Make the Trek http://make-the-trek.com Car News & Trek Articles Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 eGarage interviews Akira Nakai of RWB in latest video http://make-the-trek.com/egarage-interviews-akira-nakai-of-rwb-in-latest-video/ http://make-the-trek.com/egarage-interviews-akira-nakai-of-rwb-in-latest-video/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:05 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/egarage-interviews-akira-nakai-of-rwb-in-latest-video/ Filed under: , , , , , ,

Akira Nakai is the man behind the tuner RWB – Rauh-Welt Begriff, which is loosely translated as “Rough World Concept,” and he doesn’t often climb out from under one of the 930 or 964 Porsches he’s working on. His original shop in Japan is now 20 years old and he still works in the same building, even though his tuning ethos has caught on hot enough to provide other shops around the world.

He’s a car nut, simply, and he makes nutty – in a good way – cars. The guys at eGarage got him away from a project long enough to say a few words about what he does, what he thinks, and what he’ll be doing until he dies. Even though he speaks a different language, he sums all of us up nicely. Check him out in the video premiering exclusively on Autoblog after the jump.

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Patrick McIntyre and Jessi Combs of The List at SEMA

Every year in November, the Specialty Equipment Market Association hosts a trade show out in the desert. You know it as the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

Held in the sprawling square footage of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the SEMA Show is where just about every automotive aftermarket company and supplier comes to share its wares. About 1,500 new products debut there each year, and even automakers brave the crowds to show off their most wild and custom concept and performance vehicles.

Despite being a trade-only event and technically not open to the public, we’ve included it on The List because so many enthusiasts have told us they want to attend and, based on our experience, many of them find a way in. We got Jessi and Patrick passes for this past year’s SEMA Show to experience the chaos, and they filed this report.

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]]> http://make-the-trek.com/the-list-0777-attend-sema/feed/ 0 Thread of the Day: Desert Island – Automotive Edition http://make-the-trek.com/thread-of-the-day-desert-island-%e2%80%93-automotive-edition/ http://make-the-trek.com/thread-of-the-day-desert-island-%e2%80%93-automotive-edition/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/thread-of-the-day-desert-island-%e2%80%93-automotive-edition/ Today’s thread of the day is a hypothetical posed by MT forums veteran westys. He asks which of the following models you’d have if you were stranded on a desert island (which hypothetically also has gas stations, paved roads, and driving destinations) for each of the following categories: Weekend Car Commuter Car Date Night Car [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/thread-of-the-day-desert-island-%e2%80%93-automotive-edition/feed/ 0 You Again? SRT Releases Another Teaser Photo of 2013 Viper http://make-the-trek.com/you-again-srt-releases-another-teaser-photo-of-2013-viper/ http://make-the-trek.com/you-again-srt-releases-another-teaser-photo-of-2013-viper/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/you-again-srt-releases-another-teaser-photo-of-2013-viper/ With the SRT Viper’s New York Auto Show release imminent, it means it’s time for one thing: teaser photos. SRT has delivered another one just six weeks before the full car will go on display. What we can tell you is that the photo shows some carbon fiber, an opening, and red sheetmetal. Everything else, [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/you-again-srt-releases-another-teaser-photo-of-2013-viper/feed/ 0 We Hear: Ferrari Enzo Successor Could Have 920 hp Hybrid V-12 http://make-the-trek.com/we-hear-ferrari-enzo-successor-could-have-920-hp-hybrid-v-12/ http://make-the-trek.com/we-hear-ferrari-enzo-successor-could-have-920-hp-hybrid-v-12/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/we-hear-ferrari-enzo-successor-could-have-920-hp-hybrid-v-12/ Ferrari engineers are busy wrapping up work on the 599 replacement (known internally as the F620) for its February 29, debut – ahead of the Geneva Auto Show in March. Unlike the 612 Scagiletti replacement, the new car will not gain the new FF’s 4RM all-wheel drive system; rather it will retain the 599’s front-engine [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/we-hear-ferrari-enzo-successor-could-have-920-hp-hybrid-v-12/feed/ 0 2013 Infiniti JX Production Kicks Off at Smyrna Plant http://make-the-trek.com/2013-infiniti-jx-production-kicks-off-at-smyrna-plant/ http://make-the-trek.com/2013-infiniti-jx-production-kicks-off-at-smyrna-plant/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/2013-infiniti-jx-production-kicks-off-at-smyrna-plant/ Those at Nissan’s Smyrna plant in Tennessee celebrated an important kick off after an Emerald Green 2013 Infiniti JX luxury crossover rolled off the assembly line, signaling production for the all-new CUV is well underway. Infiniti has been most excited for the seven-seat crossover, as the JX is expected to be a major player in [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/2013-infiniti-jx-production-kicks-off-at-smyrna-plant/feed/ 0 Spied! 2013 Lexus ES 250 Gets Caught in China with New Family Face http://make-the-trek.com/spied-2013-lexus-es-250-gets-caught-in-china-with-new-family-face/ http://make-the-trek.com/spied-2013-lexus-es-250-gets-caught-in-china-with-new-family-face/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/spied-2013-lexus-es-250-gets-caught-in-china-with-new-family-face/ Is this déjà vu? If you’re thinking this particular spy shot soiree is reminiscent of last year’s pre-Pebble Beach debut of the 2012 Lexus GS, then you’re absolutely correct. Except this time the star car that was spotted somewhere in China is Lexus’s ES250, and the speculated debut show of choice is April’s Beijing Auto [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/spied-2013-lexus-es-250-gets-caught-in-china-with-new-family-face/feed/ 0 Ford Tourneo Custom Concept Previews Next Transit Van http://make-the-trek.com/ford-tourneo-custom-concept-previews-next-transit-van/ http://make-the-trek.com/ford-tourneo-custom-concept-previews-next-transit-van/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/ford-tourneo-custom-concept-previews-next-transit-van/ The Ford Tourneo Custom concept, making its debut next month at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, provides our first glimpse of the next-generation Transit commercial van. Ford says that the concept “communicates very clearly” the design language of the next-generation Transit, which will eventually launch in Europe and Asia. Ford already offers a nine-seat passenger [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/ford-tourneo-custom-concept-previews-next-transit-van/feed/ 0 Honda Racing Civic Touring Car Gets the Shakedown Treatment http://make-the-trek.com/honda-racing-civic-touring-car-gets-the-shakedown-treatment/ http://make-the-trek.com/honda-racing-civic-touring-car-gets-the-shakedown-treatment/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/honda-racing-civic-touring-car-gets-the-shakedown-treatment/ The Honda Racing Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team has been out testing the new Honda Civic Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) in preparation for the upcoming British Touring Car Championship race season. Preliminary testing was done last week at the MIRA test track and is happening this week at the Brands Hatch [...]

]]> http://make-the-trek.com/honda-racing-civic-touring-car-gets-the-shakedown-treatment/feed/ 0 Jeep Wrangler, Grand Cherokee, Compass Get Geneva Makeovers http://make-the-trek.com/jeep-wrangler-grand-cherokee-compass-get-geneva-makeovers/ http://make-the-trek.com/jeep-wrangler-grand-cherokee-compass-get-geneva-makeovers/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:04 +0000 admin http://make-the-trek.com/jeep-wrangler-grand-cherokee-compass-get-geneva-makeovers/ Jeep’s special edition models have largely been focused on the North American market, but the automaker is readying three new efforts for Europe — all of which will make their debut at the forthcoming 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. If the new Jeep Wrangler Mountain sounds or looks familiar, it should. This new package is [...]

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