I hope you have all enjoyed the coverage from this year's Exciting Car Showdown in Nagoya. It's an event that continues to impress with its amazing selection of cars and trend-setting styles. But it isn't over yet. I've put together this final post where I will go through some rides I may have left out, or others worth checking out in more detail.
The Pit Road M Mitsubishi GTO has been a constant presence at these shows and seems to evolve every year. The TE37SLs are a great new addition!
Someone was complaining I haven't been showing enough rotaries. Well here you go, a front view of the R-Magic kitted Girls Collection FD.
The Garage Gan-san S15 wearing a one-off GT300 inspired widebody kit. It's definitely the widest S15 I've come across!
And on the subject of widebodies…the Special Body Okada widened JZA80 Supra.
Wait, this must be a trend for 2011…is everyone going widebody?
The Abflug R35 GT-R we saw back at the Tokyo Auto Salon was present in Nagoya too, showing off its widened rear rump, finished off in true Abflug style with plenty of louvers, air intakes and diffuser fins. Engine tuning has been handled by Pentroof in Tokyo who also took care of the custom titanium exhaust.
Keeping the R35 company was their Z34 demo car wearing the full 2011 Vanguard aero kit comprising of front & rear bumpers, side skirts and a carbon rear GT wing.
Thought I'd throw in another shot of the slammed Garage Number' SIXX NA6. This little Roadster looked impossibly cool on its black Work Meisters.
Nagata-san from Top Secret was also present at the show this year with its two most important demonstrators, the R35 GT-R development car and the turbocharged 300 HP CR-Z.
Next to Goto-san's GSX-powered KP61 starlet was this really cool Nissan Pao, a car not many people have probably heard of. The little awkwardly styled Nissan was built back in the late eighties on a Nissan March platform…
…except this particular example from Car Choice Jade runs a few unique touches like an SR20DET and an FR driveline from an S13 Silvia!
Mean S30 overfenders and a massive exhaust hint that it isn't your regular Pao city car! Would be cool seeing this out drifting in Nikko!
And another pink car in the Doriten area, Sacchans rather overly decorated JZX100.
Someone asked to see a front shot of Kawashima-san's Celica FF drifter, not for another look at the ridiculous camber…
…but for the equally silly stretch on the tires. Holding them in place is quite a generous application of bead sealer literally gluing them to the rim.
How low can you go?
Never low enough it seems. Push, push!
We have been seeing the Magic/Red Line Oil FD ready to go for almost a year now…
…fitted with this beautifully built 550 HP 4-rotor NA engine. Question is, when are we going to be seeing it in action at a D1 event?
Yet more slammed awesomeness from Garage Number' SIXX.
The Looking FD.
Gotta love the Do-luck like low mounted spoiler.
The Chivic Type-R, a mean time-attack Suzuki Alto Works given the Type-R look. "Chibi" in Japanese means "tiny," so it's kind of like a miniature Type-R haha
Nakamura's S13. Expect to see this car at Round 1 of Drift Muscle next month!
Late on Sunday afternoon I thought I'd head out yet again into the parking lot to see what other cool cars I could hunt down. As always I was not disappointed!
Most people were leaving the Port Messe but there were still quite a few cars left to admire.
The drift spec Genesis.
The GT-R conversion to this ER34 4-door was done so well I will be posting a spotlight on it. The attention to detail was incredible.
What a great choice of color; I am biased however.
Get that air-suspension as low as it will go!!
What a line up of Corollas….
…of every generation!
In keeping with the Honda theme this is another car that is pretty much spot on, a Type-R look Honda Beat!
How can you not like this!!
That's it from this year's Showdown, I leave you with this nice group of GT-Rs. Until next year….
-Dino Dalle Carbonare