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January 27, 2010
RE Amemiya Genki RX-7 Show Car For Sale
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
Following up from yesterday’s blog post on our offering of the RE Amemiya 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon main show car, today we’re talking about the Genki RX 7. The FD3S RX-7 titled Genki was RE Amemiya’s 2009 main demo car for Tokyo Auto Salon. This car represents the future and is Amemiya-san’s vision of where he wants the RX-7 to go, given the fact that the FD3S is long since over as a production car. This car features proven and trusted RE Amemiya power modifications helping it reliably push 500hp range, an overall balanced tune perfect for circuit and street use, and one of the most unique aero kits perhaps any of us will ever see. Continue reading at The Real JDM
January 26, 2010
Tokyo Auto Salon Pics Live!
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Our buddies at PASMAG sent us a bunch of pics from the Tokyo Auto Salon. Check ‘em out over in Events!
January 21, 2010
A Favorite Of Mine – Rocky Auto S31Z Fairlady Z
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
Tokyo Auto Salon brought the goods as expected, but some things were not in the same packages as traditionally expected. One of the topics I’ll continue to talk about when thinking of what went well at TAS is the resurgence of old school JDM tuning and styling. Rays wheels predicted it early with their release a couple months back of a retro sized and styled TE37 wheel. However it was not until TAS started that the world saw the resurgence of vintage JDM!
As much as I love modern cars and especially the latest R35 GT-R, this Rocky Auto S31Z Fairlady Z does everything that the modern cars can’t.
Yet it does it with modern technology in an old school package. Let me explain…
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January 20, 2010
IS-F CCS Concept Video
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
Video is good for capturing a few things that hi-res pictures just cant do justice to. One of my favorite details that I saw at TAS can be found in the rear wing of this Lexus IS-F CCS Concept (CCS = Circuit Club Sports). So rather than try to photograph it, I decided to take a video to show you how cool it is!
The side plates of the rear wing do something I’ve never seen before. They showcase the IS-F logo in multiple segments of dry carbon yet integrate it seamlessly in a way that blew all of us away. Afterward I was wondering how they did it. My guess is that they used a template and laser cut the pre-preg dry carbon to remove the total shape of the IS-F. Then I’m thinking that they laser cut the components of the IS-F and then re-arranged them all so it fit perfectly before putting it into the mold and then the autoclave. That’s my guess…whatever it was they did, it was brilliant.
January 18, 2010
Moto Supra
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Tokyo Auto Salon often brings out stuff that makes SEMA seem tame. So how about an Eleanor based on a fourth generation Toyota Supra? The students from Saitama University’s automotive course who built this named it “Moto Supra.” More pics after the jump! Via Car Scoop
January 15, 2010
Tokyo Auto Salon – Day 0 Early Access
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
(the car below is made out of cardboard! I can’t stop thinking about how amazing it is!)
Here’s a 2:30am early access report to Tokyo Auto Salon 2010.
I caught two themes to this show this year, the most obvious was the tuning of hybrid cars. The Prius and the Insight were everywhere as expected by most. Everything from a crazy widebody LF-A inspired Prius to simple tuned ones to VIP tuned by Garson, it seems like everyone had a Prius or an Insight. Mostly Prius though…
The other theme of the show was more subtle…the resurgence of retro JDM tuning. Two of my favorite cars at the show fit into this category.
1. A Hakosuka retrofit onto a Nissan Stagea which included a full Hakosuka GT-R front end swap and also even tail lamps that were Hakosuka styled. This takes the typical R34 front end swap and flips it on its head.
2. A Miata (1st Gen) fully converted both exterior and interior into a Toyota 2000GT Roadster. This car was flawless. I want one. Badly.
April 21, 2009
Crazy FD3S RX-7
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
I thought I’d just share some pics of a crazy FD3S RX7 that was on display at Autobacs booth at Tokyo Auto Salon. Honestly, I don’t like this car much. It is not my style and it looks a bit spo com HIN style to me. However I just had to share the pics because of the inventive use of those tail lights in the rear widebody fenders. I’d imagine that on the freeway at night those widely spaced low lights would really confuse anyone driving behind them at a distance.
March 3, 2009
Iding Power Ferrari F430
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
Just look at that wing. I’ve never seen anything like it on a street car. Talk about overkill on the stands! Pic was taken from my 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon collection.
February 2, 2009
Creativity
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
The Japanese LOVE their scooters. I’m not sure what to call this exactly, but the creativity reminds me of the JDM scooter scene. I saw this at Tokyo Auto Salon and I was impressed. Would I ever drive something like this? No. Never.
January 30, 2009
Modulo S2000 Concept Car: A Detail Nobody Noticed
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
Honda Modulo released a concept S2000 at Tokyo Auto Salon. Personally, I thought the car was really ugly. The chunky design reminded me of a Lamborghini Reventon, except a totally uncool and ugly one. The rear of this S2000 is especially awful and I’m glad to not be showing it to you.
However there was something totally amazing about this S2000 that almost nobody caught. Look at the gauges. Being an S2000 enthusiast and owner, this blew me away. They replaced the entire cluster with a full LED screen that has two modes, the classic tach-centric view that S2000 owners already know and love, plus this split view which is a more conventional readout, with the ability to toggle between the two totally different views. That cluster totally makes the car special to me, its a product that I’d love to get for my S2000! Unfortunately Honda Modulo never releases any products…oh well.
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