG]

Do you remember the characters?

 

[jonesy]

Do you remember the characters?

The only thing I remember about them was that I kept thinking how they looked as if they could have been created by a western artist (as opposed to the usual anime style).

I saw it some ten years ago so it's kind of hard to recall accurately. :\