Japan, as you most certainly ought to know by now, is the world’s leading producer and exporter of weirdness. So it shouldn’t exactly come as a huge shock that there’s a company called S.A.D. Custom...
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The Picassos of polymer at Prior Design have lent their touch to numerous German and Italian exotics (as well as the occasional American) over the years. However, for whatever reason, they’ve largely ignored Japanese machinery....
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...
The Nissan GT-R has proven to be quite popular with tuners around the world, but you’ll find enthusiasm for giving Nissan’s supercar more muscle is higher in Japan than it is most other places. That...
While most people might not associate NASCAR with being green, the reality is the sport has been working on reducing its environmental impact for a few years now. And the latest byproduct of that effort...
Wanna feel old? The first movie in the Fast and Furious franchise, The Fast And The Furious, hit theaters about 14 years ago. Yeah, we know what you mean. What’s more, some of the late-model...
Back in the early 1990s, Honda produced two lustworthy mid-engined sports cars: The Ferrari-baiting NSX (which was sold here as an Acura), and the pipsqueak kei class Japan-only Beat roadster. Jump ahead to the present...
If you crave cruising with the rumble of a big V-twin flooding your ear canals but can’t live without Japanese engineering precision, the Star Bolt from Yamaha might be the motorcycle of your dreams. But...
In 1971, America’s first muscle car era was winding down, but across the Pacific, Japan’s high performance heyday was just beginning to hit its stride, because that was the year Nissan introduced the 2-door Skyline...
Since its debut as a 1990 model, the Mazda MX-5 Miata has been all about the fun of driving. Forza Horizon 2 is a video game that’s all about the fun of driving. So it...