On Friday evening myself and Speedhunters photographer Jim Hejl managed to pull outselves away from the NFS offices to check out at the setup day at the Driven to Perform car show. Organizer Jason Tse was kind enough to walk us around the floor at BC Place Stadium, introducing us to the various car owners [...]
Europe's best drifters (and a few of Japan's) have taken over the legendary Silverstone Circuit for the third round of the European Drift Championship. As we noted earlier, this event is featuring the debut of D1 stars and Team Orange members Nobushige Kumakubo and Kazuhiro Tanaka in EDC competition. In addition to the Japanese drivers, [...]
Passion. It's a word that you might not connect to a huge company like Honda that operates on every corner of the globe and makes everything from lawnmowers to jet aircraft. When Soichiro Honda founded his company so many years ago, it was a passion for motoring and a passion for the relationship between man [...]
Fuujin Gets 7.5 second spec cage in preparation for 2008. We've just finished the work to make our Drag GTR ( and current European 4WD record holder ) even more compliant and safe to meet the rules for 7.5 second doorslammer cars. The car was previously spec'd to 8.5 second rules however late last [...]
Another shot from the Need for Speed Pro Street shoot we did last year with Krystal.
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The S15 Silvia from Rauh Welt is like the cult classic of Japanese tuner cars. It may not have quite the recognition of something like the Cyber Evo or Top Secret Supra, but the people that see this car usually go crazy over it. If the car in the picture above doesn't look familiar, that's [...]
If you were to work for a Japanese company, chances are you would probably become quite familiar with the phrase "okyakusama wa kamisama" or "the customer is god". Obviously, Toyota is very keen on this idea. In Tokyo alone, they have not one, but two state of the art showrooms where people can sample their [...]
By now you have probably heard all about the upcoming rear wheel drive coupe that will be made as collaboration between Subaru and Toyota. You have probably also heard that only Japan will be getting the Toyota version while the Subaru version will be sold worldwide. Nonetheless, the introduction of this car could have a [...]
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Hi everyone! I’m Antonio Alvendia from Cipher Garage. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area; I was a Silicon Valley kid. Right after high school, I began a career working in the internet and wireless networking industry, which led me to become a marketing and sales manager for a couple of large internet [...]
Our mates from down under were in action again last weekend at Mallala Motorsport Park for the third round ot the Drift Australia series, and Phil Williams was there to capture the event in all of its tire burning glory. The level of the Drift Australia drivers is getting so high now, and Phil's photos [...]
One awesome shot of the famous Garage Saurus R32. The car is running a stroked RB 2.7 liter with 780ps from a T88 turbo. Picture courtesy of Garage Saurus
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If you have followed the drifting scene in Japan, you are probably familiar with the MSC drift series. Unlike the D1GP, where the grids are filled mostly with pro drivers with large support teams, MSC has more of a grassroots vibe. The first time I saw an MSC event was two years ago, and man [...]
This weekend is the much-anticpated third round of the European Drift Chamipionship which will feature the driving of Nobushige Kumakubo and Kazuhiro Tanaka from Team Orange. Being the vast operation they they are, Team Orange has separate vehicles which are used for overseas competition. Here are some photos of the cars as they were being [...]
