Style is a funny thing, but more so is the speed at how people judge various interpretations of it. I think Nagano Koubou serves as the perfect example here, in particular the pink Onevia I posted last month following a quick tour of the little Kansai-based bodyshop. Over the last few years Masayoshi Nagano has been [...]
Thanks to a barrage of new cars from the late ’60s and an onslaught of grey imports from the late ’80s, Japanese car culture in New Zealand is as diverse as it is far-reaching. But it was on the drag strip in the late ’90s and early ’00s where the scene as it’s known today [...]
I hear it all the time. Yes I’d love for you to shoot my car, could you wait until I finish up and fit so and so parts. We all do it, me included which is also why I’ve never really properly shot my own car. But as far as perpetual-projects go, nothing and nobody [...]
Events like the Premium Day are where you can really get lost in the details. There is so much hot metal around that you can literally waste the whole day looking over your favorite cars without a care in the world for what is happening out on track. It’s very difficult to pull yourself away [...]
The message that popped up on my phone last week read something like, “I want to break the course record, I have rented out Tsukuba and will be driving my car alone.” The message was sent by a certain Under Suzuki and those few short sentences certainly grabbed my attention. Having beaten Revolution’s time only [...]
Under Suzuki has redefined perseverance. He has gone head to head against the best and has come out victorious. The 53.6 sec lap he set back on Friday is merely another goal he has reached. Where he will stop, nobody knows. Luke Huxham of Maiham Media met up with Suzuki-san earlier this year after a Battle Evome event and chatted to him about his goals for the future. Hit play, sit back and bow to what is quickly becoming quite the legend in time attack circles…
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
More...
The Mazda Miata is a car that’s many things to many people. For some it’s a daily driver – an open aired way to enjoy the daily commute. Others keep their Miatas locked in the garage awaiting the weekend and a scenic backroad journey. Some people don’t even drive their cars on the street, using [...]
My interest in cars and all that has spawned from them, be it motorsport, the tuning scene or car culture in general has always come from a basic fascination with the mechanical side of it all. The car and all its components, the engines especially, is what really does it for me. I also think [...]
One of the biggest divides within the automotive community in recent times has been the constant and continuing argument regarding form and function, stance and performance. So many believe you can either have one or the other but never both. It still amazes me how riled up some can get over this difference in opinions [...]
Making a car better than it was intended by the makers is hard thing to do. But I have a feeling that Toby Broadfield, the owner of this car, has come very close. The list of things that Toby has done to this car is endless and I can only scratch the surface in this [...]
Resurrected – to be restored to life. Like all good cars, this one has a story too. Some of you may remember the Nexen Tires purple AE86 that competed quite successfully in Prodrift for a number of years in the hands of one Dennis Healy. The car you see in front of you is not [...]
I managed to quickly grab a couple of car spotlights at last months Prodrift round at Punchestown. I'm going to open with this AE86 car that was competing in the non-seeded pro category. It featured an SR20DET with a v-mounted intercooler, similar to that of Darren McNamara's Falken SR86. In fact, I'm nearly sure that [...]
My Car Spotlight features from Australia are far from over, as Rod and I seemed to encounter crazy machinery wherever we ended up going. On the Wednesday night, the day before the World Time Attack Challenge practice day, we headed to the Eastern Creek drag strip to check out the regular mid-week drag event. We [...]
