By definition, a Speedhunter should pursue his “hunt” in a variety of different ways, which means that when we cover events we don’t simply just concentrate on what is served up for us on the show floor, or in the paddock at race tracks. Our curiosity pushes us to wonder around, to head out of [...]
If you go by the old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, the following post should be worth about 120,000 of them. With as much raw material as I gathered at Sunday’s JCCA New Year Meeting, I’ve been struggling with how I should approach posting about this massive event. After a bit [...]
My favorite event ever. I suppose that’s a strong statement considering how many great automotive gatherings I’ve had the pleasure to visit, but if someone asks me what my single favorite event is I’d easily answer with “the JCCA New Year Meeting”. There are so many different words I could use to describe the New [...]
It’s right back at Daikoku PA now for a final look at the other day’s supercar gathering. During the few hours that I was there I literally never stopped walking around, because as cars left, more kept coming in. By around lunch time the lot was so full that a many were forced to park [...]
I am going to move along with the coverage from the Tsukuba Super Battle now with one final round up of pictures highlighting the day’s action. You will see some new cars that I haven’t touched on yet, as well as some we have seen already and that I couldn’t resist reposting more pix of, [...]
After a somewhat disappointing event last year, spoiled by snow, rain and a track that didn’t want to dry, the Tsukuba Super Battle couldn’t have been blessed with better conditions today at Tsukuba. Freezing air and cloudless blue skies are always the perfect recipe for optimal time attack conditions, and the 78 cars in attendance [...]
I’m going to move swiftly along with another look at some of the cars of Slammed Society Japan, and trust me there is so much to see I could post images from the show for the rest of October! While Japanese cars obviously make up the majority of the vehicles present, there are always some [...]
Daigo Saito’s SC430, also known as the Toyota Soarer in Japan, is probably one of the most anticipated professional drift cars of this season. We got a sneak preview of this monster at Formula Drift tech day over the weekend. It arrived stateside just 24 hours before its inspection appointment with Formula Drift. Here is [...]
Whether you call it kyusha, bosozoku, kaido racer, or anything else – there’s nothing quite like customized Japanese street machines from the ’70s and ’80s. Representing this scene at Osaka Auto Messe was this Z10 Soarer built by Body Shop Vivid Luster. The Soarer has everything that you’d expect to see on a proper Showa [...]
While speaking to some of the RC drifters at the RC Mini Mobil Welt it seemed that it's not all about the drifting itself. While drifting your car is the end goal; building your car and making it look like a real car with all the details is even more important for some. Take this [...]
For the second of our three features on the cars of Drift Union, we have Steven Thompson's 1993 Toyota Soarer. Being an American I first mistook Steven's car for a USDM Lexus SC300, but then I noticed the right hand drive cockpit and remembered that our friends to the North are able to bring in [...]
I first saw the Auto Bahn Soarer at the Rev Speed Lap Battle in Tsukuba a few years back and remember being impressed by its close to 1-minute lap times. While we see tons of JZZ30s doing the rounds at drift events across Japan, seeing one prepared for a completely different discipline is quite interesting. [...]
Some of you may have spotted this GZ10 Soarer lurking in the background of some shots in the GX70 MarkII spotlight. It's now time to take a closer look at it as I've been meaning to give it more space ever since seeing it, actually scratch that, HEARING it at last year's Spring Drift Matsuri. [...]
Hi there Speedhunters! I found this car on my last trip to Japan. I haven’t seen many tuned Soarers on Speedhunters in a while so hopefully you will appreciate this one. We went to visit Yamamoto san of Garage Norikuni in Shiga and found a collection of cool cars. The focal point of which [...]
Following the first part of the Toyota Motorsports Festival I thought it would be very appropriate to do my next spotlight on a Toyota drift car. I have been seeing this N-Style JZZ20 at tons of drift events over the last couple of years and it has always stood out thanks to its bright red [...]
