Asia car sightings: spotted in HK, Taipei & Tokyo... (WARNING: PIC-HEAVY)

Whassup peeps!

Just got back from a trip to Asia & decided to post up some spotted whips from the east!

Enjoy!

Hong Kong:

Alfa 156 2.5 V6


Alfa 147 2.0 TS...


And a hella-dope RS2 *tu*


XJR100


GT86 Ricecaaaaar edition


Mean looking Q7 V12 TDi


Hopped up Land Cruiser


Scirocco TFSI


Rare E50 AMG parked outside a dim sum spot


Toyota Mark X... Lovin' them big body Toyota sedans!


One clean EF SiR on (probably fake) Mugen MF10s


Taipei (Taiwan):

991 Carrera S (one of many; Asia loves its Porsches)


Nice clean Atenza


Alfa 155 V6


Nicely modded E30 M3



Saw a whole bunch of these fugly neo-retro Nissan March


Old & new VW Transporters


Proof that even if non-commercial garages in Asia are all smallish, people make due:



Tokyo & Kyoto:

Speaking of lack of garage space:


STi Sedan entering an infamous robotized parking complex


Land Cruiser


Z06


Multicultural automotive spottings at Shibuya intersection




Kei cars



Blurry 328GTS


147 GTA


Quattroporte GTS, very popular in J-pan


Another 991


Superb 964 C2


Panamera


New S6 4.0T


Supra RZ


Skylines






Nissan March 125SR


Fuga 350S Hybrid


Big body Toyotas





VW stanced notchback


Passat R36 with a killer plate


Legacy GTBs



Very early mint WRX


Dafuq???


Elgrand Highway Star (where do they find the names for these vans?)



JDM 660cc Samurai


Classic Mini


Visit to the Nissan Gallery in Ginza










That's about it... I have more pics that are to large to post... Picked up a couple of car magazines & a Tomica Store limited edition 1;64 scale Toyota 2000GT... All in all, if you like cars, HK & Tokyo are definitely worthwhile!

they have right hand drive AND left hand drive ???

woow never saw that before .

That "stanced" notchback is just fucked.

EF looks so clean from the pics. Thanks for sharing! I must say though, I'm so glad that I don't live anywhere near there. The lack of space would drive me insane.

E30 M3 cabs are rare indeed! The japanese have taste in cars, I'll tell you that... So do the residents of HK... I saw a few very nice UK classics while in Hong Kong (interceptor MKIII, XK150 DHC, Rolls Silver Cloud from the mid-50s...)

Wow, they have some baller cars in China. That Rat rod was so cool. Not so much for the Century woody, must be one of those asian fetishes we hear so much about.

MANIC MECHANIC said:

Wow, they have some baller cars in China. That Rat rod was so cool. Not so much for the Century woody, must be one of those asian fetishes we hear so much about.

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Fetishes... You can't even start to fathom... Them cosplay chicks in Harajuku put the jailbait thread to shame... SRS!

Yes Japan had both LHD and RHD, infact lots of Euro`s and American cars in LHD.

Funny how they can live with both in a safe way but we are to dumb to live with it here.

I love the pics, thanks for sharing! Simply Awesome

Very nice pictures! That C2 Porsche is gorgeous.

Love Japan, especially Tokyo. Hands down one of the cleanest cities ever, you can practically lick the floor that's how clean it is. Did you go around the Ginza aera by any chance, plenty of gorgeous cars in that aera. I hope you had some Shabu-shabu while you were in there!

wow love those pictures,thx for sharing,i want to live in japan so badly

A1 thread !!

SUBARU_WRX_STi said:

wow love those pictures,thx for sharing,i want to live in japan so badly

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The cost of living in Japan is ridiculously expensive. I remember when arrived there at night, a cab ride from Narita to Tokyo was a couple hundred dollars.

AriGold said:

The cost of living in Japan is ridiculously expensive. I remember when arrived there at night, a cab ride from Narita to Tokyo was a couple hundred dollars.

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Amen to that... A cab ride from NRT to Shinjuku would be like 300usd more or less... The best way to get DT Tokyo is without a doubt the N'EX (Narita express)... I found a deal on JReast (Japan Railway) for a deal on a 2000Y preloaded Suika (their OPUS) combined with a N'ex round-trip for the cost of 8000Y... better than the 27500Y approx. price of a cab...

Yes I did go to Ginza for a day; some of the pics , including the 964 & the GTR32 are from there actually! No shabu-shabu tho; I'll admit to cheaping out after splurging waaaaay too much in HK... BTW HK was actually way cleaner all in all than Tokyo; much less littering in parks & a way better waste management system (there's a garbage can like every 50 meters...) Mind that air quality is a whole other story; HKs air is 17x more polluted than the air in NYC for comparison... You dont smell the exhaust fumes at all in Tokyo... Metros are also much cleaner in all 3 countries than anywhere else I've seen since you're not allowed to drink or eat in them...

OMG! Thx for sharing those amazing pictures!!

sgsr20 said:

Amen to that... A cab ride from NRT to Shinjuku would be like 300usd more or less... The best way to get DT Tokyo is without a doubt the N'EX (Narita express)... I found a deal on JReast (Japan Railway) for a deal on a 2000Y preloaded Suika (their OPUS) combined with a N'ex round-trip for the cost of 8000Y... better than the 27500Y approx. price of a cab...

Yes I did go to Ginza for a day; some of the pics , including the 964 & the GTR32 are from there actually! No shabu-shabu tho; I'll admit to cheaping out after splurging waaaaay too much in HK... BTW HK was actually way cleaner all in all than Tokyo; much less littering in parks & a way better waste management system (there's a garbage can like every 50 meters...) Mind that air quality is a whole other story; HKs air is 17x more polluted than the air in NYC for comparison... You dont smell the exhaust fumes at all in Tokyo... Metros are also much cleaner in all 3 countries than anywhere else I've seen since you're not allowed to drink or eat in them...

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Ya the one thing I didn't enjoy of my Asian trip was the heavy air pollution, especially in China. Around the Shanghai aera (Wuxi) it's really bad, walking around visting a couple manufactures was no walk in the park, especially in that summer August heat. And don't even get me started on Guangzhou, you can see the polluted air as you land at the airport. But the metro systems there are amazing, Shanghai metro hands down the nicest metro I ever stepped foot in. But what a fucking world it is, would definitely go back to Hong Kong and Tokyo for pleasure rather than business, I would of loved to stay and see more of the sights.

Ça me fait penser que je pourrais partager mes photos de véhicules "spotés" au Japon, à Hong Kong et à Guangzhou mais je suis paresseux pour les mettre sur un serveur d'images web.

HeavyMetal said:

Ça me fait penser que je pourrais partager mes photos de véhicules "spotés" au Japon, à Hong Kong et à Guangzhou mais je suis paresseux pour les mettre sur un serveur d'images web.

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Do it! I wanna see! Any good ones? I was personally hoping to see more classics while in japan but saw more in HK...

Not suprised to see that old Buick Century woodie there.... Buick is a huge seller in Asia!! Still ugly though haha

Thanks for sharing bro!

sgsr20 said:

Do it! I wanna see! Any good ones? I was personally hoping to see more classics while in japan but saw more in HK...

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Lorsque j'en avais vues de belles, souvent je n'ai pas eu le temps de les prendre en photo parce qu'elles passaient en "fly-by".

Une que j'aurais voulu prendre, et je crois ne pas pris en photo, était une Nissan GT-R R34 bleu électrique lors d'un premier voyage en 2005. Je l'avais "spot-té" au camp de base du Aso Mount. Il faudrait que je regarde dans mes photos si je les ai encore (mon disque dur portatif avait grillé et j'avais ces photos dessus. Je les ai probablement dans mon vieux laptop si je ne l'ai pas encore formaté).

En 2008, lors d'un 2e voyage, j'avais vu une Lexus GS (S190) taxi "slammé" avec des BBS CH à Shibuya (juste en face du building 109). Là encore, à cause d'un "fly-by", pas eu le temps de dégainer le "kodak".

En 2009, lors d'un 3e voyage, j'ai été au Toyota Museum dans le port de Tokyo. J'ai des photos de ça en masse!

Puisque tu m'invites à "poster" ce que j'ai, je le ferai dès que je trouverai un moment pour faire mes rechercher et les partager sur un serveur d'images.