Oh, those wacky Japanese. If it ain't vending machine disguises it's tentacle rape anime. And cars. Loads and loads of really killer cars. Half of us have been in Tokyo all week covering the Auto Show madness, while those left behind has been thinking Japanese. And at least one Jalop (ahem) has been scooting about…

Way up on the list of coolest concepts in Tokyo is Daihatsu's Mud Master-C, a decked-out and widened version of the company's Hijet van. It's powered by an inline three-cylinder, 12-valve mud-mastering powerplant. Could jacked-up keivans be the next big thing in Japanese automotive obsessions? Keep an eye out for…