Posts Tagged 'Nissan'

The Real Deal: Toshi’s 700+whp Top Secret Built “Weekend Car”

Posted by Chris on November 15 2009 2 Commented

“JDM” is a funny term. Like any trend based around a single ideal, the core of that ideal will be diluted and worn away as more and more people latch the trend and don’t stick to the original intent of the idea. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just a natural progression.

FormulaDrift @ Irwindale Mega Post Gallery Part I: The House of Drift

Posted by Chris on October 20 2009 3 Commented

Having never won a trip anywhere I didn’t know exactly what to expect beyond a flight and the event. It started off pretty damn good though; upon arriving at the hotel there was a nice surprise waiting for me in the room…

EVENT: JDMRides Final Meet Up Close

Posted by Chris on September 28 2009 Add Comments

I hate shooting ‘meets’ and events like this. you always get shots of a wicked car with some other car you don’t really want in the shot behind it, or some tall skinny dude eating a hotdog in the background (that was me in many other people’s shots today). So I decided to focus more [...]

FEATURED CAR: Toshi’s Red Hot R35 GTR

Posted by Chris on September 24 2009 one Commented

“Hey Chris wanna shoot a GTR? It’s an R35 in red.”
“Uhhhhhhh… yes please” was my obvious reply…
What else do you say when you get the chance to poke around a fresh GTR? I’ve never seen the red one in person before, so I was intrigued. I personally hate the signature silver colour these come in, [...]

FEATURED CAR: Mike’s R35 Nissan GTR

Posted by Chris on June 24 2009 Add Comments

Yeeeess this is that car. The car everyone hates to love or loves to hate… or something. It really is a divisive car. You either appreciate the astounding engineering that has allowed this 3800lb slab of metal to compete with cars half its weight and twice it’s price, or you compare the GTR directly to [...]

FEATURED CAR: Chris’ Nissan 370z

Posted by Chris on June 13 2009 Add Comments

The Nissan 370Z is one of those cars you have to see up close to really ‘get’ design-wise. When I first saw the press photos Nissan released of it I was pretty disappointed. It has some lines that don’t seem to make sense at first. But when you spend some time with the car in [...]