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 [...]
The popularity of Kei cars in the VIP world is definitely growing, so I thought I’d start off this second spotlight post from the Excite King meet with one that certainly couldn’t be more aggressive. This Daihatsu Mira from team “Vintage” sported serious amounts of negative camber all round… …its deeply offset 14-inch wheels barely [...]
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 [...]
Next to the Supermade S15, D'Custom Freak Toyota Crown Majesta and Toyota Century front-ended Toyota Celsior that Dino and I favored at TAS, the T-Garege Toyota Estima was one of my personal favorites. Because of the advent of the internet and just how easy it is to search up anything you desire, many of us have seen [...]
Just because it's been a while since I've posted a sweet van on Speedhunters, here's a photo of a dumped and flushed Toyota Estima from somewhere in Japan that's been sitting on my hard drive for a while. This reminds me that I need to get to work at "personalizing" my own van… -Mike Garrett [...]
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No coverage of Tokyo Auto Salon would be complete without a look at one of the most popular parts of the show, the vans. These fixed-up people movers are becoming even more popular in Japan as people grow families and move into more practical vehicles. The number of vans or van-like vehicles on sale here [...]
Now I have a feeling that most of us are a little too young to remember first hand the vanning craze that swept the United States back in the '70s, but I'm sure you have probably heard a little bit about it. Airbrushing, themed interiors, sidepipes, that sort of thing. Sounds glorious right? Well I [...]
I shot this photo at the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon. Isn't this TCR10 Estima dope?! Apparently done up by a shop called Car Design Meister, I really like the clean and subtle design of this dual-moonroof Estima, which is also known as a Toyota Previa LE here in the United States. It sports nice and [...]
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