91 cars. That’s how many 86s/BRZs/F-RSs were on display at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. Never in the history of this show has one car been quite so popular. However what really makes the hachiroku, and its other guises, stand out is that it seems to have been adopted by pretty much every single car [...]
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 [...]
It’s been exactly two years since Motor Head began circulation in Japan. In these 24 months this publication has brought an unparalleled level of quality to print media and has managed to stay fresh and innovative in what can only be described as the hardest time print has ever endured. Issue number six, which has [...]
After having seen the Rocket Bunny FR-S in full detail back in October, as well as the countless cars wearing what has to be the most talked about aero conversion of the moment, this video from Luke Huxham and Crank & Piston couldn’t have come at a better time. Hit play and find out what makes Kei Miura’s work so unique, take a look through the TRA Kyoto workshop and see the FR-S once again in all its beauty.
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This white R35 GT-R is probably one of the most easily recognized Japanese demo cars of 2012, a car that over the years has been displayed at Tokyo Auto Salon through its, very ambitious, development process. This was supposed to become Ken Nomura’s next D1 Grand Prix drift machine, a beast capable of unleashing a [...]
What better way than to chase a feature on a much anticipated car like Kei Miura’s Rocket Bunny FR-S, than with an awesome video by Maiham Media. Hit play and let the coolest FR-S in the world come to life…
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This is first detailed look of a car that everyone has pretty much already seen. Such is the power of the internet, where news spreads as it happens and is old a day later. Except there is nothing old about the ride you see here. This is the freshest and at the same time one [...]
It was an easy pick to go with this crazy military-themed S14 zenki from Hayashi Auto Service to start off this spotlight-o-rama from Slammed Society. This wild ride has really made the rounds on the interweb and was one of the most popular cars at the event. Aside from the slammed stance the car sports [...]
The Japanese really are masters of style. Approaching a big event like Slammed Society in Fuji definitely is quite the chore. Three days on and my legs are still aching from the non-stop squatting I had to do to capture close to every car that showed up. And when there are 400 impressively unique vehicles [...]
What better way to end a week’s worth of Hellaflush Kansai coverage than a nice selection of high-resolution images. Since Japan is so unique in the assortment of cars it serves up at these kind of events I’ve made sure to include a few Kei cars in there too, from the more family oriented Daihatsu [...]
With the Hellaflush Kansai event pretty much wrapped up after the awards were handed out by Mark, I decided to hang around a little longer… …and check out the cars from the main paddock head out. After looking at parked cars the whole day, hearing engine sounds truly added to the experience, especially when it [...]
You know you’re doing things properly when Kei Miura, the man behind TRA Kyoto, picks you out of a crowd and excitedly introduces himself to you – which is exactly the once in a lifetime experience Rod and I had earlier today in the busy paddock area of Formula D Long Beach. “You… Speedhunters?” he [...]
It's always hard to choose a favorite car because there are so many that fit the bill. The problem is that I do not a have a fixed perception of the perfect car. But I do know that once I see a car I can instantly fall in love with it. That's what happened when [...]
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Picture this. Transplanted B16A screaming close to redline as you weave through traffic in the middle of the night, blasting your way through the Osaka Kanjo highway system in a stripped out EF Civic, with no number plates and having sneaked through the toll gate to avoid the steep charges. It might sound like something [...]
It's funny how the internet works. When I mentioned to Miura-san of TRA Kyoto, the same shop that creates the Rocket Bunny line-up of body parts, that his ghetto S13 Silvia has become an internet sensations he just couldn't comprehend why. To him it's just his daily driver, which actually gets used more by his [...]
