Anybody else getting excited for the North American debut of the Mazda2 AKA, the Demio? I sure am. Here's Trial's tuned Demio for a bit of inspiration. Can't wait to have a go behind the wheel in one of these! -Mike Garrett Trial
There has been a lack of VIP love around here as of late so I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of a car a friend of mine spotted while checking out Japanese car blogs. I'm not sure what shop is responsible for this creation or what kit it runs but it's by far one of the most extreme and lowest Crown Athletes I've ever seen. Check
The aggressive, modern style aero and big wheels might not be everyone's taste, but I think Kei Paddock's NA SR20-powered 510 Bluebird project car is rad. Spotted the Fukuoka Custom Car Show in Feburary. -Mike Garrett
It's been some time since a hot looking Japanese van has been posted here, no? Here's a very tasty looking dark green Odyssey found in the vast Minkara archive. Oh Honda, if you could just import the J-Odyssey to the USA, that'd be swell. -Mike Garrett
The last time I was over at Amuse I saw, probably for the last time, one of the most legendary cars that the late Tanabe-san had every built, the Carbon-R. Tanabe-san wanted to create the ultimate time attack R34 GT-R by taking inspiration from the Super GT R34 GT-Rs. This meant a very responsive and torquey engine and a lot of weigh loss which was
Been holding on to this special picture for a while now. March 4th, so this is the perfect time to post it up. This group shot was taken with a few of my friend's R34s, mine is the one in the middle with the bronze wheels. -Dino Dalle Carbonare
My first contribution to this Skyline week was supposed to be an R31 gathering, a meeting that never actually materialized! Not sure if it was the rain that kept people home but I haven't seen Daikoku that empty in a long time! So to make up for it I though I'd post this random shot of a very clean R31 Skyline I shot in the parking lot of the
Well to kick off the Skyline week form over here in Japan I though I'd post a shot I took back in 2000 at one of the biggest Skyline-only track days I ever been to. The location as you can see is Tsukuba circuit, which aside from a small new building in the paddock hasn't really changed much! Back then I was still shooting with film! This is
I have had a thing for the R30 for a while now. The more I see these angular eighties Skylines the more I like them and this particular example sporting massive overfenders has to be one of the coolest I have come across. I have no idea who it belongs to but from the license plate it's from southern Japan. Absolutely stunning! -Dino Dalle Carbonare
Just found this shot I took the other month of one of Auto Bahn's most extreme time attach machines, a car owned by a loyal customer of theirs. This R32 Skyline GT-R runs some of the best components out there including a Hollinger sequential gearbox which helps shave precious time from gearshifts. Power is around the 700 HP, enough to guarantee