Yes, I admit, one of my guilty pleasures is watching the Fast & Furious franchise movies. The Fast & Furious have licensed many diecast approved collectible cars over the years, but this 1:43 scale diecast collection from GreenLight Collectibles is pretty sweet. I just picked-up several of these cars at Toys’R’Us.
GreenLight Collectibles 1:43 Fast & Furious Collection
November 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Frankie’s Garage: GT-R N Attack Package @ 2015 SEMA
November 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Nissan has released various special editions of it’s GT-R in over the years, now comes the 2015 NISMO Nissan GT-R N Attack Package available in U.S. through aftermarket tuning company Stillen. This ultimate track package GT-R variant attacked the famous German track Nürburgring in a record 7 minutes and 8 second lap time.
Frankie’s Garage: STI S207 Limited Edition
October 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Sold only in Japan and limited to only 400 units, Subaru’s motorsports division Subaru Tecnica International (STI) announces the S207. Based on the WRX STI, the S207 will have aero modifications, tuning mods and a distinctive interior. The new engine will pump out 328 horses.
Frankie’s Garage: Yamaha Sport Ride Concept
October 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Yamaha is more know for it’s motorbikes and pianos, now it’s getting into making automobiles? Well, this is the Yamaha Sport Ride Concept tw0-door sports car revealed at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. A light-weight body inspired by F1-racing can the basis for a sports car, a small city commute vehicle or mini-SUV. Yamaha make the car!
Frankie’s Garage: The Next Subaru Impreza
October 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Subaru reveals a 5-door hatch-back Impreza concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. No power numbers have been mention yet. The look is more mature and subtle, unlike the past couple Impreza models.
Frankie’s Garage: Toyota S-FR Concept
October 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Mazda MX-5 competition in the future? The Toyota S-FR Concept from the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. This concept is 2+2 mini-coupe entry-level sports car. But the back seat is more the kids. It’s front-mounted engine with rear-wheel drive.
Frankie’s Garage: The Return of Rotary in the RX-VISION
October 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Mazda RX-8 was thought to be the last rotary engine performance car. Well, no more! The return of the rotary is here as Mazda made a huge splash at the Tokyo Motor Show, as they turn heads with the stunning RX-VISION concept.
Frankie’s Garage: Euro Hot-Hatch Battle
October 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Battle of the top Euro-spec hot-hatches, the 2015 Renaultsport Megane 275 Trophy-R Limited Edition versus the 2015 Honda Civic Type R. EVO takes a look at both cars on the track.
Viral Video Friday: Honda “Paper”
October 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A week ago Honda released a tribute video “Paper” of their 6 decades in the auto business. This flip-board animation took many animators and thousands of hand drawings to manipulate movement and other details.
Frankie’s Garage: Bimmer Concepts @ Monterey Car Week
August 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you’re a autophile, then past weekend the mecca of all car shows, the Monterey Car Week took place at Pebble Beach, CA. BMW revealed 2 production ready concepts.
The M4 Coupe is already a solid performer, but BMW will offer another more powerful M4, the GTS Concept with more light-weight parts and aggressive aero.coupe.
Frankie’s Garage: The GT12 Road Monster
August 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
One of my fave auto journalists in the game is Chris Harris and in this episode he takes a look at a road and track monster, the Aston Martin Vantage GT12. The GT12 features aggressive aero parts, splitters, a big wing, bigger tires, some weight trimming and is limited to 100 cars.
Frankie’s Garage: Wacky Mate’s R32 Skyline
June 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Finally, another episode of Tuner Club! This show takes a look at tuning house Wacky Mate in Japan and their very own 1993 Nissan Skyline R32. The 800hp beast was built for grip driving and time attacks. The R32 has been heavily modified and tuned.
The New Batmobile
June 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Warner Bros. reveals the new Batmobile for the upcoming Batman v Superman movie.
Frankie’s Garage: The Euro-Spec Civic Type R
June 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Type R badge returns. The UK/Euro-Spec Honda Civic 4-door sedan that gets the special treatment. Wild and outrageous aero parts and rear spoiler looks to make a statement. Xcar Films takes a look and reviews this pocket rocket.
Frankie’s Garage: The Ferrari 488 GTB
June 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s fast. It’s super fast. One of my favorite auto journalist Chris Harris reviews the 458 Italia replacement, the Ferrari 488 GTB.
Frankie’s Garage: SRT Tomahawk Vision for Gran Turismo 6
June 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This is one bad@$$ concept car by SRT. Fiat/SRT takes a jump into the future of what a SRT hyper-car would look like in 2035. And you’ll have to wear a G-suit to drive this car because of the 2,590 horses and top speed of 371. This is the SRT Tomahawk Vision for Gran Turismo 6.
Frankie’s Garage: The New Miata
June 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The all-new 2016 Mazda MX-5 is here. Autoguide takes a look at the MX-5 with a new SkyActive 2.0L 4-cyclinder 155 horsepower engine.
Frankie’s Garage: Honda Tuner Girls
April 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
I drive a 2003 Honda Accord coupe, but I’m not much of a tuner girl per say, as all I have done is replaced my OEM CD player to a Pioneer DEH-150MP and some expensive Monster car audio cables that I got suckered into buying at Best Buy. I laugh now. Anyhow, these are real tuner girls from Osaka, Japan. This latest episode of Tuner Club Episode #4 takes a look at Nabo Okamoto’s 1996 Honda Civic sedan and Yayoi Torii’s 1991 Honda Civic hatchback.
Frankie’s Garage: Speedhunters FR-S Race Tuned
April 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Tuner Keith Charvonia stops by Jay Leno’s Garage with this road racing Scion FR-S. This Scion won the 2014 Scion Tuner Challenge at SEMA last year.
Frankie’s Garage: Drifting with James Deane
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Xcar Films interviews racing drifter James Deane and family on drifting and his drift cars. This is a 2-part documentary short:
Frankie’s Garage: 2016 Honda Civic Concept
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Honda at the 2015 New York Auto Show introduces the all-new 2016 Civic Concept. This 10th-generation Civic finally has the look and feel of the glory days when everybody wanted a Honda Civic. At the press conference, Honda has stated that various Civic models will be available starting this Fall with the Sedan model first, then a Coupe version, Si Edition, a 5-door hatch and even a Type-R.
Frankie’s Garage: Subaru BRZ STI Concept
April 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Aggressive aero parts, bigger wing, special Brembo brakes and new wheels is the Subaru BRZ STI Concept at the 2015 New York Auto Show. Mostly, this one-off concept by STI uses a race engine, the EJ20 pumping out 345 horses.
Frankie’s Garage: Tuner Club Ep. 2 & 3!
March 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
GT Channel’s newest Tuner Club is for JDM fanatics and here’s episode 2 & 3. In episode #2, Tuner Club profiles Global Auto’s ’99 Nissan BNR34 GT-R and boss Hiroyuki Yasui. A 900hp track-only Skyline.
Frankie’s Garage: Toyota’s Secret Lair in Europe
March 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Xcar Films takes a look at Toyota race cars in Europe and the company known as TMG aka Toyota Motorsports GmbH.
Frankie’s Garage: Honda’s 2015 IndyCar Aero Kit
March 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When you talk about F1 racing, Honda comes to mind. For Indy racing fans, Honda Performance Development reveals their “Aero Kit” product for 2015 IndyCar.
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