Time to shift our TAS coverage to Toyota, one manufacturer that has won back the respect of car enthusiasts since the announcement of the FT-86 in fall last year. To everyone's surprise Toyota's new tuning outfit, G's, created a turbocharged version of the new hachiroku , leaving most stunned at just how damn hot this car can look dressed

Next up in my Tokyo Auto Salon coverage, Toyota and Lexus . Recently, Japan's biggest automaker hasn't been offering as many enthusiast-friendly cars as its competitors, but that doesn't mean you couldn't find a bunch of interesting Toyotas at Auto Salon this year. You've already seen some of them sprinkled among my other Auto Salon

The Auto Salon coverage just keeps on coming. Now it's time for a look at some of the VIP sedans from this year's show. Although it seems that fixed up vans and wagons are now outnumbering traditional luxury sedans by a fair amount, there were still a number of VIP style sedans at Tokyo Auto Salon 2009. All in all, it was a mix of old favorites

How about balancing all the racing and drift coverage we have been running lately with some low and slow sedans and wagons. These photos were taken by Minkara member "KiD" at this spring's Tokushima Auto Carnival on mainland Japan's smallest island of Shikoku. Check out the Minkara link for more. KiD's Minkara -Mike Garrett