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VIDEO: Keiichi Tsuchiya drifts a collector’s stock $37,000 AE86

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Ben Hsu

The AE86 is a hot commodity now, with very nice examples selling in the mid-$20,000 range in the US. In Japan, however, cherry low-mileage examples have been commanding top prices for years. In 2017, Hot Version gathered a dream gathering … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: And now for your viewing pleasure, Hakosuka drift!

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Ben Hsu

We were quite taken by this Hakosuka when we came across it in 2016, even though it might just be one of the rattiest examples to set a wheel into a car show. But, there’s a reason for its battle-scarred … Continue reading →

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JNC THEATER: Hot Version is coming to Amazon Prime with English subtitles, floodly!

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Ben Hsu

Hot Version, the Best Motoring spinoff about Japan’s top tuner cars, is headed to Amazon Prime with English subtitles. They might not be good subtitles per se, if the promo video in which they promise “Episodes will be added floodly … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Starlet, Sunny, and AE86 on Maou Touge

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Ben Hsu

In a recent Hot Version video, the gang takes a pack of highly tuned cars to the Maou Touge. However, rather than the standard Honda S2000 and WRX STI models, this time they are modified versions of old school RWD … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: The ultimate AE86 track battle

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Ben Hsu

In 2005, to commemorate volume number 86, Hot Version invited Japan’s top AE86 to Tsukuba Circuit to lay down some lap times. This era was the peak of innovation for AE86 tuning with the TRD N2 Corolla Levin, driven by Keiichi Tsuchiya, as perhaps … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Watch a Toyota Starlet destroy an R34 GT-R

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Ben Hsu

Power-to-weight ratio is the key in this old Hot Version race in which Keiichi Tsuchiya and Akira Iida pit a pair of Toyota Starlets against an R34 Skyline GT-R and the Kei Office S15 Silvia. The Drift King puts it all on the table in a classic David … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Best Motoring now has its own YouTube channel

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Ben Hsu

If you’re an enthusiast of a certain age, there is a very good chance you got your first taste of JDM cars from a pirated copy of a Best Motoring VHS tape. It would be inaccurate to call it a … Continue reading →

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Best Motoring & Hot Version Era Comes to a Close

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Ben Hsu

The renowned Japanese automotive video series Best Motoring and its spinoff publication Hot Version have been canceled. According to its publisher 2&4 Motoring, the parent company Kodansha could not justify its continued existence citing declining sales figures for the past … Continue reading →

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