What you are looking at right here is an S30 Nissan Fairlady Z432 – one of the most sought after Japanese classic cars of all time, powered by Nissan’s race-bred S20 engine. What sets this particular Z432 apart is that it happens to be made of delicious milk chocolate. It’s also a tasty way to [...]
One of the things I love most about Japan is the accessibility of its car culture. I suppose it’s only natural that the Japanese cars and scenes that have small cult followings outside of the country become much more mainstream once you get to their homeland. The best thing is that one doesn’t have to [...]
While I will allow my fellow Speedhunters to show us the wonders of the world wide Hot Rod and Customs scene during our “USA” theme this week, my approach will purely concentrate on the Japanese take of it all. Ever since joining Speedhunters back in 2009 I have began nurturing quite the love for this [...]
I’m so glad I decided to go to the Hobby Garage in Kuki the other day. Had I not, I don’t think I would have ever understood what “custom” really means to RC car enthusiasts in Japan. If you thought what you saw in yesterday’s post was impressive, well all I can say is scroll [...]
“Wanna check out a cool RC drift event?” was what Johnny of Weld asked me the other week on the phone. I said sure, as it had been way too long since I spent some time shooting cool little RC drifters sliding around. I thought it would make a cool post, especially since it was [...]
Our first limited edition, large-format art book, Volume 1: A Year In Global Automotive Culture, gave us the chance to highlight the breadth of events and cars that the Speedhunters team experienced in a typical year. The 400-page heavyweight proved wildly popular, selling out from Speedhunters’ online store within two weeks of publication. So, it’s [...]
For those that love cars, it’s hard to think of a more exciting place to visit in Japan. The events are fantastic, the shops will blow your mind, and even just being out on the street watching cars can be an amazing experience. While the country’s love for the automobile is quite well known, the [...]
If you’ll excuse me for a moment, I’d like to return to Tokyo Auto Salon for a moment with this story. While TAS 2013 was an amazing show, one of the things that impressed me the most at Makuhari Messe that weekend was not even a car. Ok, so it was a car , but [...]
Today’s news story on the possibility of Honda returning to Formula 1 got me thinking a little bit about F1′s “good old days”. It also got my thinking about an absolutely mind-blowing diecast model I came across in Tokyo a couple weeks ago and I thought you guys might want to check it out. This [...]
I took a leap of faith back in 2006 to become a full time photographer, and since then I have traveled to many events all around the world. Many people ask me what kind of souvenirs I bring back from all my travels: I rarely buy anything, but I usually tell people I bring home thousands each time. [...]
After what feels like an eternity, the automotive world is slowly starting to emerge from its hibernation. We’re finally starting to see the fruits of many hard working peoples labour, and can finally start to get excited about the upcoming season. With that we’re also delighted to tell you that we’ve just updated store.speedhunters.com with the latest [...]
When this set of pictures sent in by Thomas Wong from Hong Kong reached our inbox we couldn’t quite believe our eyes. Seems that Thomas has developed custom 1:24 scale models of the TRA Kyoto FR-S and BenSopra GT-R… …two cars that totally ruled the JDM tuning world in 2012. The attention to detail is [...]
You can score a free keychain or lanyard if you buy any Speedhunters EDTN Collection 02 T-shirt (Maximum Attack and SH Army Designs) or Wind-Breaker on the Speedhunters store – just enter one of these codes at the checkout: KEYCHAINC01 or LANYARDC01 The deal starts now, and the special will be valid until January 15. [...]
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The great Speedhunters Holiday Sale starts today, on Monday December 24th: you’ll be able to pick up Speedhunters EDTN Collection 01 items at sale prices! So treat yourself or a loved one to a late Christmas present on the Speedhunters store. The sale ends on January 15th.
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Ask anyone who knows anything about drifting and there’s little chance they won’t recognize the name MadMike, or one of his world-renowned Mazda drift machines. But what about the guy behind the name? Last weekend I spent a day out at Mike’s workshop shooting a feature on his reloaded BADBUL RX-8, so thought I’d use the opportunity to take a look inside his compound and give you a glimpse into the day-to-day life of MadMike Whiddett.
