Irresistible Beast // R34 GT-R V-Spec from Surabaya
“Race car is a show car but a show car isn’t always a race car,” said Mr. F, owner of today’s GT-R from Surabaya, who also happened to be the owner of Evolution IX we featured weeks ago. I found his quote to be rather interesting and fairly true. Drive a modded (or even stock) GT-R to a meet and …
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HnP Singapore Trip // Audi A1 e-tron Experience
Innovation. Being the first with groundbreaking ideas and concepts could often be the success factors in the current automotive industry. Audi for one is amongst the Germans’ leading brands with substantial interests in the development of future-proof technologies. What I have today is the Audi A1 e-tron, one of their key electric city-car concepts. Built to showcase a proper combination …
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Boxer Baron // Daniel’s TechArt Porsche Boxster
Boxer + Roadster = Boxster? This is the car that has undoubtedly been the winning recipe to Porsche’s success in the 1990s. Born during the company’s financially challenging period in the early 90s, the sporty roadster has almost quadrupled Porsche’s sales figure in just a four-year period. The forefront savior. With other competitors such as Z3, SLK and humble Miata …
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Contemporary Approach // BMW E90 3 Series Duo
Should we give older gen automotive builds some love? Of course we should! Despite the rising popularity of 6th gen 3 Series out there, we’re still finding a lot of great E90 builds that can be featured, such as today’s pair owned by William and Steven. In fact, we have always had special appreciations towards the great BMW 3 Series …
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Permaisuri Thursday // BMW 1M on HRE
One of HRE’s latest design at the moment is the S104 from its S-series lineup. Quite a couple of sets have already made their way into Indonesia through Permaisuri, HRE authorized dealer. Some S-series were installed onto a 6 series, a C-class, and also surprisingly a Toyota Vellfire. Today’s pairing, though, is definitely one of my favourites, the BMW 1M. …
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HnP Bangkok Trip 2014 // Capturing the Ferrari F40
Travelling across borders. Meeting like-minded enthusiasts. Capturing nearby country’s finest automotive builds. These experiences are now starting to become possible for us, HnP team, as we’re seeing more and more international visitors visiting our site. A recent email from Winston J was filled with these outstanding captures of an F40 he met in Bangkok. And in case you’ve missed out …
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Slidefest 2014 Official Photo Coverage Part 4
Drift, meet and fun. For the first time in Indonesia Slidefest 2014 has successfully united automotive enthusiasts with varying interests into one single festival. Here’s the Part 4 photo coverage for you to enjoy! Don’t miss out on Slidefest 2015, as things are going to be even bigger and crazier. Varying interests. From aggressive fitments to aggressive tunes, we’ve combined …
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Slidefest 2014 Official Photo Coverage Part 3
Another batch of pictures fresh from Slidefest 2014 JIExpo Kemayoran 8 March 2014! This time I’ve received plenty of great captures from Winston J and Fidoklik. Community gathering, timed laps and drift actions! At 8AM Nuvolks community and friends rolled in to the VIP parking area. Creating quite a stunning queue of properly modified rides. As I’ve often mentioned in …
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Slidefest 2014 Official Photo Coverage Part 2
Another batch of pictures has just came in from Fido G (Fidoklik), one of our most recent HnP team member. Holding this CD on my hand that’s filled with hundreds of edited Slidefest 2014 captures, I couldn’t help but to start posting some of them up on the site. Enjoy! Starting from 7AM, Exclusive Car participants have started to arrive. …
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Slidefest 2014 Official Photo Coverage Part 1
The moment you’ve been waiting for. I’ve finally received the first batch of Slidefest 2014 pictures from our very own photographer Charles J. A festival of drift, meet and fun, Slidefest 2014 was the definite great way to start the year of 2014. From aired-out VW to ultra rare JDM rides to British supercars, the meet was as crazy as …
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Warriors of the Rising Sun // Lancer Evolution VIII Duo Photoshoot
As a Flashback Friday, tonight I present to you a special photoshoot article featuring a pair of Lancer Evolution VIII’s captured by Winston J. Both rides have previously been featured on our site (Sanadi’s STI LOL Evo and the Daytona Blue Evo), so go ahead and check out those articles for the stories behind the builds! Meanwhile, this photoshoot has …
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Street Society Charity Run with Hawk’n’Poke // Photo Coverage
What can we prepare in three days? This. The Street Society Charity Run with Hawk’n’Poke held last Sunday 2 March 2014. An event prepared in just three days, yet gathering around 80 fabulous rides for the morning gathering at Pantai Indah Kapuk, and a private movie screening at Plaza Senayan XXI. Long story short, we’ve been working quite closely with …
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V-MODA Slidefest 2014 Limited Edition Pre-Order
Yes, 2014’s craziest festival is here! As a welcome note to Slidefest 2014, we’ve teamed up with the cool folks at V-MODA to bring you a pre-order opportunity for limited edition Slidefest 2014 V-MODA Crossfade M-100. Dubbed by CNET as the best all-around stylish headphone out there, and voted by DJ Mag as the most trusted headphone by world’s DJs, …
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JDM.RUN February Cruise // Photo Coverage
The beginning of the year has no doubt been a rather depressing time for us Jakarta car enthusiasts. From floods to potholes-parties on the streets, to heavy traffics. But these past few days we’ve been seeing nicer and nicer weather with clearer skies springing out of the days. So what comes naturally are more frequent meets and gatherings of us …
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Permaisuri Thursday // E Class on Carlsson
To be honest I used to be rather skeptical towards single-tuner wheels. Sometimes I think perhaps they only exist for the company’s profit-taking sake, as an attempt to make available every single replacement parts for a particular car brand. From bodykit lips to badges to interior handles, and lastly to wheels. A bit too generic to my liking. Instead, I’d …
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Event Coming Up // Slidefest Drift x Car Show 8 March 2014
In less than two weeks, we’ll kick start the year with 2014’s largest automotive event to date. Working together with Banana-Auto, we present to you an all-fresh event concept combining the excitement of drifting festival with the neck-breaking traits of a car show. Here’s a short description of the main activities in the event: (detailed info check out http://slidefest.co) When? …
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Velocity // 3037S HKS Evo IX MR from Surabaya
These days two things are definitely true in our car culture. 1) Money can’t buy taste. 2) Money can’t even always buy you the cars. Take today’s case of the Lancer Evolution IX MR as an example. I was quite surprised finding out that the second-hand prices of these older gen Evo’s are comparable to that of the Evo X. …
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Top Fighter // TOP 1 Audi GT Radial Inspire Racing Team
Audi. The German automobile manufacturer that’s often regarded as a part of the “German Big 3” luxury automakers (BMW, Mercedes-Benz). Apart from manufacturing automobiles, they have also been keeping themselves active and competitive in the world of motorsport series. From Rallying, Le Mans series, World Endurance series, to World Touring series. Here in Indonesia we had a local event called …
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Permaisuri Thursday // Evoque on DPE Elite 7
With so many Permaisuri customers wearing DPE wheels, I’m pretty sure this Jakarta-bound dealership must’ve been one of DPE’s finest worldwide partners. From Rolls Royce to a Ferrari, to a MINI Countryman, we-ve seen Permaisuri executing some greatly designed DPE wheels on highend vehicles. On today’s Permaisuri Thursday they presented us with their latest creation: the Evoque on DPE Elite …
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