Honda CR-Z. Mugen Style.
Straight from Mugen comes their take on the CR-Z. I want those wheels. I probably could do without the LED grill-bumper. Overall, not a bad looking car. Hybrid Tuning...its like the old adage, "All Show. No Go." Maybe this round there'll be some "go" considering the amount of Japanese tuners willingly getting behind the Prius and Insight.
The FN2 Civic Type R Rally Car
Oh I love rally. And oh how I love the European Civic Type R. Put those two together? *gasp* Here is Honda Australia doing shakedown runs of their rally Civic. Tuned by JAS Motorsports and powered by Mugen, this little guy will be driven by Evans Motorsports driver Eli Evans and co-driver Glen Weston in the 2010 Australian Rally Championship.
The 2010 ARC starts this weekend and will be pitting my beloved hatch against the likes of Eli Evans' brother, Simon, in a Subaru WRX STi along with a field of TRD Toyota Corolla hatches and Mitsu EVOs.
What Is This Thing?
Driving into work today this "thing" was zooming down the carpool lane along the 91 Freeway. I vaguely recall when it was released but it escapes my brain who made it and what its called. Let me know if you got a clue!
Cleaning Out the Hard Drive
I have been spending a lot of time downloading and uploading pictures and files so that the Import Junkiez Archive isn't just a big old mess of broken links. Going back to the first post all the way to now, I have pretty much completed everything. To get all the pics back, I had to bring out my trusty old external hard drive with all the backups. I got to flipping through some old galleries of stuff I haven't seen since I started posting 7 years ago. Man, has it been that long?! I just thought I'd post up some favorites of the bunch. Lets take a quick trip down memory lane, but don't blame the Sony Mavica for the pics...its me and my lack of photo skills.
I think I'll leave it at that for now or else we'd be here forever, right? LOL. Alrighty, till next time!
-Tanker
Dealer Showcase… presented by Rally Innovations
Rally Innovations, a leader in new and exciting quality products for rally racing and the sports compact scene, present "Dealer Showcase" hosted by Puente Hills Mitsubishi. There will by live DJs, models, vendors, and give aways! Not to mention free food! So if your need to fill your need for car shows make sure not to miss this one! P.S. if you go tell RallyInnovations John I say HI!
-infamousjj
Happy Monday
On a "goodwill tour" across the internets, I came across this vid. Made me laugh. Have a good rest of your Monday!
Hello Nissan Juke
What an odd little mini-SUV/crossover/compact car...
Designed by Nissan's studios in Europe, this car is very different from the norm. It's very Nissan, yet more quirky than the stuff coming out of Korea. Even though my first impressions of the vehicle consisted of things like "Buzz, your girlfriend! Woof!" or "No Nissan! Bad Nissan!," I tend to find myself drawn to the car. Maybe its the video...the music is so calming and the design just seems so much more appealing while spinning in circles. Although Nissan hasn't released the US-specs on this compact crossover, I'm sure we will all be hoping for the 4WD 1.6L turbo'd 4 banger that Europe is getting.
Nissan is planning to debut the Juke to America at the New York Auto Show. -Tanker
It’s My Thursday: Update Edition
Since it started to rain down here in LA, I realized it's been a while since I had a "It's My Thursday" installment, so lets get this rolling shall we?
I'm sure Infamous joins me with saying, "Thank You for Your Support!" We can't seem to say it enough really. It's thanks to you that we have made some big strides by jumping onto Facebook and Twitter. We will be taking advantage of this new fangled social networking idea in the near future, but until then we will be updating as usual here as well as over there. If you haven't already, be sure to visit us on our Facebook and Twitter pages. We provided nifty icons on the sidebar to the right for you to click on! --->
Also, if you haven't been around lately be sure to check out our photos from the LA Street Food Festival! Although we couldn't stay the entire event (work didn't want to give me the day off ), we did our best to capture the moment. We had fun, for the most part, just wish we had more time to wait in more lines for more magically delicious treats. We will definitely be keeping an eye out for the 2nd installment of the Food Fest when it comes up. I'm still craving some Uncle Lau's sliders...those things were awesome.
Not much else will be going on this weekend for me. I'm looking forward to just relaxing and doing nothing. Probably work more on other backend stuff to tie the site back together. How about you? Leave us a comment! We like those. For the most part 
Otherwise, have a safe weekend!
-Tanker
On a sidenote: I tend to get the question, "What does, 'It's my Thursday' mean?" Pretty much, its the Import Junkiez version of the Weekly Round-Up/Weekend Post. It got it's name because it's Friday night and people are gearing up for their weekend, while I, unfortunately, still have one more day of real work. So while most of you folks out there have already begun their weekend, I'm still on Thursday in my work week 
Sucks huh?
2011 Honda Odyssey Concept
I can admit it: I like minivans. I could really care less if people think soccer mom status, minivans are awesome vehicles too. When modded out, they are drop dead gorgeous. Chevy Astros, Toyota Previas, and Honda Oddys top my list in best looking minivans. Well, except that 3rd Gen Oddy - it was beaten with the Honda Ugly Stick that has been going around Hondas/Acuras since 2000. Looks like the stick missed this Oddy Concept. It's clean, modern, and overall a good direction for the Oddy. Let's hope the Honda Ugly Stick doesn't come around for production finalization cause I'd be very disappointed. We shall see this fall when the 2011 Honda Odyssey is set to debut.
ABDC Starts Tomorrow… and My Bet is On…
My bet is on the group out of Westminister Ca, Poreotix. I haven't seen any crazy dance moves as of yet, but they're clean... and like the famed Jabbawockeez, HILARIOUS! I have to give it up to them for the doing a performance to a Taylor Swift song and rocking it. Poreotix I got $100 on you to win... don't let me down!
-infamousjj