Event>> Exciting Car Showdown 2011 – Pt5

I hope you have all enjoyed the coverage from this year's Exciting Car Showdown in Nagoya. It's an event that continues to impress with its amazing selection of cars and trend-setting styles. But it isn't over yet. I've put together this final post where I will go through some rides I may have left out, or others worth checking out in more detail.

The Pit Road M Mitsubishi GTO has been a constant presence at these shows and seems to evolve every year. The TE37SLs are a great new addition!

Someone was complaining I haven't been showing enough rotaries. Well here you go, a front view of the R-Magic kitted Girls Collection FD.

The Garage Gan-san S15 wearing a one-off GT300 inspired widebody kit. It's definitely the widest S15 I've come across!

And on the subject of widebodies…the Special Body Okada widened JZA80 Supra. 

Wait, this must be a trend for 2011…is everyone going widebody?

The Abflug R35 GT-R we saw back at the Tokyo Auto Salon was present in Nagoya too, showing off its widened rear rump, finished off in true Abflug style with plenty of louvers, air intakes and diffuser fins. Engine tuning has been handled by Pentroof in Tokyo who also took care of the custom titanium exhaust.

Keeping the R35 company was their Z34 demo car wearing the full 2011 Vanguard aero kit comprising of front & rear bumpers, side skirts and a carbon rear GT wing. 

Thought I'd throw in another shot of the slammed Garage Number' SIXX NA6. This little Roadster looked impossibly cool on its black Work Meisters.

Nagata-san from Top Secret was also present at the show this year with its two most important demonstrators, the R35 GT-R development car and the turbocharged 300 HP CR-Z.

Next to Goto-san's GSX-powered KP61 starlet was this really cool Nissan Pao, a car not many people have probably heard of. The little awkwardly styled Nissan was built back in the late eighties on a Nissan March platform…

…except this particular example from Car Choice Jade runs a few unique touches like an SR20DET and an FR driveline from an S13 Silvia!

Mean S30 overfenders and a massive exhaust hint that it isn't your regular Pao city car! Would be cool seeing this out drifting in Nikko!

And another pink car in the Doriten area, Sacchans rather overly decorated JZX100.

Someone asked to see a front shot of Kawashima-san's Celica FF drifter, not for another look at the ridiculous camber…

…but for the equally silly stretch on the tires. Holding them in place is quite a generous application of bead sealer literally gluing them to the rim. 

How low can you go?

Never low enough it seems. Push, push!

We have been seeing the Magic/Red Line Oil FD ready to go for almost a year now…

…fitted with this beautifully built 550 HP 4-rotor NA engine. Question is, when are we going to be seeing it in action at a D1 event?

Yet more slammed awesomeness from Garage Number' SIXX.

The Looking FD.

Gotta love the Do-luck like low mounted spoiler.

The Chivic Type-R, a mean time-attack Suzuki Alto Works given the Type-R look. "Chibi" in Japanese means "tiny," so it's kind of like a miniature Type-R haha

Nakamura's S13. Expect to see this car at Round 1 of Drift Muscle next month!

Late on Sunday afternoon I thought I'd head out yet again into the parking lot to see what other cool cars I could hunt down. As always I was not disappointed!

Most people were leaving the Port Messe but there were still quite a few cars left to admire.

The drift spec Genesis.

The GT-R conversion to this ER34 4-door was done so well I will be posting a spotlight on it. The attention to detail was incredible.

What a great choice of color; I am biased however.

Get that air-suspension as low as it will go!!

What a line up of Corollas….

…of every generation!

In keeping with the Honda theme this is another car that is pretty much spot on, a Type-R look Honda Beat!

How can you not like this!!

That's it from this year's Showdown, I leave you with this nice group of GT-Rs. Until next year….

Exciting Car Showdown 2011

-Dino Dalle Carbonare

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1

I would have loved a better shot of the R-Magic FD's anodized rims! Oh well.

2

Was that a DuelL MINI in the background?? No pics of it?

3

PLEASE could you turn these pics into wallpapers, or post them in hi-res!! These cars look soo hot!

4

Man, I wanna see the Honda Beat too... up-close!

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yes.. the coverage has been excellent, Garage Number' SIXX do like to slam 'them into the floor' don't they - i like the look of both cars featured. Honda Beat seems like its hiding some power somewhere(?) and although i do like Kawashima-san's Celica FF drifter, that wheel set up is a mystery to me.. over stretched and lots of bead sealant you say..? crazy! oh yes! and bring on the Widebody's - thanks for the pics!

6

That Celica 'FF drifter' is a joke.

7

do you have a selection of any unusual cars on the coverage. like that mini or the black e30? :P

8

What kinda rims are on the 370Z?

9

An AZ-1!!!! More of that please!!!!!

10

love the parking lot shots... that's what speedhunting is really about imo - seeing what real people are doing with their rides :)

oh and props to that genesis coupe owner.. i wonder how much crap he would get in japan for having a korean car? i'd love one in australia haha

11

Has anyone swapped a B18C5 or K20a into a Beat? I wanna drive THAT! :)

12

enjoyed EVERY single one of your coverages. Thank you so much!!!

13

that celica is nice, besides the completely idiotic rim-tire situation. spend a LITTLE extra money on some tires that actually fit, then we're talking.

14

Dino, thanks so much for your coverage of this event - you really have an eye for capturing the variety of platforms there. The ER34 and that Honda Beat are both really cool. Keep up the good work sir!

15

- Best Pao ever! Would love to see that run!

- The slammed Miatas are killing me. I miss mine!

- The Chivic Type-R is a lot of awesome in a tiny package. It must be a blast to drive!

- The paint job on the Looking FD - wow!

- Great coverage as always Dino.

16

Closer pic of the Celica:

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Car is trash.



The Chivic was really cool looking.

17

So many sweet rides in this coverage.



and omg the Celica looked good until I saw how much the rims poked out. Judging from the tread direction,the tires are mounted backwards too.

18

I need to see more of V8 corolla madness!motofix has it all.

19

haha the Nissan Pao!!!!! the ultimate sleepers car?

can we have a feature on the red drag skyline?!

20

thanks for the nice report, I wish we had shows like that in Europe.. but I can't help but wonder whether there really wasn't a single subaru around or if you just don't like them..? ;)

21

had to do a double take on that '4 door GTR r34'

22

BEAT looks great!

23

I keep repeating it, as always: GREAT coverage! These events are unbelievable and you can always count on Japan to have some crazy cars. :)



Seriously, if it wasn't for your posts I probably wouldn't visit SpeedHunters anymore.



Now please, at least ONE high res picture. These 672 x 448 pictures have never made justice to the content posted here, haha.

24

Looks like they need to re glue the front tire on that Celica!

25

I can't wait for the spotlight post on that ER34. It looks great.

26

More pics about the blue 180sx behind the S15, please?

27

Looking forward to the 4-dr ER34 spotlight!

As I am a 4-dr ER34 driver too!

28

The GTO and Pao win this one.

29

The red to black pearlescent paint on that FD was so effing sexy!!

30

i lovin' it! yeah!

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