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Toyota to Revive Celica GT-4?
Rumors have been flying about a new performance oriented Toyota sports car hitting the performance scene for a considerable time now, from an AE86 revival to a new Supra, but perhaps no one expected news that these shadowy rumors would coalesce into ...
Video: 2008 Mitsubishi Evolution X Debut Video
‘Nuff said. Perhaps the hottest EVO ever produced by Mitsubishi: [Source: RocketPunchAutoBlog]...
Mitsubushi Lancer Evolution X Now Official
The new Evolution X has been made official in a new press release from Mitsubishi, with cars hitting dealers in Japan today, October 1st, 2007. Here’s a quick rundown of the juiciest features on the new Evolution X Engine New, completely red...
2002+ Caldina GT Compliance Now Available
Compliance for the 2002+ ST246W (Gen 3) Caldina Sports wagon has just become available in Australia, a few short months after the second generation became available in August this year. The ST246W runs the same 3S-GTE 2.0L 4 cylinder DOHC turbo and 4...
2008 Mitsubishi Evo X Pics Leaked!
The all new Lancer just debuted last week here in Australia, and now comprehensive photos of the EVO X have been released by US site Edmunds. It looks like everything we expected, the meanest, biggest and baddest looking EVO yet with small change in...
Mugen RR Sells Out in Ten Minutes
According to Autoblog, all 300 limited edition Type R based Mugen RR Civics have been either bought or reserved. On September 14th at 9:00 AM local time in Japan, reservations opened for the RR. By 9:10 AM all reservation slots were filled, well in a...
Video: Mark Marchesan S15 Silvia Drift
Great video of drifter Mark Marchesan from IJ’s neck of the woods. SR20DET s15 Nissan Silvia drifting, a good overtake and decent editing for once! Thanks to 5LEEPER....
New Mazda 6 To Be Revealed At Frankfurt!
The new Mazda 6 (Kizuna!) is set to be revealed at the Frankfurt motor show next month on September 11, with Mazda claiming improvements in safety and the new big issue, environmental performance. Euro spec Mazda 6. Looking Good. The new Ma...
Toyota Reviving the AE86?
Apparently. Here’s a peek: New AE86? Click to enlarge. Pics from Autoblog A low down on what we can expect: RWD (of course) 1.5L 2NZ-FE at 120HP (Yeah right. If it’s anything like AE86’s still going, this won’t be f...
Specifications on the Toyota Caldina GT-T
As requested, here’s some information on the popular (mostly) JDM model Toyota turbo wagon known as the Caldina GT-T. Requests for more information can be directed to IJ directly, and we’ll do our best to find out accurately all specifica...
Video: 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX
Courtesy of Motor Trend, the 08 Subaru Impreza WRX. Posted for those who haven’t yet had a decent look at the 08 model. I’m not sure if this is exactly what the 08 Impreza will look like come October, in international, JDM, ADM or USDM...
2008 Subaru Impreza WRX Commerical Hits Youtube
We’re not sure if this is an intentional leak, but it seems a short commercial of the new 08 WRX has hit Youtube, which is a tried and true way of generating interest and traffic in anyone’s book. It can be seen below in all it’s co...
