The noisiest festival on Earth is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun
by Phil Iwaniuk
“The GT-R is like Gundam tech”
Gojira is dead. Japan's motoring kaiju has been laid to rest, driven back into the icy depths of the Pacific and far away from this clanging metaphor. The supercar world is safe once again.Because for the best part of 18
by Vijay Pattni
What a show it must have been
Japan is a haven for all things cars, and it's where you'll find some of the cleanest, meanest builds you'll ever come across. Car culture is so big in Japan, and that's why it's no surprise that
He just bought a Honda Integra Type R DC2 in Japan
If you're a fan of the automotive realm and are into all things car culture, then you probably know of legendary automotive photographer Larry Chen. It's no secret that he spends a lot of time in Japan, so much so
You deserve this
Japan has become quite the vacation hotspot, has it? It also helps that the exchange rate is favorable for us, making it quite a budget-friendly destination. The best part is, you won't run out of things to do while you'
Even at least once in their lifetimes
We’re excited for what’s to come next year
If you've been lurking around this website and our social media channels over the past couple of weeks, then you know that Top Gear Philippines recently went to Japan for the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon weekend.During said weekend, we also
Here are a few things we learned after our first time at TAS
In case you missed it, Top Gear Philippines went to cover the Tokyo Auto Salon (TAS) for the first time ever. I found myself with our content producer Charles Banaag at the show this year, and as I've said time and
You can watch our quick recap video here, too
If you like cars and you follow Top Gear Philippines, then I'll take a good guess that you know what went down last weekend: The Tokyo Auto Salon 2025. It's the ultimate destination in the region-and one of the
There'll be a pop-up event that you wouldn’t want to miss
All of the car enthusiasts' eyes are on Japan this weekend for the Tokyo Auto Salon. As with every year, the show will be surrounded by several other automotive events happening all across Tokyo.There's one that we're most excited
“The Tyrrell is the most unique of all F1 cars, so I challenged myself to build one”
There are some historic cars that will sadly never pass through the hands of common folk like you and I. These rare, historically significant, and radically experimental cars will forever remain unobtainable, squirreled away by museums and manufacturers as mementos of bravery
by Toby Thyer
Do they live up to the brand’s ‘Lexus Driving Signature’ claim?
A few familiar models in the list, too
We're pretty much familiar with the top-ten best-selling cars in the country. It's almost to a point wherein we can list them down in order without looking at a master file.But we're curious minds here at
But there’s a catch…
Japan Mobility Show (JMS) organizers are shaking things up-thankfully, in a good way.The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) has announced that the holy grail of Asian car shows will now be annual instead of bi-annual. The change is effective
Quite an appropriate choice
Remember when a convertible version of the Toyota Century SUV was teased last year during the model's launch? It was shown as one of the ways that owners with very deep pockets can customize Toyota's Cullinan fighter. As chief branding
One is Italian, the other is French
It seems that in the past few years, no staging of the Tokyo Auto Salon would be complete without a Suzuki Jimny dressed up as a mini-me of the Defender or the G-Class, courtesy of DAMD. But for 2024, the
But in a good way
You probably know DAMD for its Suzuki Jimny conversions, but it's rocking up at the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon with some vans, too...one of which has been defaced. In quite a good way.The tuning company is showcasing what it
A step back in time
Japan certainly doesn't have a shortage of automotive museums. There's the Toyota Automobile Museum in Aichi, the Mitsubishi Auto Gallery (also in Aichi), and the Fuji Motor Sports Museum in Shizuoka.But nestled in the port area of Minato in
The slick transformation wins big time
There have been a lot of neat cars that were released in the Japanese market over the last 12 months. There's the all-new Nissan Serena, the first-ever Honda ZR-V, and the radically redesigned Toyota Prius. We'
From cars to driving standards
For most of us, Japan is a bit of a dream destination. From the sights and sounds of Tokyo and Osaka, to the calm and gentle countrysides of the outskirts of Nagoya and Hakone, the Land of the Rising Sun has a
He suffers from what he calls ‘Fuji Heavy disease’
If you were to believe social media, the archetypal car collector should be a chiseled, brilliantly tanned entrepreneur-a character usually found at the more insufferable end of the personality scale. Worse yet, this attitude gives very little insight into their actual
