The Mazda Roadpacer AP was a rare and quirky car that was only produced from 1975 to 1977. It was based on the Holden Kingswood, but it had a 13B rotary engine When you hear about a rare rotary-powered Mazda you probably expect something more special than a rebadged and engine-swapped Holden. We don’t want […]
Strange Things In Stranger Places: A Bippu Bentley
Earlier in the year, I decided to turn a Speedhunting trip down to Hiroshima into a little holiday with my partner. At one point during the getaway we found ourselves in a fancy little bistro which seated all of 10 customers and served delicate dishes in quick succession. Being more of a ramen and tap beer […]
Rally Styled For The Road: An EXTRA-Wide WRX STI
‘Ok, so what if I do 90% of the prep work myself? Will that bring the cost down by much?’ It can’t help to ask, right? Because as I start calling around for quotes on body and paint work for my new project car (full details coming soon…) I’m fast realising the cost of building a […]
The Perfect Nissan Silvia: Nob Taniguchi’s Iconic S15
‘Timeless’ is a word that’s commonly thrown around in the car world. Often, it’s used to identify cars that came to exist as a result of the golden era of Japanese tuning. In saying this, it is quite uncommon for a car to have not just been considered timeless, but to have retained the modifications that gave it […]
Japanese Tuner Gives The Nissan Z Bold Aero Upgrades But Are They Too Much?
The rear wing offered for the Nissan Z is particularly wild and can be paired with a striking diffuser https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ by Brad Anderson July 14, 2023 at 15:29 Most people seem to agree that the new Nissan Z is quite a good-looking sports car that neatly blends together design elements from the likes of the […]
Toyota Will Make Your First-Gen 86 Like New For $4,500 In Japan
Owners of the Toyota 86 in Japan are now able to breathe new life into their used sportscar thanks to a factory program called “86 Refresh Service”. A total of five courses are available for all Toyota 86 models produced between 2012 and 2016, bringing them back to pristine mechanical condition regardless of the mileage […]
A Porsche 997 GT3 Carrying The Torch For Mid Night
For every kid who grew up in the ’90s obsessing over Japanese car culture, stories of the infamous Mid Night Racing Team were impossible to ignore. And how many of us wished we could be a part of it? Admittedly, back in the day I was fantasising about joining the grunge band Nirvana, not an […]
Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger: A Group A-Inspired Skyline GT-R
When I first met Jun and proposed a Speedhunters features on his BNR32, it was already a fine example of a hard-tuned Skyline GT-R. However, there’s always room for improvement, and before any shoot took place Jun-san wanted to make another round of upgrades to the Nissan. “Please wait until Wekfest Japan,” he said. “Rest assured, I’m building […]
Family Values: The Moontech E30 M3
Project cars can be a life-consuming, money-sucking, soul-crushing journey of self discovery. If you’re in a committed relationship and have a project on the go, then you better hope your other half is on board. Ai Taguchi married into the madness. She’s the better half of Moontech’s Hikaru Taguchi, and shares a passion for building crazy-cool […]
Mazda In Talks To Get Tesla-Style Cylindrical EV Batteries From Panasonic
Mazda wants to use Panasonic’s cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in EVs that are scheduled to arrive in the second half of the 2020s Although Mazda is among the most EV-skeptical brands out there today, even it is planning for a future in which the battery-powered vehicles make up a large portion of the automotive market. To […]