tokyo auto salon

The Tokyo Motor Show often trumps North American debuts for Japanese cars but if you want to see how you can modify a car, you don't have to look much further than Tokyo Auto Salon. The annual tuning mecca for car nuts all over the world is like SEMA but with cars, parts and styling that is ...

If you have ever gone over 250km/h things start to get really hectic. Your pulse races, breathing slows and your gut begins to realize that any slight twitch is probably going to be your last. At least that is what us mere mortals feel but the team at GReddy / Trust in Japan did a little ...

Having been to Japan to experience the massive Tokyo Auto Salon spectacle many years in the past, we can say there truly isn't anything like it in the world. The equivalent of Japanese SEMA can be inspirational, puzzling and downright frightening at times but the show is so large that there is ...

Ever since the launch of Lexus' super hot LFA Coupe, gearheads have been wondering if or when the manufacturer would chop the top and create an open air version. Then, at Detroit in 2008, a drop top version appeared on the show floor. What didn't appear was any sort of details or any further ...

Saying the Toyota 2000GT holds a special place in our hearts is akin to calling oxygen and water kind of important to our survival. The long-nose two-door was envisioned as a suitable competitor to the likes of the European sports cars rolling out Italy and the UK at the time, and in many ways, ...

While the Tokyo Motor Show is a stage for the world's manufacturers to strut their production models, the Tokyo Auto Salon allows designers and engineers to stretch their legs with custom hardware. This year, Mazda is bringing 10 special models to the Tokyo Auto Salon, including a custom version ...

If you wanted to create a Porsche Panamera drop-top, where would you start? Perhaps with a Panamera sedan or something else from the Porsche stable? Or at least something that hails from Germany? A customizer at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon decided his ideal Teutonic convertible would begin life ...

Lexus F-Sport CT200h – Click above for high-res image gallery You've seen the Toyota GRMN iQ Racing Concept (lucky you!), and now it's time to divert your attention towards the rest of the Japanese automaker's wares being shown off at the Tokyo Auto Salon. First up is the Toyota Prius ...

The 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon gets underway January 14th, and Honda a is bringing an aggressively-styled CR-Z to the party. Dubbed the Tesutosutadimoderu TS-1X, the two-seater was a standard Honda CR-Z before a set of sporty wheels, body-kit and flat-black paint scheme upped the car's threat level ...

Date: January 14-16, 2011 Venue: Makuhari Messe Nippon Convention Center, Chiba, Japan ...