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Diahatsu, the small-car specialist, has put out a nice concept car at Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 based on their Move Conte X Limited compact car. The so-called D (for “Dog”) -Sport Move Conte “My Sneacar”, which looks like… a shoe. Cute though (dog on a leash not included). The custom work and parts cost ¥719,810 [...]

Here’s a cool mod car, the Masquerade Prodrive Impreza for street and circuit use.

Intricately decorated left side wheel

Right side wheel with different color

The new year kicks off with an exhibition of custom cars at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 in Makuhari Messe. I went and took some pictures. Here’s one of my favorites: the customized μ-Dimension Acoustic Research anime-painted car.

μ-Dimension ELEMENT Series 4ch amp

μ-Dimension 12-inch subwoofer

μ-Dimension 50W/4ch AB-class power amp


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