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Mario Christou, Alec Pender In Car Feature, Japan, South Korea, Turnpike

Advancing to Attack: The Tale of the ADRO Inc Toyota Supra

I don’t know about you, but there’s something about time attack that really gets me going. This rings especially true when it’s an event at Tsukuba Circuit, which, in my…

Cyrus Tam In Car Feature, Japan, Porsche, Turnpike

Understated Obsession: 4LAWS’ Carbon Fiber Porsche 930

At Tokyo Auto Salon 2025, a pair of dark-colored Porsche 911s stopped me in my tracks. Initially, I wondered why these two understated cars were attracting so much attention –…

Larry Chen In Car Feature, Nissan, Turnpike

Frankenstein S-Chassis: An LS-Powered Desert Weapon

I’ve spent most of my adult life around the Nissan S-chassis, from grassroots drift events in Japan to local track days in Southern California. But nothing could have prepared me…

Luna Ruck In Backroads, Car Feature

Small Car, Big Passion: My Suzuki Ignis Sport Dream Build

Like many builds, my Suzuki Ignis Sport started as my daily driver – a simple, fun little car that reliably got me from A to B. But before I knew…

Mario Christou, Alec Pender In Car Feature, CSF, Japan, Turnpike

Brits Abroad: The R44 Performance BMW M2 On The Streets Of Tokyo

Everyone talks about exporting a car from Japan, but who in their right mind would send one to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ instead? Well, UK-based BMW tuning specialist…

Dino Dalle Carbonare, Alec Pender In Car Feature, Japan, RWB, Turnpike

Tokyo Nights In The RWB Porsche 964

There’s something about Tokyo at night that never loses its charm. The constant hum of the expressways that weave through towering high-rises, the soft glow of street lamps highlighting the…

Alec Pender In Car Feature, Nissan, Turnpike

Érik Comas and his 20 Year Dream: The Nissan R390 GT1

There are special cars, and then there are the ones that warp your idea of reality; the cars you’ll never see outside a museum, let alone idling at a fuel…

Alen Haseta In Car Feature, Porsche, Sweden, Turnpike

Race Ready And Street Legal: Peter Eriksson’s Porsche 996

Take everything you know about the term ‘street legal’, throw a little spice on it, and you get this Porsche. It’s a car that somehow still has license plates, despite…

Dwayne Shifflett In Backroads, Car Feature, Datsun

You’ve Heard of Vitamin D – This is Vitamin Z

For as long as I can remember, the Datsun Z wasn’t just a car to me, it was a myth. Growing up in Damascus, Maryland, you either saw trucks or…

Larry Chen In Car Feature, Japan, Turnpike

Tokyo Auto Salon Traditions: Shooting Liberty Walk After Dark

It’s become a tradition for Dino and I to photograph Liberty Walk cars on Sunday night, after Tokyo Auto Salon. Toshi and Kawamura-san always pull through, no matter how ridiculous…