Car Events

The season opening round of the 2011 Super GT Championship took place over the weekend at the famous Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The circuit was supposed to be the second round in the calendar after Okayama. However due to the recent devastating earth quake in Japan, the season …

The 2011 Nagoya Autotrend was held last weekend. Just like the Tokyo Auto Salon and Osaka Automesse, Nagoya Autotrend is all about aftermarket tuning and pimped street cars. The venue features two sections, indoor and outdoor. First up is this matte gray widebody Mazda RX-8 from RE. I think it …

Although the 2011 Super GT season will not begin until April, participating teams have been busy fine tuning their machines in preparation for the upcoming season. Most teams have been conducting their testing at the Suzuka circuit. The usual Super GT heavyweights – Nissan GT-R, Honda HSV and Lexus SC …

The Battle Evome racing series at the Tsukuba circuit in Japan has been gradually gaining popularity with more and more tuners using this event to benchmark their cars against the very best out there. Over the years lap times around the famous Tsukuba circuit have improved with cars now running …

The Fuji Speedway in Japan once again sees the gathering of cars and the roaring of engines on its tarmac. As the Euro tuners from the Euro Club Sport Meeting leave the Makkah of motorsport in Japan, the Speedway opens its doors for yet another major car event, the HKS …

With the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon now over, tuners begin to hit the track again. Euro tuners in Japan recently held a meet and track day at the famous Fuji Speedway. The event is called the Euro Club Sport Meeting (ECSM). Apart from the track sessions, various tuners also set …

Tokyo Auto Salon is not all just about Japanese tuner cars. The Euro tuning scene in Japan is just as big as the JDM tuning scene if not bigger. Hence it’s all about the Euro tuners in this final part of the Tokyo Auto Salon gallery. Check out the pictures below. …

Lexus hasn’t been spared from the tuning scene with some uniquely tuned cars on display at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon. Kicking things off is this Lexus IS-F CCS-R Racing Concept where CCS-R stands for Circuit Club Sports Racer. As the name suggests, the IS-F CCS-R is a track tuned …

Part 2 of the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon gallery is a mix of some old school Japanese muscle, drift machines as well as some tuned European exotics. One of the cars that captured our interest is this white Bentley Continental GT, or is it? Well not really. Underneath the chunks …

The 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon (TAS) has finally opened its doors. This years show promises to be bigger than the previous year with over 600 cars from 300 companies on display. And no doubt it looks like it is. Here we bring the first part of some of the best …

Sharing the spotlight with the Curb Concept is Hyundai’s Tiburon replacement, the Veloster. The car started life as the Veloster concept at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show and is now a production model 3 years later. Showing Hyundai’s new found confidence in car design, the production model stays true …

Up and coming Korean carmaker, Hyundai showed case an interesting concept – the Curb. It is a conceptual study for a small crossover model positioned under the iX35. Aimed at young urbanites, it is labelled an Urban Activity Vehicle by Hyundai. Designed by the firms Californian studio, the Curb’s styling …

The Porsche Hybrid is said to be close to production ready and is described as a race car that combines the ‘technology fitted to the 911 GT3 R Hybrid and the design of the gorgeous 918 Spyder’ that we saw at last year’s Geneva Show. The RSR’s V8 is a …

One of the most important motor shows in North America has just opened and there are a slew of new launches. And it seems the theme is green machines. First up, the biggest car maker on the planet, Toyota, has expanded its Prius family and launched 2 new production models, …