As a Speedhunter it’s quite literally our job to go around and stare at mind blowing cars day after day, a very tough job no doubt. I won’t bore you with tales of becoming increasingly unsatisfied with cars, but I will say that when I visited TYPE ONE last month I was expecting to see [...]
When I think back to the week I spent in Japan last month it seems like another lifetime in the grand scheme of things, yet I still have a few fruits of my labor left to share. Today we’ll take a look at a very impromptu visit the workshop arm of the Honda-tuning gods Spoon, [...]
Moving swiftly along with the Battle Evome coverage from Sunday, I’ve put together a quick spotlight-o-rama of five vehicles that really stood out in the paddock. Now I know there are a lot of other cars you probably wanted to see, but I guess I will have to keep those for future events. To get [...]
Time has a funny way of taking its toll on things. Much like the changing of the tides, trends seem to come and go with time. What is now popular will likely become old hat in coming months, only to be resurrected some years from now. Of course there are exceptions to every rule and [...]
When we established the new featurethis@speedhunters.com program, I was expecting some great machines to be shared by Speedhunters fans from around the world. Still, I didn’t think there would be this many amazing cars to sort through. Let’s just say that there are some seriously cool cars and builds coming down the pipeline – one of which is this Austin Mini owned by Jeff Pang out of Ontario, Canada.
I knew well before I ever arrived at the Berg Cup that I was going to see some very interesting and unfamiliar cars. What I hadn’t expected was to run into car I know virtually inside and out – the Honda Civic. With all the videos and research I’ve done in the past I had [...]
These two cars share a lot of components but are also very different. On the left we have a European version of the Honda Integra and on the right is the JDM version. I saw both of these cars when I visited the Rising Sun Performance shop on Monday. Luckily for me the guys at [...]
I have been quite busy working on new Speedhunters stories and preparing for my trip to this weekend’s Motorsport Japan Festival in Odaiba, but before I move on to that stuff, I wanted to take one last look at last Friday’s I Heart Honda!! event at Tsukuba Circuit. Judging by the feedback I have been [...]
Time for some more action from the VTEC-drenched spectacle that was I Heart Honda!! 2008 at Tsukuba Circuit. I figured that this shot of a legendary EK9 Civic Type R undergoing some work in the paddock would be good way to open this post. There are few things that symbolize Honda performance machines more than [...]
When I went to the Feel’s track meet at Tsukuba last week, I didn’t go just to cover the soukoukai alone. I also went to check out the new FD2 Civic Type R demo car built by Feel’s. Having seen Feel’s work in the past, I had high expectations for this car. I’m proud to [...]
Last week my friend from AME wheels contacted me and told me that Feel's Honda Twin Cam was holding a soukoukai at Tsukuba Circuit and that I should come check it out. I have always been impressed by the the cars that Feel's has built so I knew it would be worth the trip. While [...]
Knowing Honda, it's not a surprise that they aren't content to sit and watch Nissan and Lexus own the Japanese supercar game. As these recent spy shots show, Honda is working full steam ahead on the next generation NSX. Although heavily obscured, you can still make out the overall body shape of the new car [...]
Here we are with another JDM shop tour courtesy of Alex, who is a Speedhunters reader. This past winter, Alex took a trip to Osaka and stopped by the J’s Racing shop to have a look at their digs and snap some photos. Even if you aren’t into Hondas, I’m sure you have seen J’s [...]
Most tuner car fans are probably familiar with the wild Tsukuba Special S2000 time attack car built by ASM, but that car is not the only S2000 in only ASM's fleet. ASM's other cars may be more mild in execution, but they are no less impressive. Last weekend the ASM crew took their "1-go" S2000 [...]
The Honda Fit is the best selling car in Japan by a long shot. Even I drive one! Despite the fact that our Fit is painted a somewhat less common color, there have still been times when I’ve had trouble figuring out exactly which Fit was ours in a crowded parking lot. The Fit also [...]
