It seems we can’t go more than a few months without indulging in some impossibly-Japanese VIP style. And once again it’s Bee Dragon that captivates our minds – a shop that has really made a pretty firm statement when it comes to defining its own take on things. Imamura-san has stepped as far away from [...]
I always thought the age old debate of “form over function” is a funny one. At the end of the day, does anyone out there really need to change anything on his or her car? Do we need to upgrade turbochargers, or fit adjustable suspension along with stickier rubber. What enthusiasts gain from modifications is [...]
We couldn’t possibly have ended our TAS 2013 coverage without dedicating some space to one scene that has come to define JDM car culture just as much as extreme tuner cars, vintage rides and dorisha. As we have seen in the course of the last few years VIP style has proven to be the fastest [...]
Here is another great sighting from the Nikko parking lot during Sunday’s D1 Street Legal round. It’s not only drift cars you come across at events like these… …like this Crown Majesta perfectly shows us. This VIP-ed sedan was riding on a set of 19-inch SSR Professors SP1s. There was no onikyan to be seen, just [...]
On the last day of Tokyo Auto Salon, I met up with Dino to say my goodbyes before I flew back to the States. In the flurry of our goodbyes, the question of what our favorite cars of the show popped up. Over the years, we’ve all seen our fair share of black, silver, or white [...]
