Tokyo Auto Salon - Heavy on pics

[MadBiker]

Antoine, I wasn't sure if this was the place to post this thread, please move to appropriate section if necessary.

And all you guys out there, try to hold off on comments until I'm done posting my pics hehehe (rockon)

** 2/6/2009 Edit - OK guys feel free to start positng comments **

Impressions of the Auto Salon:
It was my first ever trip to the Tokyo Auto Salon - with the global economic crisis I figured there'd be less people and it seemed that way - until about 11:00 AM. It started to get so crowded that trying to get clean shot opportunities was near nigh impossible. I went on Saturday and gave up around 4:00pm (entered at 9:10AM).

Given the above situation, I wasn't able to hit all the major tuners and parts suppliers for all the brands. I also didn't know they had a D1 GP event running there (dang, if I'd known I'd taken some vids). Guys would flock to companion girls who would pose for them - it was nuts.

Also, I just bought my Canon Ixy and wasn't sure how long my batteries would last and wasn't sure if my 8GB SD card was enough (they did last and it was enough - and now I regret not recording the entire Mazda booth show - the companion girls were wearing really nice dresses!).

Mitsubishi must have been really hurting financially. They didn't show for Detroit and here, well, their Ralliart booth was small and off in the corner. Dwarfed by the Work (wheel maker) booth. Pity.

Bridgestone and Dunlop had huge booths and it seems tire manufacturers have money to spend.

The theme of many companies was "eco" for ecologically friendly, economical etc. This includes Bridgestone, Dunlop, Mazda, Toyota, etc. Got to wonder what cars will be like in the future - ugh!

OK here goes, enjoy.

** 2/1/2009 Edit **
OK, I've decided to signup for Photobucket and upload there. Then I'll post links here. That should make things faster for me. Sorry for the delay.
** 2/2/2009 Edit **
Got most of the stuff uploaded to Photobucket, finally! Here's the link:
http://s722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/

Opening shots:
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[MadBiker]

Not all the pics here are good - I couldn't figure out how to set the white balance so some came out dark, and I was in a rush lol.

Mazda girls and Demio pics and Axela pics below. This is it for today, gotto go to bed. Will tyr to post more tomorrow. Stay tuned!

[wickedjra]

i really like the new 3, but there is something about that big smiley face look that is a little hard to get past...(dunno)

[MadBiker]

Mazdaspeed Atenza, RX-8 and MX-5

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[MadBiker]

This car was just sweet!!!

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[coolmazda5]

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Cool idea/concept, reminds me of the Mazda5 Quiksilver designs that came back in 06. BTW, What the heck happened to the seats??? :p


This car was just sweet!!!
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(boom01), but very cute nonetheless :D

[MadBiker]

XANavi Super GT Skyline (I think its a Skyline anyway whatever)

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Skyline Club Sports Package

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NISMO 350Z

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[MadBiker]

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[Knox Joe]

Keep Em Comin!

[MadBiker]

Just a note here - Amemiya's booth was just so crowded that it was impossible to get decent shots. I saw someone had better shots that they'd probably taken during the press-only hours.

Sea green RX-7 (IMO I think it's not so cool)
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RAZO 8
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[MadBiker]

Ogura Clutch RX-7
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[MadBiker]

This was a pretty neat looking S2000. I just wish Honda would continue building sporty cars.... everybody's going the "Eco-friendly" route - yes, that's fine but driving should still be fun, not mind-controlled or PC. OK enough ranting, here are the pics:

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And a pic of part of the booth - man these guys just won't get out of the way of the shot, you know??? I don't know these guys OK?
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[MadBiker]

sorry, it's 1am here Japan time so I think I'm going to hit the sack. BTW, they actually had 2 pretty good samurai programs on TV tonight, so I'm actually kinda happy!

[MadBiker]

Rx-7

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Rx-8 - Tires make this 8 look comfy!
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[MadBiker]

This is a Stillen-supercharged Z. If I had lots of money, I'd have lots of supercharged cars....

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[MadBiker]

They like purple!!

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H.I.S. ings Z
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Lexus SC430
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[MadBiker]

p.s. Has anyone noticed all those Good Year bags that everyone is carrying in all these pics? I got one too!! It was incredible the Good Year booth was just handing them out like crazy - they literally had boxes and boxes of these bags in their booth, and opened and emptied boxes littered their booth floor. They were more concerned with handing out bags than with their actual booth it seemed. Funny, I don't remember what their booth was like hahaha.

[daonly1around]

i wanna go there....

whats the starting salary over there for someone to teach english... haha

[protojason]

Was 3,600,000 yen/yr for the JET program when I was looking at it. . .

-jason

[MadBiker]

daonly1around - Japan is a good place to visit but I don't recommend living here for more than 3 years unless you want to go loco. If you're young enough you can come here on a working holiday type of visa, if they still do that in Japan. I'd wait until the 1 or 2 million plus that got laid off here gets back to work before coming over to teach English....

[daonly1around]

yeah, i'm not moving to japan, if i move to another country it would be the great down under haha

[MadBiker]

Autoexe Atenza

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RX-8
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[MadBiker]

This booth was sooo crowded - I didn't even bother trying to get into the showcase area - so many car geeks were in there drooling over the gauges on display. But they did have this Axela and a girl. Enjoy!

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[MadBiker]

OK so when I first tried to go to the Toyota booth, it looked like this:

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A frickin' sea of people. So I skipped it but then it finally cleared out and I was able to take a look and found basically only 1 car that I thought were worth my time - yes a lowly but nicely souped up Corolla:

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And why didn't they just leave this in the junkyard? (uhm)
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[ms6acton]

nice pics bud.. stupid japan always having nicier stuff then us lol

[MadBiker]

I thought Work would have some of their racing and lightweight stuff on show, but no, they were going high-end as in bling. So I didn't take pictures of their wheels on display. A little disappointing....

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Maserati
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Bimmer M3
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[MadBiker]

Now, these I liked! They had on show the real cars - bug splatter, dents, scratches and all! Man the Nordschleife felt close!

Altezza RS200
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Yup, real dents!
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LS250
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Nordschleife stealth lexus
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[MadBiker]

As I've noted in my opening comments, their presence was very limited. Mitsubishi must just be hurting. They also just announced that they will not participate in the Dakar Rally. Wow, for them, that's like Honda pulling out of F1.

The cars though were a big hit by fans and it was a battle just to get these shots.

Parts (I mean, this was it)
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture232.jpg

Evo Rally Car
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture229.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture231.jpg

Ralliart Lancers
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture233.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture235.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture236.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/018%20Ralliart/Picture237.jpg

[MadBiker]

Never heard of these cars but... I present you the Rice Rocket!!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/019%20Rice%20Rocket/Picture246.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/019%20Rice%20Rocket/Picture247.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/019%20Rice%20Rocket/Picture248.jpg

Ragtop Version
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/019%20Rice%20Rocket/Picture250.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/019%20Rice%20Rocket/Picture251.jpg

And Hankook Porche
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/020%20Hankook%20Porche/Picture254.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/020%20Hankook%20Porche/Picture256.jpg

[MadBiker]

Masao Suenaga RX-7 (Nope, its not a replica)
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture259.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture260.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture261.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture262.jpg

and others...
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture263.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture264.jpg
A Mustang in Drift form!
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture265.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture266.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture267.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture268.jpg

and they actually were doing a D1 event which I only found out when I decided to go home:
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture452.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/021%20D1%20Cars/Picture450.jpg

[Cellerator]

The Stealth lexus looks to be their concept LF-A but great pics, :)

[MadBiker]

Fuel Bank RX-7
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture272.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture273.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture274.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture276.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture277.jpg

This was just insane - I have a video of this car that I'll get around to posting next year maybe (taking me forever to get through to the end lol)
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture279.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture280.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture281.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture282.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/022%20AutoBacs%20RX-7s/Picture283.jpg

[wiperboy]

i wish i was there

[Rainman]

Nice pics. Some very sweet rides.

R

[MadBiker]

They actually had a dismantled WRX on display with the parts strewn up against the wall (neatly). That was pretty cool. A naked WRX harharhar!

And by this point I was getting really tired....so many cars, too many people and not enough time...

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/024%20Subaru/Picture289.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/024%20Subaru/Picture290.jpg

Rally version? WRX
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/024%20Subaru/Picture291.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/024%20Subaru/Picture292.jpg

Yellow WRX - this actually looked nice (I mean, do the recent WRX's really look nice?)
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/024%20Subaru/Picture294.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/024%20Subaru/Picture295.jpg

[MadBiker]

Legacy B4

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/025%20Zero%20Sports/Picture297.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/025%20Zero%20Sports/Picture298.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/025%20Zero%20Sports/Picture299.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/025%20Zero%20Sports/Picture300.jpg

[MadBiker]

Sickly fast machine. Powered by a Kawasaki ZZR-14R engine. If you have a Kawasaki, I guess you can buy the kit to convert it into a Lotus or Corvette beater.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/027%20Obayashi/Picture308.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/027%20Obayashi/Picture309.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/027%20Obayashi/Picture310.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/027%20Obayashi/Picture311.jpg

Work wheels and Toyo Proxes never looked so good
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/027%20Obayashi/Picture312.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/027%20Obayashi/Picture313.jpg

[MadBiker]

I didn't go crazy taking pics of the companion ladies - there was enough competition to get pics of the cars. The girls - fuhgeddaboudit! These 40 to 50 something year-old camera geeks would just go crazy taking pictures of them. But I did manage to take a few myself!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture314.jpg

Fit
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture316.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture317.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture318.jpg

S200
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture321.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture322.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture323.jpg

Civic R
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture325.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture326.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture327.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/028%20Honda%20Modulo/Picture328.jpg

[MadBiker]

Dunlop too was on the "Ecologically friendly products!!" bandwagon. They had a tunnel where they demonstrated their "quiet tire" technology (it was just a room with sound absorbing panels) and they had a rolling resistance comparison jig in the tunnel that demonstrated their Enasave tires were more efficient. Whatever. In Japan, one doesn't drive enough to care about how much noise or how long a tire lasts or what kind of fuel economy you can get (most of the time you're sitting in traffic anyway...well unless you live in the boonies like Antoine)....

OK enough ranting.... pics!!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture330.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture331.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture332.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture333.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture334.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture335.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture338.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture339.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/029%20Dunlop/Picture340.jpg

[MadBiker]

NSX !!!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture342.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture343.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture344.jpg

Civic Type R
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture345.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture346.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture347.jpg

Accord
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture349.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture350.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture351.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/030%20Mugen/Picture352.jpg

I have a video of the NSX turning on the table so look for it in one of the later posts.(wink)

[MadBiker]

Phew... this is getting tiring but this thread is nearing 1,000 views!!
Yay!!(drinks)

I've never heard of these guys but they make carbon fiber (dry) parts for the FD3S. Man, the parts are very light. I swung open the door on their car and did a double take, because it was so light that it felt like swinging a pencil.

Can't imagine how light this RX-7 was because all the body parts were dry carbon fiber.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/034%20Pantera/Picture386.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/034%20Pantera/Picture387.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/034%20Pantera/Picture388.jpg

[MadBiker]

Knight Sports is located near Haneda Airport in Tokyo (RE Amemiya is nearer Narita Airport in Chiba - either way, I'm in between so yes, I may be a lucky guy!!!).

Anyways I sat down with one Hidefumi Nakamura, Managing Director and discussed modding my Protege5 that I've actually was crazy enough to import to Japan (just love the car). They were very connected with the original Tokyo dealership that was the start of Mazdaspeed in Japan. Dude!! I mentioned my Protege5 and he said that very likely that dealership and would have parts for it rolling around in their warehouse - he said it would be easy to call them up and find out what they have - a direct line to Mazdaspeed!

Not only that, the Protege is a car that can be rather easily supercharged. I was floored.... And for you Miata gearheads, the 2.3 Axela engine is basically a straight swap into the Miata engine bay. Seems that folks in Japan are doing that. The DISI Mazdaspeed 2.3 Axela Engine is not swappable. Well, if you have the money, time and patience anything is possible....

My brain was bursting with crazy ideas for my car...OK OK enough fantasizing.

Knight Sports Booth
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture417.jpg

Knight Sports RX-7!
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture406.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture407.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture408.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture409.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture410.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture413.jpg

RX-8
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture398.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture399.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture400.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture401.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture402.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture403.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture404.jpg

Demio
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture412.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture414.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture415.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/036%20Knight%20Sports/Picture416.jpg

[MadBiker]

Not too many Silvias or Skylines for that matter really caught my sight. Maybe it was because I'm a Mazda nut that RX-7s came into sight quicker than the other cars. But here's really the only Silvia I thought I saw at the show.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/038%20Tatebayashi%20Silvia/Picture422.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/038%20Tatebayashi%20Silvia/Picture423.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/038%20Tatebayashi%20Silvia/Picture424.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/038%20Tatebayashi%20Silvia/Picture425.jpg

[MadBiker]

maybe the only Mazdaspeed Atenza outside of the Mazda booth.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/040%20Ducks-Garden/Picture432.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/040%20Ducks-Garden/Picture433.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/040%20Ducks-Garden/Picture434.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/040%20Ducks-Garden/Picture434.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/040%20Ducks-Garden/Picture436.jpg

[MadBiker]

OK folks by this time I was getting really, really tired. I was about to go home when I kept finding RX-7's. This was one of them.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/041%20Magic%20RX-7/Picture438.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/041%20Magic%20RX-7/Picture439.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/041%20Magic%20RX-7/Picture440.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/041%20Magic%20RX-7/Picture441.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/041%20Magic%20RX-7/Picture442.jpg

[MadBiker]

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/042%20Blitz/Picture443.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/042%20Blitz/Picture444.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/042%20Blitz/Picture445.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/042%20Blitz/Picture446.jpg

[coolmazda5]

I've actually was crazy enough to import to Japan (just love the car)

Naaah, really? Please do tell ;)

j/k, good pics, seen any DAMD stuff by any chance? I like some of the things they do. I found this in Nihon Car, but that is pretty much it.

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/1009/gallery/DAMD_001.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/1009/gallery/DAMD_007.jpg

Source:
http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news-1009-TAS09%3A+Damd...+Styling+Effect+on+EVO+X+and+Impre za+WRX+STI.html

[MadBiker]

OK, finally I'm down to my last several pics. These are miscellaneous photos of the show. The bizarre, cute and strange ones. If you want to see them all they are in the "Misc" section of the album on photobucket (link is in my first post).

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/098%20Misc/Picture243.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/098%20Misc/Picture245.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/098%20Misc/Picture253.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/098%20Misc/Picture305.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/098%20Misc/Picture214.jpg

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[MadBiker]

So finally, I wrapped things up, packed all the stuff I got into my backpack and headed home. My first ever Auto Salon - what a day!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/100%20Closing%20Shot/Picture453.jpg
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and here's all the stuff I got at the show:
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/100%20Closing%20Shot/Picture459.jpg

OK folks this is it for all the pics. I hope you enjoyed the journey and feel free to post comments. I have videos but they are rather large in size and are in avi format - not supported on photobucket. Will work on converting them to a supported format

[coolmazda5]

Hey, before you go, check my post #47 whenever you have a chance, LOL. It got buried among all the pics I guess :p.

Oh and tell the Japanese chick in the last miscellaneous posted pic to get out of the way, she doesn't let me see the car (laugh)

[MadBiker]

Coolmazda5, Sorry I haven't responded to your comments - was very busy recently with personal stuff AND selection, researching pinouts etc. for a Japanese Clarion NX-708 HDD Navigation system into my P5. I'm also in the middle of installing it - not easy. Sheesh you should see all the wires. I'll be posting pics of that too.

In the meantime, enjoy pics of the companions at Tokyo Auto Salon (and I'll respond to the comments - eventually harharhar).

[MadBiker]

Goodyear

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Honda Modulo

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/101%20Companions/Picture314.jpg

[MadBiker]

Don't remember which booth this was....

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/101%20Companions/Picture134.jpg

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[MadBiker]

Don't remember which booth this was either! But I like the dress!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/101%20Companions/Picture238.jpg

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[MadBiker]

Mazda

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Fujitsubo

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/MadBiker_2009/2009%20Tokyo%20Auto%20Salon/101%20Companions/Picture054.jpg

Defi

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