PHOTO ATTACK: OSAKA AUTO MESSE PARKING
As I did last month with the JCCA New Year Meeting, I figured that the best method for covering the parking lot at Osaka Auto Messe would be a “photo attack” showing as many cool machines as I possibly can. I think that by looking through this massive selection of photos, you’ll get a reasonable idea of the sort of machines you’ll find on the streets of Kansai.
Before I begin, a quick little note. When I arrived at Auto Messe on Sunday afternoon with the intent to hunt the parking lot I realized that I my SLR camera battery behind at my hotel some 40 minutes away. Uh oh.
So with light beginning to fade and cars starting to head home, I improvised and put my trusty iPhone4S into service as the weapon for this photo attack, so please excuse the less than “amazing” quality of these photos. Anyway, let the attack commence!
Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Odyssey
S13 Silvia
JZX100 Chaser
330 Cedric/Gloria
AE86 Trueno and Toyota Celsior
Toyota Crown
Nissan Stagea (R34 Face Conversion)
R34 Skyline
Honda CR-Z
Honda Fit
AE86 Levin
Toyota Crown
Y33 Cima
Toyota Celsior
AE86 Trueno
JZX100 Mark II
GX71 Mark II
Hakosuka Skyline
JZS161 Aristo
EK Honda Civic
Daihatsu Move
Lancer Evolution IV
Nissan President
Toyota Land Cruiser
Y34 Nissan Gloria
Volkswagen Polo
Toyota Aristo, Toyota Crown, Nissan Cima
C35 Nissan Laurel
JZX100 Mark II
NB Mazda Roadster
Toyota Alphard/Vellfire
R34 Skyline GT-R
Lancer Evolution III
Toyota Mark X
Dodge Ram
Toyota Hiace
Impreza STI
R34 Skyline GT-R
Toyota Crown
Toyota Aristo
Toyota Wish
Toyota Crown
Chevy Corvette C3
Toyota Celsior
Honda Odyssey
Honda Step Wagon
EF9 Honda Civic
Toyota Estima
Toyota Land Cruiser
Audi A4
Volkswagen Golf R
SXE10 Altezza
Toyota Mark X
Honda Civic “Wonder”
Toyota Aristo
EF9 Honda Civic
Lexus IS
S15 Silvia
S13 Silvia
Suzuki Jimny
SXE10 Altezza
JZX100 Cresta
Toyota Celsior
Toyota Celsior
JZX100 Cresta
Toyota Crown
Toyota Crown
Lexus GS
EG6 Honda Civic
Honda Odyssey
P10 Nissan Primera
Honda Fit
VW Golf Variant
Toyota MR-S
Honda Odyssey
JZX100 Chaser
Y32 Cedric
Y33 Cima
Chevy Silverado
AE86 Trueno
S13 Silvia
Porsche 911
Dodge Challenger
Toyota Celsior
JZX100 Chaser
That will do it. Back soon with some more coverage from inside the show!
-Mike
Talk about a staggering amount of VIP-themed cars! Wow. Only in Japan can you have static ride height like some of these cars...
Love live the Hiace! (Still trying to figure out how to get one here in the U.S.)
MORE OF THAT BLK Y33 PLEASE!
Anyone know who makes that front bumper?
How the hell do they drive those pickups in Japan????
D1RGE EXE I've wondered the same thing myself sometimes while driving around the crazy narrow streets. If there's a will, there's a way!
Those bagged pickups are the meanest things ever! Maybe one day I'll strike the lottery and get myself one all done up like that
Do the top half of the photos look mostly like american built cars to anyone else? This photo roll got real after the halfway point for me
That white and black S15 made my pants bulge.
How do you take such great photos with a phone?! I can't even tell which is which. Any tips please?
@rook56 Haha, there's nothing to it really. Just hold her steady and compose a decent shot. In a way it's actually a bit refreshing not having to worry about focal lengths or any other camera settings haha.
I take it you guys don't get too many Landcruiser's in the State's Mike?
@RBJET We have them, but you don't see them too often. Then again, they aren't especially common on the streets of Japan either.
Mike Garrett RBJET Oh I never realized. I probably drive past 10 a day on my way to work is Australia.
that white s15 dyammm!
I think they like VIP in Kansai.
(That Nissan Primera has got an Audi vibe).
What Primera? No Primera. Really an Audi.
greenroadster Nissan Primer (P10) aka 1st-gen. Infiniti G20 in the States.
@jzx81 I'm not sure if it's got an Audi vibe, but the Primera has always had a rather European feel to it.
It's nice to see a couple of Kanjo Civic's were there.
NicholasTylerStokes Always.
More of that white S15, please! ;) Also, hate to point these things out, but the final Mark X is listed as a Crown.
P1 Race Photography Ack! I suppose it's bound to happen when posting so many modified Toyota sedans at one time :)
too many sexy cars!
That bagged ram is savage!
Curlytop That thing is raw.
lots of cool cars !
white s15 and mark x is sexy !
I wish there were more alternatives to the Cressida in the US...most American sedans that cost under 25k are too ungainly and I just can't get into BMWs..
I live in the wrong country.
just because they are from japan, doesn't mean they immediately have class. One day the Japanese will be able to modify an American pick-up right.
bigeastbay You must have missed the perfectly modified dodge ram and silverado in this article ; )
as I can tell, those trucks are 2WD. a truck that is 2WD should be left the way it is. But 4WD and that thing should be getting offroad mods.
bigeastbay Last time I checked there were plenty of custom 2WD trucks in the US as well :)
bigeastbay Yep they're 2WD, you can't lay out 4WD's. Why should a 2WD truck be left the way it is?
I grew up in an area where 2WD trucks were used for work and hauling. I guess I can't see the point in really modifying one because the goal of that truck is to be used and abused. If it is modified in this way, as in slammed, which is a style I respect on cars, it deters the owner from using the truck for its purpose
bigeastbay Haha yeah and cars weren't originally intended for racing were they, they were simply intended to carry people from point A to B. But hey, look at the multitude of uses they have now!
bigeastbay Or it can you know do both.http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/attachment.php?attachmentid=342342&stc=1&d=1204949442
DaveT bigeastbay Fuckin' right dude. LOL I wouldn't want to be behind that with an active oil leak.
bigeastbay No necessarily.
bigeastbay That's one of the biggest fallacies ever. A lowered 2WD truck looses none of it's towing or hauling capability...unless you plan on hopping curbs and going off road on the regular. And in that case, you should have a 4WD in the first place. Heck until the early 80s, a full size America car was more than capable of doing what you need a Full size truck to do now as far as towing, and in many cases hauling.
Nice photo roll here, I could imagine you running around the whole lot. It's tough to pick one I liked. However the car I least expected to see in that crowd was the Corvette and that was a simple and nice surprise. Secondly, looks like EF's are getting meaner in the land of the rising sun...
BenjaminSaucier Yeah and this wasn't even all the lots, and just shot over a short time on one of the show's three days!
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