A Silk Cut Jaguar means a lot to a British sportscar fan. It represents a resurgent British racing programme against the might of Porsche and Mercedes – one that even made national TV headlines and the front pages of the newspapers. Jaguar XJRs raced in the World Sportscar Championship and at Le Mans between 1984 [...]
The Speedhunters Awards gives our community a chance to voice their opinions, with each of the winners chosen by public vote. This year our Awards expanded to 19 categories, allowing you to vote on many facets of car culture. And now, with 2012 upon us, it's time to announce the remainder of our winners, including the 2011 [...]
Alongside the main National Motor Museum and Top Gear areas at Beaulieu in England is the James Bond exhibition: when I visited the museum earlier this year there was a small but quality range of cars on show from various Bond films, serving as a taster for 2012 when there will be even more 007-themed [...]
It's time now for our final Cutting Room Floor post of 2011. In addition to leftover photos from this month's shoots, we've also added a mix of unseen material from the year gone by, including unpublished shoots, small events, and some random car sightings. Enjoy! Never again will we see production cars as outrageous as [...]
We couldn’t complete our review of 2011 without looking back at Dan Wheldon, one of the most successful British drivers of the recent era. Daniel Clive Wheldon was one of the most popular figures in North American motorsport. He was on a high after winning this year's Indianapolis 500 in a midfield car and was about to [...]
Time to finish up my selection of Pix of the Year with this third part, which spans from September all the way to this month. I’ve been through quite a journey this year, I’ve met wonderful people, sampled and shot incredible cars, attended some epic events and learned so much in the process. 2012 will [...]
As we wind down the last of our 2011 stories, I thought it would be fun to put together a different type of themed gallery, which focuses on the much sought after Speedhunters stickers. Whenever we attend events, Speedhunters team members around the world are normally more than happy to give out these stickers. You [...]
The days between Christmas and New Year are always a strange time. In Japan for example, companies have already started shutting down for the big New Year holiday. Here in the US though things are different. For some people it's business as usual. For others it's extra days of vacation. I think most people though [...]
There were a total of 71 cars present at the Tsukuba Super Battle this year, so you can imagine what kind of pace an event like this can have. With the rain kind of ruining things in the morning it was a scramble for most entrants to get at least one chance at a decent [...]
This is your last chance to vote in our final category: the Speedhunters Car of the Year. There's less than 24 hours left before voting closes, so be sure to have your say before it's too late. Voting for the 2011 Speedhunters Car of the Year closes at 10AM PST on 29th December. – Charles Kha
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Nissan Silvia S15, EDC, Modified Live, Cadwell Park, United Kingdom 1/30th, f/9, ISO100, 50mm, Canon EOS 5D MKII & Sigma 50 F1.4 This is looking like one of my last posts of 2011, so apologies if I come over all emotional and reminiscent. It has been another incredible year where I’ve had the opportunity to [...]
Before I get to some action from the Super Battle that was held a few weeks back in Tsukuba let's take a look at the cars that showed up to the event. There has been a noticeable drop in full-on Open Class vehicles over the last few years, tuning shops preferring to concentrate on street [...]
For my second part of Photos Of The Year I’ve stepped away from Japan’s car scene to focus more on what is in my own backyard – Australia. Lexus LFA, Lexus HQ, Sydney, Australia First of all I’ll be starting with a handful of images from our ultra productive trip to Sydney for the World Time Attack Challenge. It [...]
I was browsing through Facebook this morning when I found this awesome AE70 Sprinter that Manabu Mitsumori posted up. If you don't remember, he's the one who built that wicked JZX100 Chaser that we featured a while back. This is his latest project. Mitsumori-san has a keen sense of style, and it shows here. Besides [...]
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