Every year in the UK, Japanese car enthusiasts get together for the massive Japanese Auto Extravaganza, better known as JAE. The 2009 edition of JAE was held this weekend at Wicksteed Park in Northhampton.
Photographer Rich Sams was kind enough to send us some photos from the event.
The show spans all makes and eras of Japanese cars, from this showroom fresh Evo X built by JRM Motorsport…
…to classics like the Celica coupe, complete with retro slot mags.
There's the infamous Sumo Power R33 Skyline drag car, hoping to turn in a seven second ET this fall.
How about this crazy looking wide-body NA MX-5?
A proper fit for a Japanese car show in the UK – a Nissan Primera BTCC replica.
RB26-powered Nissan Stagea, apparently making over 600bhp.
A properly done EK9 Civic Type R.
Although common in the US, the V35 Skyline coupe is a very rare car in the UK. This one has been equipped with a twin turbo kit.
Another Skyline, this one an R32 with the increasingly-popular SR20 swap.
Clean example of an AW11 MR2.
There are lots of Evo race cars in the UK, but I can't recall seeing too many done up street cars like this one.
The S15 drift car of Shane Lynch.
FC RX7 convertible coated in an electric orange color…
This S200 looks a lot like the ones you see over here in the United States.
One more open-top machine, this one an S13 Silvia.
A turbocharged Nissan Micra, or March as it's known in Japan.
And the Micra's rival, a caged and flared Toyota Starlet Galanza.
A supercharged EP3 Civic Type R. These cars were actually built right in the UK…
Finally, an S13 Silvia wearing what looks to be SuperMade aero. Instant Gentleman!
Big thanks to Rich for the photos. There will be more posted on the JAE official site soon.
-Mike Garrett
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"And the Micra's rival, a caged and flared Toyota Starlet Galanza." I just hope that's a typo.
Love the EK9 and the EP3 civics...
aahhh some micra love, i own a 1995 1.0 micra and it's pretty fun for something so low powered
not a huge fan of that rear kit on the AW11
not a huge fan of that rear kit on the AW11
Why don't we get high res copies of all these awesome cars in the desktop section?
Only two retro/classic cars? Weird. The show normally has a decent showing, bit disappointing to see only a TA22 (Random Guess) Celica and an AW11 MR2
Sweet! Some japanese love!
That s13 w/ the supermade kit is just superb, really clean almost like a factory option kit, good entry, sweet cars, and even better no bmws!
That R32 Has Curves In All The Right Places =]
lovin the coverage.
i loved the blue micra. i wish i can start a similar project but nissan march's/micra's are hard to comeby over here at out country.
lovin the last S13 as well. ^_^
cars look really clean! nice ek9!
Glanza is the name not Galanza! Figured it was a typo
finally an MR2 on SH and its very nice looking on top of that. I'd rock it any day of the week.
you guys need to show more mr2's
Hahaha thats awesome. The white widebody S2000 is my boss's car, and the black Evo is one of my good friend Ant's car. The S2000 just got back from the body shop for JAE and the Evo makes somewhere in the range of 600hp. And yes, more MR2's!
Wow some great looking cars there. I like the AW11, but I see some SW20's hiding in the background of some of the pics also!
The 'Glanza' was never a Micra rival.
The Glanza came with the 4EFTE which is a 1.3 turbo charged engine producing around 130hp from the factory.
I used to own one and ran 220hp on stock internals and 275hp on forged internals with a TD04L turbo from a WRX.
Many now run over 300hp with the 1300cc displacement.
Are we sure that R32 has a SR20 conversion???? Who would remove the RB26 for a SR20?
IM REALLY FEELIN THAT AW11 AND THAT FLAT BLACK R32, GOOD SHIT
On the last picture its so hard to see that she actually has a spoiler.
Mike, there are TONS of modified evo road cars in the uk, I could go to one of about 5 importers withing 10 miles of where I live and find at least half a dozen on the forecourt of each one!
@ Gee
The R32 did have a SR20, it seems to be happening more and more in the lower spec R32's, people removing the RB20 and RB25's because they are "lazy" for drifting
awesome... greeeeat...
Mitsubishi evo x is the best
sick r32 in the 1st pic..subtle bodykitting and mad wheels, grip style. speaking of wheels, what the heck are on the mx5?
u ppl spelt glanza wrong
The Wheels on the MX-5 are Borbet A's