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OUT THERE

There’s no school
like the old skool

Every tuning shop and parts manufacturer girls – and with that the naughty crotch-
had an A90 on display, showing off the shot-hunters that make up a good half of TAS
first simple bolt-on upgrades to bump show-goers.
performance, along with a true excess Spending two whole days there I came
of styling goods. From the impeccably away with the impression every area of
constructed carbon goodies of the Gazoo the aftermarket culture in Japan seems to
Racing line up, as fitted to their blue demo be not only alive and well, but still evolving,
car, all the way to the massive widebody people always chasing that perfect look that
conversion Varis created, which was running allows them to stand out from the crowd.
on a set of 13J-wide Super GT wheels, shod And because of this the industry supports
in 335-section Toyos and custom-drilled to with countless new products every year.
fit the five-lug hub of the Supra. So much for The influx of German cars seems pretty
steering then! unstoppable at this point, with most models
HKS too went the wide route with their on the market being turbo and with not much
Supra, introducing a widebody conversion that to compete against them from the Japanese
pumps the guards 90mm at each corner and manufacturers, they are really getting a foot
already on sale for those lucky few who’ve in. Which isn’t a bad thing, as the Japanese
already picked a car up. have this special ability to extract the best
The show overall seemed to be fuelled performance and looks from any car, no matter
Supposedly this is the year of the rat.
by a new-found energy. There was more of where it’s originally from. Here are a few cars
But if the Tokyo Auto Salon is anything everything – booths, cars, parts and of course, that stood out the most at this year’s show…
to go by, you’d be 100-percent sure 2020
was the year of the Supra! Or was it?
Words and Pictures Dino Dalle Carbonare

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