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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Daily dose of Godzilla

While it might not look as polished or as pristine as the other Gun-Metal grey GTR32 we featured earlier. This San-ni might be a litle rough around the edges aesthetically, but it doesn't sit idle for long as this is a daily driven Godzilla. (With a fully rebuilt engine of course.)

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Nissan Concept 2020: Vision Gran Turismo

Not letting Mitsubishi have their way, Nissan is now the 2nd Japanese manufacturer that have unveiled their Vision GT. Looking like a GTR from the near future (2020?), some say this hints at the direction their halo-ed GTR is headed towards.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Impromptu sessions

What do you do when you get a text that a couple of local GTRs were having a small impromptu meet? Grab all your gear and high tail it to the location pronto? Well, maybe. But no, unfortunately, yours truely read the text while sitting in heavy traffic on the way home and by the time i got back, it was almost an hour after the appointed time. So i sent a friendly apology having to miss out on the invite. But as luck would have it, these Godzillas headed to a location just 20 minutes away from my home. With no more excuses this time, i grabbed the keys to the Garage36 jalopy and headed off straight to Changi Airport. Please excuse the low-fi camera-phone pictures though.

One of the cleanest GTR32 outside the factory.

Factory fresh interior.

Beautiful Bayside blue San-yon.

For more pictures, check out Vanq's facebook page»

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Singapore Skylines: Kaijus in the rain

Some say, you should never meet your childhood heroes. They say we might be disappointed if we learnt that our heroes were not as heroic as we thought them out to be. On some days, they could have been right, but this was not to be one of those days. Today, one of my childhood heroes comes out to play after a 3-year restoration period.

Now, i have seen GTRs aplenty back in their native land of Japan. Being one of my "hero" cars was i was growing up, seeing one locally felt almost surreal. Especially one as lovingly rebuilt as this.

The weather in the morning played a foul mistress though as a fierce thunderstorm erupted the night before and teased us throughout our short meet. Whenever it was time to set off for a shoot, the clouds opened up and gave us their all.

It was frustrating but almost fitting i guess. It sure reminded me of the movie Pacific Rim, when the Kaijus appear, it rains. So with not one but 2 Godzillas on the prowl, i guess i should have expected it.

We tried waiting for the rain to subside and just when it looked like we might have a glimmer of sunlight, we headed off...

...Only to have the dark clouds follow our little convoy.

Less than 5 minutes in, another wave of rain fell...

...and it fell hard.

I seeked shelted inside my car as our resident pro-photog endured the wetness and continued firing away. (Check out his shot here)

With the rain belting down with no respite, we adjourned for another cup of coffee.

A good cuppa later, it was time for the Kaijus to go home, and just as you know it, the dark clouds left and the rain stopped.

The only disappointment here? I would have loved to have spent more time with the R32 but i guess. Another time perhaps, another time.

Monday, September 2, 2013

Mighty Godzilla conquers all!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 - Of GTRs & Nissans

How does one start off a post on the Nissans of the Tokyo Auto Salon? Or rather, how does one start off a post on the GTRs of the Auto Salon? No trip to Japan would ever be complete for an auto otaku until the first sighting of a GTR. It doesn't matter if it was an R32,33,34 or 35, the first sighting of these mythical Godzillas roaming around on their home turf is enough to send electricity up the spines of those enthusiast. And at the auto salon, there was no stortage of Godzilla sightings to keep us JDM-fans happy.

Nissan brought out their 2012 GTR Black Edition and if you wanted, you could hop inside.

Flanking the Black Edition were a pair of JGTC monsters.

Advan also displayed their JGTC competitor.

With the Cyber EVO due for retirement, development of it's replacement, the Cyber GTR is well under way. Can't mistake the paintwork for anything else.

No strangers to the world of GTR tuning, Top Secret brought out this durty duo.

That man in the red jacket is Mr Smokey himself! (He seemed camera shy)

Phoenix Power's GTRs with one wearing the uber light and uber expensive BBS FIs.

HKS Kansai representing.

Can't mistake that yellow for anything other then a JUN car.

HTF's massive winged GTR.

Power House Amuse's GTR sat next to Mine's car.

Side by side, which would you pick? I'd go with a Mine's.

HKS was back and showing off some new engine ware for the R35.

Street Special Garage Yawata's cars.

No mistaking these Ben-Sopra kitted GTRs for anything else. They looked awesome.

That awesomeness gets kicked up another notch once that front clamshell opens up.

Badass.

Vertex's GTR emblem had a nice glow when lit up. Simple but effective detail.

With the R35s covered, lets move on to the legendary R34s.

These URAS R34s might not be GTRs, but they still pack a mighty RB26 sideways punch!

I love the down-facing exhaust pipe.

Ken Nomura even came by the booth a few times to help out and to sign autographs!

Art Tech Hanatsuka's R34.

Cockpit's R34.

It doesn't get cleaner then this San-Yon from Defend Racing Service.

Not all sedan R34s are from URAs, here's one from MSY Garage.

I'd reckon with a such a huge blower, this R32 from Street Special Garage Yawata is one fast machine.

Not to be forgotten, although not a GTR, this G35 from Final Konnexion hit all the right buttons.

Now onto the S-Chassis cars, this R.Y.O S13 with an Odyssey front end was probably one of the best looking Silvias on the show floor. Pure Pink Sex.

An oddity to some, but i thought it was rather interesting, a BMW E46 fronted S15.

So, do you call it a BM-Silvia or a 46-Via?

Scorch Racing's Time Attack weapon.

Plenty of dori-dori-specced Silvias, from street tunes to full-on D1 drift monsters.

This S15 looked like it was in the midst of a serious build.

Not to be missed were the Fairladies of the show. This clean 370z courtesy of Nissan's tuning division, Nismo.

Enkei brought out a topless Fairlady. (Note to Enkei, a matching topless image-girl would have been sweet though)

A lovely 370Z at Advan's booth.

Power House Amuse's 370Z looked great.

Veilside's Fairlady had some serious scoops and vents all around.

Weber Sports's 350 showing some interesting details on the pillars.

Evolve's 370Z.

Just in case you were wondering, no that's not a Porsche, it is in fact a Fairlady underneath all that custom bodywork.

Check out that interesting textured paint on the bonnet.

Another custom body on a... you guessed it, Fairlady.

I've always had a soft spot for the Stagea, and this wagon sitting inside Drift Tengoku's area had some interesting bits around it. Like that Drift Tengoku pancake!

A number of Infinitis stole the VIP thunder from the traditional Celsiors and Aristos.

MJK Customs' Q45 (Or Nissan Cima back in JDM land) was hot hot hot! Rocking some phat Work Meisters and slammed all the way down with VIP and racing sports styling all mixed together in perfect harmony.