By Ben Schaffer

Bulletproof Automotive

I'm all for functional aerodynamics, but am I the only person noticing just how ridiculously long these front underboards are protruding from the nose of the car? I feel like just in the past six months the average front underboard has doubled in its length forward. It's a massive trend in racing in Japan right now and with each step further outwards I feel like we’re returning to the super silouette inspired 1980s Bosozoku style. I’m a reader of Auto Otaku’s blog and I've been seeing a lot of cars on there with underboards/diffusers even longer than this one. I think it's cool in a very hardcore way, but damn if they arent growing bigger by the second. I feel like I'm going to start seeing new generation sports cars on the street done up by their owners to mimic this trend and then we'll have in a sense a modern sports car Bosozoku style comeback. I honestly don’t know if thats a good thing or not. Looks and functions great on cars like this Super GT Z33 and on time attack cars, but on the street it could become a bad joke if it gets out of hand. One more pic after the jump.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Ok, I think most of the Bosozoku stuff is silly, but I really like this 240. I especially dig the license plate. Two more pics after the jump, and you can see some more So Cal Bosozoku rides in this VWVortex thread.