Hot Hatch From Hell: Hayabusa-Powered VW Polo

Hot Hatch From Hell: Hayabusa-Powered VW Polo

What do you get when you cross a Volkswagen Polo with the engine from a Suzuki Hayabusa? You get a pint-sized pocket rocket that sounds like a disembowled banshee, that’s what.

We’ve little solid information on the precise specs of this half-breed, but we do know that it’s turbocharged, mid-engined and utlises a chain-driven rear axle [...]

Fox Marketing To Build Twin-Turbo, IS-F-Bodied IS Convertible

Fox Marketing To Build Twin-Turbo, IS-F-Bodied IS Convertible

We’re big fans of the IS-F here at TMRT, but we’re not so big on convertibles. So what do we think of Fox Marketing’s latest project, an IS-F-bodied IS Convertible?

It’s hot.

If this rendering is anything to go by, the melding of IS-F bodywork with the IS C’s two-door frame is a winning combo - and [...]

Back In Business

Back In Business

If you’re wondering what’s going on and why you’ve been redirected from your beloved JPCN to this new-fangled “TMRtuned” site, listen up, for we’ve got news for you.

Regular readers of Japanese Performance Car News will have noticed that the site essentially stalled at the start of this year. We think the alternator crapped itself. After [...]

The Ultimate Toorak Tractor: Twin-Turbocharged Infiniti FX35

The Ultimate Toorak Tractor: Twin-Turbocharged Infiniti FX35

It’s not often that we talk about SUV’s here on JPCN. In fact, this is probably the first time we’ve ever devoted an entire post to a Japanese 4WD wagon. “BUT TONEZ”, you exclaim, “dis iz Japanese Performance CAR News, not Japanese Performance TRUCK News, LOLZ”. Valid point, dear reader, but I assure you: with [...]