In recent weeks I’ve fallen deeply in love with tiny Japanese cars. I recently made it a goal to buy a Honda Beat…
America and Japan have given the world probably the most famous low car styles there are: lowriders in the States, bo…
Last week I launched an archaeological expedition to my parents’ basement. The prize: My old PlayStation 2 and a…
I bet you wouldn’t mind something fun and absolutely unrelated to all of this (gestures vaguely around with arms)…
I squealed like a kid waiting for NSYNC to come onstage in the year 2000 when I saw this toy Civic. That’s the first…
Austin Owens is a hero. Yesterday, after seeing a picture online of one of his dream cars—a Mazda RX-7—sitting in a…
The Toyota Venza is back after a short break, and it comes with some striking styling ripped from the Japanese…
This JDM Toyota Hilux Surf, a close equivalent to a second-gen U.S.-spec 4Runner, is very cool looking. But I was…
Of the 4.4 million or so cars exported from Japan every year, around 1.4 million of those are used cars. Used JDM…
We’re in the golden age of JDM imports with Skylines, Chasers, Autozams, and Delicas now flooding not only into…
The Tokyo Auto Salon is a show that always delivers on bright lights, crazy builds, loud cars and occasionally loud…
Are you looking for an affordably-priced, trusty, vintage but not ancient, old but still stylish, not-huge…
The 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon was without a doubt the year of the Supra. You’d be forgiven for thinking “TAS” meant the…
Being in the export and import business in Japan pays off. As sketchy as that might sound, Japan exports a little ove…
It’s SEMA time, so you all know what that means. Ridiculous aftermarket parts and hugely modified, one-off cars that…
A few months ago, I lost my mind over a very fun, in-real-life Need for Speed video. It was only a minute long, but…
Sometimes we take our modern video recording technology for granted. I know I do. Now, I can just use my phone to…
Unlike other shops who might send build updates, Sasaki-san simply set to work and finished the job. There was no…
In the city of Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, you’ll be lucky to find this one nondescript garage. There’s no signage,…
Sports cars these days are too grown up. What happened to the weird little niches that used to exist? Sure, cars…