“Sakura-chan” AW11 MR-2
June 15, 2009 by Justin Karow
Filed under Latest Articles, Odd Spot
A friend of mine asked if I knew about Kobe’s famous “Sakura-chan” AW11 MR-2 the other day, I had no idea what he was talking about so he directed me to a certain blog which had photos of the car in question.
“Cherry Blossom Chan” indeed!
Note the color-coded Crocs shoes and roll cage. These pics were from the 2007 Dream Car Show carpark and some other club meeting.
The owner goes by the name of “Mikoman” and has made numerous appearances around the Hyogo area and is an active member of the AW11 Owner’s Club. After a bit of searching it seems that Mikoman modified the car in this way for his spouse and he also has another similarly modified gull-wing AW11 in blue! I found an email address and have sent an email so we’ll see if Mikoman will allow us to take a closer look.
Words: Justin Karow
Images: Tenbin-san/BMW Garten
Apart from that 2 gay spoilers, rear lamps and those bumper vents, ok, and that wacky interior, I gotta say I love the car’s style! Love the wheels!
Btw, the first pic is vertically inverted, right? I remember the vent’s on the right, fuel cap on the left, and the C-pillars look interesting
leongsoon: Yes you’re right about the first photo being flipped around.
I think that MR-2 cries every night to what the owner has done to it.
If anyone’s wondering the wheels are “Sakura” by R-Pride: http://www.r-pride.co.jp/wadou/sakura_price.html
Gayness((
the owner should get rid off the roof wing and replace the second one
I really don’t like the spoilers, they’re not good looking at all and the fact that he added scissor doors seem even worse lol..
Wow, that would win lots of trophies…at NOPI or some other HIN/ricer show.
look at that little fluffy thing around the roll bar… haha some kind of foot protection haha!
Pink crocs…
enough said
WHY ?????