During my time in Japan I reached out to some veteran car journalists to see what they had to say. One of the people who got back to me was Taryn Croucher – former Speedhunter and the founder of JapanCarCulture.com.
Read MoreTo most of Tokyo’s denizens, Daikanyama T-Site is a multipurpose café/bookstore/art gallery that happens to have a very convenient parking lot. However, on one Sunday morning each month, that parking lot turns into a very quiet showcase of some of the best cars in the Tokyo area.
Read MoreTo say that Bubble Gun Treffen is large is understatement. While I thought the Low Latam Aero meet from earlier was big, BGT was massive. Hotels were sold out weeks in advance, and lines of rejected cars radiated outwards a half mile in every direction.
Read MorePassion. It sounds cheesy, but the common theme in all of his builds is the engine work he does. The motor is the part of the car that fascinates him the most, so it made learning about how to replace parts, modify and upgrade the motor relatively easy. Since motors don’t exist in isolation, he began to learn about how to modify other parts of the car.
Read MoreIn Brazil, this willful vehicular destruction is only made more manic by the (rather oppressive) taxes. That $300 bumper you just ruined? Imagine if it cost $750. That’s what the Brazilian drifters put on the line when they race.
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