Speedhunters Awards 2011>> Demo Car Of The Year

I don’t envy you guys. Having spent the past few days deliberating over your picks for the various Speedhunters Awards, this next category isn’t going to be any easier.  Demo Car of the Year is a closely fought award that focuses on innovation within the industry. Often ground-breaking, forward-thinking creations, demo cars are more than just vehicles showing off a company’s wares. They are experiments in innovation; concepts that can spark trends and styles on a global scale.

After a lot of internal discussion, here are this year’s Demo Car of the Year finalists.

9ff GT9 CS

AMS Alpha 12 R35 GT-R

D’Custom Freak Toyota Celsior

Evasive Motorsports Civic

Fatlace C10 Skyline

Five Axis Lexus GS

HKS R35 GT-R

Icon ‘Derelict’ Chevy Business Coupe

Icon Ford Bronco

Juke R

Kazama Auto 2JZ Lexus IS

Koyama Racing Labo EVO X

Mastermind Spirit REI Odyvia

NFS Shelby Super Snake

Pandora One RWB USA Porsche

Pentroof R34 GT-R

Rad Rides AMG Buick

RE-Amemiya Maoh RX-7

Rocky Auto supercharged S30Z

Rough Rhythm RWB Porsche

RYO S13 Silvia

Spoon Sports CR-Z

Sunburst RWB Porsche

Supermade S15 Silvia

Techart GTStreet RS

VAD x RWB Number One

VIP Autosalon Lexus LS600HL

As with the other categories in this year’s Speedhunters Awards, you can nominate your winner by clicking on the poll below. And remember that votes cast in the Comments section won’t count.

– Charles Kha & Paddy McGrath

Speedhunters Awards 2011

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1

Make links to the features so when can judge better than just with a picture !

Cause a car is much more than just the way it looks ...

2

FATLACE C10 all the way

3

That was a hard choice, but I picked the one I plan to own, AMS alfa 12

4

Best car ive ever seen wish it was mine

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6

That has to be the hardest category yet. I could have voted for about 7 of those!

7

To many hard choices so i went with the NFS Shelby Super Snake

8

this is hard, but I was also wondering how comes yall sit down and not put up the frs/ft86 concept II in here as well. I was almost sure it would be in here from I say the title. In any case five axis mi sey, that lexus is kickass

9

Why would you have 4 RWB cars in an innovative category if they utalize the same parts? Why not just have 1 RWB as one option instead of 4? This is not to discredit RWB or Nakai as a master craftsman. Just make a RWB award for best Porsche :)

10

Pandora One was my choice (It wasnt easy). It being in the states plus it seems to perfectly blend form and function together. Think this type of style will be a giant influence this coming year.

11

Fatlace C10 all the way!! It was hard not to vote for the juke r

12

Too hard to choose! Can we get a desktop pack of all these fine automobiles?

13

Such a tough decision. These are all amazing cars, I'm a huge Porsche fan and it is great to see Nakai-san finally get the recognition and fame that he deserves.

But I had to go with the AMG Buick. Beautifully done.

14

I went with the RE Amemiya RX7 because they reworeked the whole car even though it has been very successful for them over the years. Also, tuning the 13b with stock twin turbos to have balanced WHP & TQ and bringing the redline down so they can always remain in the power band. COOL STUFF!

15

well i think all no other cars stand a chance too the rwb besides the fatlace nissan but i have to vote to the number one very hard choice between that and the illest rwb one but i just not into that green

16

Pandora One for sure; RWB and Fatlace working together? That's an unstoppable combination!

17

AMG Buick. It's a drool-machine but would make for the sweetest daily driver ever. The Pandora One is up there as is the RE Amemiya RX-7.

18

1 vote for ICON Ford Bronco

19

i went with the spoon crz but it was hard. i had to give it to them because its so impressive to see what they car do to a hybrid manual car

20

Way too tough of a descion

21

I have the jute, I truly do. If Joe Blow did it in his garage as a joke/cool daily I'd be stoke, but a big tuning company chopping up one unibody, and welding on a different one, oooo, what talent! Next time I want to build an ugly super car, I know where I'm going to toss the tens of thousands they would charge to do this.

23

The RWB's are nice cars, but after seeing the coverage of them they get "old". Even though I love staring at them. I think Rad Rides by Troy did it again with the AMG Buick, I would love for a classic car like that to be redone like that Buick. Although the instrument cluster could have been done better.

24

AMS Alpha 12. What a beast!

25

IMO the RWB Cars are not "demo cars", since they are independently owned and built by only one shop.

26

Mastermind Odyvia for myself!

29

Best car ive ever seen wish it was mine

30



This is like choosing between twins and the Swedish Bikini team... However, I like pressure. So the Nissan Juke takes it for me, I can appreciate the work, style and sheer love that has gone in to the rest and yes, you might not think it fair to pitch small teams of enthusiasts against a manufacturer. But what Nissan did was sheer folly on their part, they gave us the Skyline, what have they got to prove? Nothing. That's why for me they win. The one I'd take home is the Icon Chevy though...

31

Wow!! I really like the Juke R, but then again the fatlace c10 is a beauty!

32

I hate you guys, making things so difficult for us!!!!

33

RWB everywhere lol. I'm gonna pass on this vote; there are 8 cars that could easily and equally win this comp. glhf ;-)



xD

34

hands down nismo juke-r. seems like everybody has a RWB nowadays

35

9ff is in a class of it's own. would eat any of these cars like they are nothing.

37

gosh golly. 4 rwb's and a 9ff. how could i ever choose just one?

38

hmmm... difficult one here but over all i think the Juke-R is something really special.

40

Do i really have to only choose one??? There are so much that i can decide from, good picks guys

41

Be smart, pick a functional car that represents the company rather than a hype beast.



Touge Maoh all the way.

42

Rad Rides AMG Buick. Many of these other cars have focus on one or two areas, this is one that is a complete build. I've seen this car in person and could stare at it for hours. It's beautiful.



Close second, the AMS GTR

43

Easy choice



Alpha 12



lol @ 4 rwb cars. Get off the mans jock

44

My vote went to the Odyvia. This definitely was the hardest one!

46

toughest category so far, but had to go with the Juke R purely because its by the manufacturer, it doesnt get more awesome!

47

AAhhh so hard

48

The hardest choice I've ever took

49

tough choice, but I went with the Juke R, because I like both the Juke (am I the only one who does?) and the GT-R!

51

The AMG Buick is a timeless beauty..nuff said.

52

oh gosh, juke R is a beast!!!

53

Love the RWB porshce's. But that Fatlace skyline is sex...

54

9ff is in a class of it's own. will eat those other lil cars for breakfast :)

55

Fatlace Skyline has an classic / iconic look and feel to it.

56

Pretty sure a RWB car is gonna win in the end. but hot damn that JukeR is hot.

57

RE-AMEMIYA FD3S!!!

59

RWB has won......i mean how many entries are there?!!!!



altough the C10 Hako is just uuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

60

AMS GT-R. Word.

61

Supermade S15 Silvia... If I had to choose... Of course, all the other cars are just as great... But, I would Looooove a key to the Supermade S15. Ssssick

62

Chose the s30z - rarity.

63

sigh all of them

65

Pentroof R34 GT-R because is The Car

66

THOUGH ASS!!! DX

67

Which RWB do pick???

68

a car was reborn

69

Such a hard choice! But I have a soft spot for Rough Rhythm

70

SUPERMADE BABY! (:

71

Just awesome.

72

I picked the 9ff- that thing is slaughtering roads. Awesome car, not just a Porsche.

73

I just love this Car.

74

Fatlace Skyline it would be my choice...pure JDM, old 10.000 rpm engine :)))

75

I love TOYOTA, this is Century, not Cersior.

77

FTLC C10 best

78

SuperMade s15 all day.....All the other cars were great but...The supermade s15 was legendary....

79

juke-R because is a wonderful job what they done in squeeze in all that power and drive train in to such compact vehicle

80

THOUGH ASS!!! DX

81

went for the Juke-R because it's one of those wtf builds that turn out quite good (looks aside, was never a fan of the Juke's nose hehehe).

82

Why aren't people voting for the Juke-R?

It's literally complete different from all the other cars and the idea of it even sounded stupidly awesome. All those cars are awesome, but not stupidly awesome like the Juke-R! Many people are just choosing the coolest looking cars in their opinions. If I were to choose the coolest one, I'd go for the S15. But I'm not because we're looking for the best demo car.

83

The Togue Monster

84

Deralict Chevy all the way!



85

supermade S15!!

86

FTLC Skyline hands down.

88

Alpha 12 fastest 1/4 mile car on this list? It sure has my vote, wish I was at the show to see it. All the other cars are sick and I can only dream to have one but I will have that GTR!

89

AMS hands down!

90

Supermade s15. That car blew my mind when I first saw it.

91

you can have any color you want so long as it's rwb

92

Supermade S15 for me

93

supercharging an old engine that has never been supercharged before....rocky auto ftw.

94

This car sounds amazing, seen it at the track.

95

just stunning

96

SO HARD CANT DECIDE

97

Can't vote for this one. Too much RWB's : they won enough prices. And some others nice cars !

98

The AMS ALPHA 12 is so fast and yet very reliable in the daily driving. 1200hp is very insane.

Keep the good things AMS crew.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Johnny M.

99

wish i could void my vote so very very hard to decide ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

101

Nissan Juke is not a tipical "sport" car but the Juke R is a nice and massive car I think.

102

I went with the Juke R, just because it was not only thought up of by a big name auto manufacturer, it's just pure ridiculousness in itself. A Juke... with the workhorse of a 500 hp GT-R, this is like if BMW just kind of decided that one day, they were going to make an extreme Mini by taking out the back seats and dropping an engine from M3 into the middle, just crazyness...

103

hard decison between those RWB porsches lol.....but ill go with Rough Rhythm RWB Porsche

104

It keeps getting harder, but I'm gonna have to go with the Derelict

105

VAD x RWB Number One is by far the nicest RWB och the is the one i´m going to vote for.

But the Pandora One is pretty nice too, :D

106

by far the hard of all the catorgoies to vote but i had 2 go with the pandora 1 its just does something to me that the other didn't

107

Is this Demo Car of the Year or RWB of the year?

108

i think next year each car selected must have a write up or at least specs on it and links to them from the category they are placed in. that way people can have more information to compare and more photos. just a suggestion.

109

i wish any of the j's racing cars were included.

110

Earth to Pandora i think we got a winner RWB Pandora One on Roti's

111

Evasive Civic type R for the win. underpowered FF platform's crew represent! and completely agree with Phill from the first post. We need links.

112

matte green 911 fr the win!!!!!!!

113

Juke R is best surprise. Best Demo.



All others are expected tuning.

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Have you submitted your vote for all the categories in our 2011 Speedhunters Awards? The voting for all car categories will end tomorrow, December 23rd at 10:00am Pacific so we can begin to prepare the nominees for 2011's Car of the Year award. That

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