Alright, here's a build that may lack speed, but more than makes up for it with charm. David as big fan of the Speedhunters and is living a bit of the dream life, restoring vintage cars in at his home in Nagoya, Japan. David's stable includes several different JDM classics, and the latest addition is this 1967 Mitsubishi Minica 360 micro wagon
It's not often that a team opens up their doors to the general public, and certainly not with the open arms that greeted people at the Sumo Power open day down in a surprisingly sunny Rye on the south coast of England. The entire factory was completely accessible and the whole range of JR Motorsport and Sumo Power's activities on display, with
Reader's Month might be over, but we are always looking for cool reader-owned vehicles or guest blogs to post up. Here we have a JDM-spec Mitsubishi FTO GPX that belongs to reader Jacob of Australia. The FTO might not be the most popular platform around, but you have to love the 2.0L V6 that revs all the way up to 8250 RPM. Cool car, Jacob! -Mike
Reader Anthony Magat from the Philippines sent us a couple photos of his two classic JDM machines for Readers Month. Retro Japanese cars, and Toyotas in general are huge in the Phillipines. In fact, it seems like the place might be home to the largest population of of old school Toyota heads in the world. Mark shows his Toyota love with this rat-inspired
Hello Speedhunters, my name is Robert G and I roam the streets of the Portland Oregon area. I bought this 86 Mitsubishi Starion as a wounded animal, miss treated and abused. I saw it as a blank canvas to paint my dream car and could not resist. This would be my 3rd 1986 Starion, 3rd time's the charm I guess. I gave away my first two to fellow Starion
Head to the Desktops section to grab widescreen or standard format desktops of the amazing Sumo Power/JR Motorsport warehouse, packed with Mitsubishi Evo Xs. Jonathan Moore
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: Somewhere in the UK… Almost 50 Mitsibishi Evo Xs lie dormant in a dark warehouse, awaiting the reactivation of a one-make series.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: Somewhere in the UK… Almost 50 Mitsibishi Evo Xs lie dormant in a dark warehouse, awaiting the reactivation of a one-make series.
Sure the air dam is cracked to hell. Ok there’s no grill. Yes that’s gaffers’ tape over the fog lights. Does any of that matter? No. Nothing matters except the joy that comes from daily driving it, drifting it, jumping it, racing it, and thrashing it. Every dent, scrape, and spray painted quarter panel has a story. Each bit of the
Sometimes you have good days. And then there are great days. Having taken in the impressive JR Motosport/Sumo Power factory in Rye, Rod and I had one more treat in store courtesy of Sumo Power boss Andy Barnes. We drove out to JRM's separate storage facility in my car; starting up my Alfa GTV, Andy asked if it was a diesel... rather embarrassed