EVENT – Showcased Presented By The-Lowdown.com

It was a beautiful sunny day in Sydney, Australia as it played host to the one of the best meets Sydney has ever seen; Showcased presented by THE-LOWDOWN.com. This was the perfect opportunity for enthusiasts from all over Australia to come together and share their love for cars, whether it’s a time attack machine or a show car on bags, this meet had it all. With cars from interstate driving more than ten hours to attend and workshops working overtime to get their car ready to be debuted at Showcased. Read more

FEATURE – KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – A LITTLE SLICE OF JDM PART 1

From the moment you arrive in Kuala Lumpur, you see nothing but Protons and Peroduas. But in the right place, at the right time and suddenly you are overwhelmed by what you can see. But once in these little oasis areas you feel the joy of seeing hundreds of JDM cars packed together. A little slice of Japanese automotive heaven in hot and humid Kuala Lumpur. From this clean Mitsubishi Evolution VI to an immaculate workshop, which we will be showing more of later, Kuala Lumpur has it all. Check out the wheels on that R34.

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FEATURE – CARPARK WARRIOR #1

Japan is literally bursting at the seams with automotive goodness in all shapes and sizes so over the years, I have learned it pays to carry a camera at all times because the probability of experiencing an automotive WTF moment are very high indeed! So in the first edition of a new feature series that proved successful in the past, we bring you “Carpark Warriors”; a feature dedicated to highlighting those random car sightings we encounter at any time of the day! Today’s first edition comes from Fuji Speedway… Read more

Nanko Drifting In Its Heyday: October 2000

I dread spring cleaning. As a male I can’t see the point of it really, but it does uncover some long lost treasures sometimes! I found some old photo albums from almost 10 years ago when I first came to Japan and my first visit to the Nanko area in Osaka and its now-infamous drift spot. Read more

Ebisu Circuit: Spring Matsuri Day Two

Well I hope you’ve all been enjoying the coverage from one of the biggest drift shows on earth. It’s been exactly a week since matsuri finished but I’m already hyped for the next one later this year! Read more

Jesse Streeter Bonus Pics

My very good friend and sometime coworker Jeremy Booth was at Meihan Sports Land with me when we went and I had no idea but he was busy clicking off photos with his mobile phone the whole time we were out on the track. The photos aren’t the best quality by a long shot but there are a few in there which add another perspective to the events of the day. Read more

Meihan Sports Land Video

Here’s a short video from when we went to Meihan Sports Land a few weeks ago. As it says in the notes at the beginning of the video, we weren’t expecting to take any video that day and everything was very rushed so a slightly dodgy “handheld” movie is all we could get. I promise we’ll be more prepared for video next time, hopefully I might have someone come and help me out too because at the moment I’m doing everything myself!

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Damage Control

Long time readers may remember Jesse Streeter from our Industrial Strength Domestic article we ran back in July 2007. Well he’s back and the car is still around albeit in slightly more abused condition! Actually it’s pretty surprising the car is only slightly worse for wear even after its most recent crash at Meihan Sports Land a little over a week ago. Read more

Nissan 180SX Heaven

Hiding in a small town about an hour north of Kobe city is Techno Sport, or in other words, where all the 180SXs and Silvias went…. Read more

Rock & Roll!!

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Theres a lot of Nissan S15′s out and about, but none of them Rock and Roll like this one!
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