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Forget the big-boosting Nissan Skyline GT-Rs and wide-bodied Lamborghini Miuras – what we really want is more bizarre kei cars. There’s something irresistibly fun about tiny vehicles designed to look like supercars. They’re guaranteed to put a smile on your face every time. Specifically, I’m talking about wild kei car creations like this Honda Today from […]
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” Poignant words from history’s most dangerous dragon, Bruce Lee. But this story isn’t about the ‘Little Dragon.’ It’s about another dragon, the Toyota Sera ‘Twin Dragon.’ A fitting title, given to it by its mad scientist creator, Takuro Watanabe of Circuit & Dreams CLR. Not […]
#TamerThanPreviousYears This was the hashtag photographer Ken Saito used on his Tokyo Auto Salon Instagram post. No caption. While the sea of black suits and middle-aged men creates an austere atmosphere at TAS, there are always pockets of madness. But is that madness fading? I’m not a big fan of crowds at the best of […]
Another year of Tokyo Auto Salon means another round of scouring the depths of the Makuhari Messe car parks – the unofficial TAS car meet. TAS reigns supreme as the pinnacle event of Japanese car culture, drawing over 200,000 visitors to the Chiba convention centre every year. With that kind of foot traffic, it’s no […]
A wise Speedhunter once told me, “He who starts at the last Tokyo Auto Salon hall shall finish first.” Of course, credit for that goes to our resident Dino-san. While he may not have used those exact words, he did explain that most Japanese guests at TAS tend to visit the halls in numerical order. […]