Over the decades, numerous Japanese automobiles originally developed primarily with the home market in mind have found second homes here on this side of the Pacific. These Americanized JDM models have existed for various and...
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Although Lexus-branded vehicles have been available in Japan for a decade, you’ll still see the occasional JDM version of a rest-of-the-world Lexus that’s still badged as a Toyota. Such is the case with the RX...
![Fastback Orange: Resto-Mod Toyota Celica Liftback is Haute JDM Couture [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/video_still_116.jpg)
You might think that the pony car is a uniquely American phenomenon, which is understandable given the worldwide fame of both the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang. However, Japan has made more than its share...
Tommy Kaira have made a well-deserved name for themselves in the international tuning world by turning out creations like their famous body-kitted Prius and their high quality pieces on the R35 GT-R. However, since the...
The Lexus LC coupes – the muscular LC 500 and the efficient LC 500h – look like concept cars you can buy. But that doesn’t mean these eye-catching coupes can’t be made even more eye-catching....
Regardless of whether you consider the original World War II Jeep, the 1935 Chevrolet Suburban Carryall or something else to be the Adam of sport utility vehicles, the bottom line is the primordial soup of...
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You know, there’s just something fundamentally right about hopped up versions of cars that were best known for working for a living. Sure, the 1994-’96 Chevrolet Impala SS and 2003-’04 Mercury Marauder were mean, muscular...
The term “parts bin special” is typically used as a pejorative within gearhead circles, a descriptor of vehicles developed on the cheap by taking a bit of one model and injecting it with some DNA...
Poll most petroleads for their opinion on front-wheel-drive , and an overwhelming majority will use terms like “lame,” “dull,” “understeer,” torque steer,” “I’d rather chew steel wool,” and so on. Yet automotive history has proven...
For an automotive nameplate that has, for much of its life, been positioned as a sensible, blue collar one, Chevrolet sure has built a heaping butt-ton of performance models. Names like Nova SS, Chevelle SS,...