GM came strong as usual with the Tuner Tour, showcasing Ecotec upgrades for the Cobalt platform and last year's Time Attack winner, driven by John Heinricy. The Mackin Industries (North American importer of such JDM gems as Volk wheels, among others) booth was a popular rest stop, not just for the girls, but because of the Jade Motorsports NSX, which had a Route KS widebody kit molded to the chassis, the new Gram Lights 57 Maximum wheels, and a new carbon fiber air duct cover for the Subaru WRX from ARC.
High caliber race, drift, show and OE cars were also on display-HKS took front row honors with NOB Taniguchi's Aristo and Evo; Mopar with Sam Hubinette's Charger SRT8 drift car; NOS Energy Drink brought its drift-prepped SC300 (check the poster in next month's issue); and we got a chance to scope the follow-up to the widely successful Scion line, Toyota's latest in the small-car segment, the Yaris 3-door, already touched up with gold Volks.
Hourly seminars were provided and allowed different tuners and manufacturers to come and show enthusiasts not only the finer intricacies of tuning in general but also what needed to be done in order to build the same cars they were seeing up close and personal.
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