Bob Hernandez

As a color choice, we don’t generally see a lot of turquoise on tuner cars; it seems to be a hue favored more by bejeweled sun-loving grandmas with leathery skin rather than Japanese car fans. But the dazzling sheen on Jimmy Tu’s Chrome Turquoise 2015 Nissan GT-R is kind of mesmerizing and possibly the perfect

Whether it's an entry into the tuning world or a full-on, high-end build, the Civic has always been a favorite for enthusiasts.

It has been 15 years since we’ve had a conversation with Sean Morris from Toprank International Vehicle Importers, and he has been one extremely busy dude in that time. Our paths originally crossed when he was a huge and invaluable contributor to our in-depth look at what it takes to import a car from Japan,

The thirst has never been realer for the R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R, and pop culture has played the largest role in creating that want. Video games like Gran Turismo and films like those early ones in the Fast & Furious franchise set young enthusiasts’ imaginations ablaze some 20 or so years ago, like Antonio Miranda’s. Already

It is true that zee Germans know a thing or two about high performance, and not just adding at the factory a few additional horsepower, or slightly stiffer chassis bits, or mild aero to an otherwise mundane base platform. We’re talking about significantly rare cars that come with real muscle and athleticism; about cars with

Our recent story on car builder Daniel K Song’s Varis widebody Toyota GR Supra, and in particular something he said about getting inspired by the concept cars that came out of Polyphony Digital’s Vision Gran Turismo project, motivated us to check in with the program. We hadn’t realized more than seven years have passed since

Do not adjust your screen. If you have a feeling like you’ve been here before – like you’ve already seen builders Daniel K Song and Jonny Grunwald collaborate on a Toyota GR Supra once previously – you’re not wrong. These two friends and teammates joined forces just a couple of years ago to assemble an

As the world’s second-largest automobile manufacturer, Toyota in the last handful of years has seemingly reaffirmed its commitment to making fun cars for enthusiasts while trying to satisfy every other kind of vehicle user. They made their Japanese motorsports arm Gazoo Racing an international household name with the return of the Supra in 2019, and

The show must go on, as they say, and so that’s exactly what organizers of the much-loved annual Tokyo Auto Salon did, taking the 3-day event that usually happens in Chiba’s Makuhari Messe convention center and translating it (metaphorically, not literally; it was still largely in Japanese) into both streaming video and 3D. Auto Salon

As if to pour a little salt into the wound that the hottest hatch in ages, the AWD Toyota GR Yaris, is not being brought to North America, the interwebs has begun to conspire against us by teasing us with modified versions from some of the biggest tuners in the biz. In December, those sneak

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just go to a local dealership to buy a JDM hero car? Well, if you live in or around the Naples area in south Florida, that is now a reality. Craft Sports, the Nissan Skyline and GT-R specialty store and dealer that started in Gunma, Japan, recently opened

As we head into the last week before Japan’s Virtual Auto Salon – the online replacement for a COVID-cancelled 2021 Tokyo Auto Salon – the internet giveth a couple more sneak peeks of what’s to come. Honda unveiled teasers of two “fun” builds it has up its sleeve (as is sort of par for the

One of the most unexpected things to emerge from an unusual 2020 was just how hot the Japanese tuner car collector market is. If you own a well-kept, low-miles, pre-2000 model year, all original sports car or sport compact from one of Japan’s OEMs, there’s a good chance you might be sitting on a gold

As we put 2020 behind us, we took a moment to survey which cars and topics got you liking and commenting the most on the Super Street Instagram page, and it was pretty fascinating to see what bubbled to the top. A couple of posts we sort of expected to blow up – looking at

It isn’t only aftermarket companies and automotive schools losing out in the cancellation of this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon due to the pandemic. Like the annual SEMA extravaganza in the states, automakers have found a home among tuners and modifiers, most readily and obviously because they make the cars that ultimately get customized, but also