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Cast your votes now! Here are the entries:

The Theme: Action Shots (or the Notion of Action where the viewer is compelled into thinking that the subject did an action prior to the photo being taken).

2. Jundio Salvador: Monster truck at the RFC Pampanga 2011

3. Rean Angelo Reyes Velasco: Rockstar Impreza

4. Michael Kalbo Simon: Tandem Drift

5. Trish Rodrigo: Lonely Lancer

6. John Neri Natividad: Atoy Drifting the Skyline Sedan

7. Randolph B. de Leon: Russ Swift Stunt Show 2010 (2-Wheeling Impreza)

8. Jefferson V. Livara: Sports Utility Car (AE92 Corolla Rolling Shot)

9. Iori Suzuki: RHD Civic Race Car

10. Roberto Minosa: Rolling Shot at Night

11. Mark Abergas: Rain Rain Go Away (EVO parked at BRC)

12. Carlos Benitez: 2011 American Le Mans (BMW M3 Race Car Panning Shot)

13. Andy Rodriguez: Houston, we have lift off! (3-wheeling S15 Silvia)

14. Kevin Carlos: Rocket Bunny (Motul Drift Car with Tire Smoke)

15. Jet Rabe: Honda S2000 Rolling Shot

16. Jing Gines: Mountain Climbing More Fun in the Philippines (Subysoc and FRF Fun Run to Sierra Madre)

17. Calvin Marwood: Shooting Brent Co (?) Shooting a Tandem Drift Battle at Clark

18. Dexter Lim: Drag Race at Buendia (Impreza vs 370Z vs EVO)

19. Jay Cee: The Rock Crawler. Lens flare are real. (Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser at Pinatubo)

20. The Astig Custompinoyrides: Perfect Cover Shot? (Atoy Llave doing a Tire Burnout on the Rockstar Drift Car)

21. Patrick Lauder: Porsche Cayman Rolling Shot

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And then we enter Intex Osaka. On the main hall was a whole-day concert on stage with different shows. It was surprising to see how crowded the venue was, considering its huge proportions.

Entering Hall 2 (Hall 1 was the foodcourt), we were greeted by an Alpina B3 GT3 right at the entrance.

3-liter straight six, twin turbo, 408hp. The monster 6-pot calipers hide behind the familiar set of Alpina Classic forged alloy wheels.

The thing gives Porsches a run for their money.

Akrapovic, of motorcycle exhaust fame, made the titanium exhaust system for the Alpina B3 GT3.

Alpina is making only 99 of these 3-series-on-crack, and I’m pretty sure that they’ll all be sold out in a jiffy.

Afterwards, we moved to the Subaru exhibit right across from the BMW section. Moving through the hordes of auto-otaku, we saw a Subaru concept car, the Advanced Tourer concept, which appears to be the next Legacy.

I doubt that the semi-gullwing doors will make it into production.

The Subaru section also featured the GT300 Legacy, which won 2 class wins in the Super GT series.

Sure, there was a Super GT race car on display. But the most crowded Subaru display was this:

The highly anticipated offspring from Toyota and Subaru: The BRZ. Nearly identical to its Toyota 86 twin, it grabs just as much attention.

The BRZ and 86 are about to revive the low-cost, high-performance auto segment; which saw a long drought of cheaper performance cars with the death of names like the Nissan Silvia, Honda S2000, Toyota MR-S, and so on.

Loads more automotive goodness on Part 3!

In case you missed Part 1 <– see it here!

Roberto Minosa reporting live from Intex Osaka. Brought to you by Custom Pinoy Rides and Team A Motorsports.

The moment we stepped off the tram, we knew we were going some place epic. It was practically a car show along the road. It felt like every car nut in Osaka was going to the Motor Show.

A bone-stock NSX was in line for the parking area of Intex Osaka.

An S2000 was also in line. All-stock performance cars like these are becoming a rarity even here in Japan.

Here’s something we don’t see everyday: a pristine Alfa Romeo Giulia.

American cars are a bit of a novelty for the Japanese.

Just two cool cars moving along.

We also saw this cool Type-R themed Odyssey. It’s got the stance, the looks, and seats seven.

And here’s the venue: a behemoth of a structure, with five halls each the size of an aircraft hangar.

You can see how the Japanese take their cars seriously. This is the queue to the ticket booth.

Let’s go inside Intex on Part Two! (Coming Soon!)

Rounding up the stanced cars together before closing off the PornFest. Close up photos of these cars coming soon!

I know you’ll agree with me when I say that a Corvette is a man’s car. It’s a sports car with so much power and grunt, it makes men feel even manlier. But what else can you do to a Corvette to turn it into a car of man’s wildest dreams? Well, apart from drifting this Corvette around Clark International Speedway, check out what Car Porn® Racing has done to their Corvette. With a suspension drop, camouflage wrap, tunable ECU, and other simple mods, Car Porn® Racing has put just put the M in Manly.

Read on to find out more about this awesome Chevrolet Corvette, along with two other equally awesome cars found at the Car Porn® Racing booth during the 2011 Manila Auto Salon – a kick-ass ultra wide body BMW M5, and a monster BMW 3-Series with a Corvette Engine! Plus we’ll treat you to a bonus video from Struan Wallace of Car Porn® Racing and Wreckless Inc. showcasing these awesome cars, as well as more action from the 2011 Manila Auto Salon.

This car is Ian King’s infamous BM-Vette. The monster BMW 3-Series with a 6.2L Corvette LS3 V8 engine under the hood! This car is a beast on the track. Oh, and it’s fitted with Rota IKR wheels!

Now as promised, here’s the video by Struan Wallace of Car Porn® Racing and Wreckless Inc. Fantastic video editing. A must see! Check it out guys!

Here’s what he has to say about the video:

Music: Cantaloop by Us3

This is a quick video I put together of our car shop’s (Car Porn® Racing) first attempt at a car show.

We had 3 entries. All of which won an award. We were stoked cuz they all almost didn’t make it. We were prepping them till the very last minute. There was still so much we wanted to get done to them so we felt a little half assed. Next show though, we’ll be more prepared. The Corvette won 2nd in the Euro/American Sports car class. We lost to a Lamborghini Superleggera. The 3-Series won 4th and the M5 won 3rd in the Race Car class.

Corvette – Camo wrap, lowered, racing seats, tunable ECU, and tinted lights. Very simple mods, but wait till next year, we have some crazy plans for this car. Lets just say theres going to be a lot of cutting and extending…

3- Series BMW – This car is a complete race car which runs a Corvette LS3 engine. This car is awesome and such a beast on the track.

M5 – Running all the basic mods. Filter, Exhaust, ecu, etc. But what we were really proud of, was that the whole kit was custom built and the car was widened to fit 18″x12′s front and back!

All in all, I was impressed with the Manila Auto Salon. There were some great cars there. Especially the super high 4×4′s…Now i want to build one! The Aluminum Mustang running an RB26 was also very impressive. Entries into the MAS are improving every year, so I can’t wait to see what next year brings.

We were a little disappointed with some of the judging decisions. Our 3-Series and the M5 were put into the same class (race car) even though the M5 is a road car and not a race car.

Hope you like our cars and our video. As always, feel free to comment, like and share.

Thanks to everyone involved.
WRECKLESS Inc.
Car Porn® Racing
Liqui Moli
Varta
Hand Job Car Wash
Victoria Court
Sohotel
Intuned Online
P&P tattoo

Related Stuff:
- See more coverage of the 2011 Manila Auto Salon here.
- See more articles about drift cars here.
- See more cars with custom body kits here.
- See more awesome videos shere.

Video by Wreckless Inc.

Wanna learn how to DRIFT? Go to the King’s Car Control Clinic at FTI, Taguig! Lessons every sunday. Watch the spectacular video and read on for more details…

Kings car Control Clinic

DRIFT SCHOOL!

Lessons every sunday. Choose from 5 different drift cars. 3xcefiro’s, 1xskyfiro (skyline/cefiro ute), or a toyota Levin.

You can get in touch by contacting +63 918 907 4123 or by email: sshhh12@gmail.com

Music is by Free Form ‘Back to School’

Made by WRECKLESS Inc.

I personally, love this place. I try to go every weekend. Rent out one of the cars and learn to drift if you’re a beginner, or if you have your own car you can just pay to use the track.

The surface is kind of like a parking lot, so it’s a bit slipperier which means if more forgiving on your tires. A pair of tires can sometimes last a few weekend sessions.

There is even a mechanic at the track, so if need be you can even pay to have him fix your car if something happens.

Best part is, everyone there is extremely friendly . Spectators are more than welcome too.

If you wanna get your drift fix every week, this is the place !

Related Stuff:
- See more about the Kings Car Control Clinic here.

Dropped by the 2011 Bumper2Bumper Metro Rides 3 car show last June 12 at Robinsons Midtown Mall to shoot the awesome cars on display. Watch this space for updates –> Bumper2Bumper.

Video by Ian King

This is what happens at The King’s Playground on Sundays. Totally cool huh? Let me ask you a question, if you were given the chance, would you want to be part of it?

Check out the awesome video now!!!

Video by Ian King

The King’s Car Control Clinic is truly the in thing to beat the summer heat in the city. Why go out of town when you can have all the action right here at FTI, Taguig!? And remember, this is your chance to actually experience the action yourself! And you go home a new person, confident with yourself that you now know how to control a car like no other.

Your friends might say, “I went to Galera”, or “I went to Bora”. That’s all cliche every summer. But go out to them and say “I learned how to do this”, and you’ll be the talk of the town.

So what are you waiting for? Check out the video here, then head over to the King’s Car Control Clinic for some car control lessons! Trust me, it’s worth it.

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Oh and maybe you guys can let me know if you’re going. I might just see you there!