Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore 2013 // Part 2
We’re back with Part 2 coverage of the Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore 2013! Check out Part 1 if you haven’t. A lot of GTR’s can be found on the show. Here’s 9tro’s drag spec beast, a Singapore based automotive magazine. Do you know that Khan offers a Design Package for the Toyota iQ-based Aston Martin Cygnet? Carbon and JDM fanatics …
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Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore 2013
April 12-14 2013 marked the first-ever Tokyo Auto Salon being held in Singapore, at the Marina Bay Sands Expo. Bringing Japanese cultures (cars, girls and music) over to Singapore, the event caught a wide spread attention from Southeast Asian automotive enthusiasts. If travelling to Japan has presented too much hassle and costs, then visiting Singapore is simply an impulse for …
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Know Your Roots // Franky’s Stream RSZ on Volk Rays
Should lambos be bagged? Are excessive cambers pointless? What about air suspension? A lot people these days are bashing too much on what other people are doing to their cars, with arguments ranging from “ruining cars” to “doing expensive wastes”. Is it a good decision to ruin a Subaru’s ability in tackling terrains by lowering the car so much that …
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Bonkers // Fiat Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari
Small, loud, striking, and genuinely expensive. Brembo brakes? Check. Variable exhaust? Check. Limited edition? Check, only 299 units for this yellow version. Sabelt racing seats? Check. All these plus a 180HP Abarth-ft-Ferrari tuned 1.4L engine inside a 1000Kg tiny micro car. Price tag? Last I checked it was around Rp 800 million. “Whoa that’s a hefty price tag,” you’d say? …
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GENESIS Car Show and Gath // hawk’n’poke X Hellaflush // Part 2
Well, it’s time for GENESIS Part 2 coverage! There are so many pictures in our folders that we may as well post up to Part 10. Haha. Go ahead and check Part 1 article if you haven’t. Also do check out Hellaflush’s GENESIS post. Oh and the GENESIS event was also covered on the 8-11 Metro TV headline news programme …
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M Owners Club Indonesia (MOCI) Driving Skills Day // February 2013
Last Saturday 16 February 2013 MOCI held another Driving Skills Day for its members and a couple of other club members (including Nuvolks and Super Car Club Indonesia). JIExpo parking area were filled with these super hot machines on that day, with most owners taking their cars to their limits, having a taste of their rides’ full potentials. It’s called …
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SG Night Out // F10 5 Series on Vossen
Jackson is his name and this his third car ever posted at hawk’n’poke. Charles J went to Singapore couple of weeks ago and took these quick snaps of Jackson’s latest creation: the F10 M-Sport 5 Series on a set of Vossen wheels. His other two cars posted previously on our blog was the white W203 and white Evolution IV (has …
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LOVE for JAKARTA Coverage
Floods, hella-floods! Due to the recent water damage covering plenty of areas in Jakarta (some areas were even flooded up to 1.5mtr deep!), the GENESIS Team decided to reschedule the Jan 26th Car Show event to Feb 23rd. Several weather forecasters predicted Jan 26th-27th to be the pinnacle of Jakarta’s rainfall, worsened by rising sea levels. Not taking chances nor …
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Black Pearl // Audi A4 on BC Forged
Mystique, murky, fierce, often bold and cold. Black is the majesty of the dark. Making friends with shadows and hazes, black entities often go very much unnoticed. The Dark Knight opted for its all-black suit for a reason. To blend with its own shadows. To move swiftly unnoticed. To create that element of surprise. To be feared. The same goes …
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December Wallpaper // David’s Golf R
Apparently some have taken the term “hot hatch” way too literally. An idea first had by David the owner and then executed by Charles J, this picture was taken with real fires lighting up the car. In case you want to see the car during its daylight photoshoot: About Photographer – Charles J: “Right now I’m freelancing as an automotive …
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Different Shade of Grey // 325i E90 on BBS
Go ahead and look up at what most people say in regard to having grey as a car color. It’s as colorless as white and black. Yet white has become such a sporty color and black is still in its eternal people’s-favorite-color state. So what about grey? If black is cool and white is hot, what about grey? Well, let’s …
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Time is Right // David’s Stage 2+ Golf R
When I was a kid, my passion for cars were greatly fueled by the dreams of one day driving a real Ferrari, NSX, GT-R, Evolution and the like; the legendary rides that appear to be the fastest and sexiest among popular video games and movies. Never in my mind would I’ve thought of myself growing up to becoming a Golf …
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Show Off // Vorsteiner X6M
4,395CC. Twin-turbo V8. 555HP. 500 lb-ft. Those are stock X6M’s performance figures that will put E92 M3’s numbers in shame. Reaching 0-100 in 4.7s inside a 2.38 tonne crossover is surely an experience like no other. Oh, and I should tell you as well that the X6M we are showing off today is far from stock. It has Akrapovic exhaust …
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Behind the Scene // M Addiction
This would be the first time for us to post a ‘Behind the Scene’ article from one of our featured shoots. After discussing with Charles and getting his permissions, I decided to post these images up. Relying on a borrowed camera and no-pro photography skills, I hope these pictures can give you an idea of what’s going on during our …
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The M Addiction // Tuned M3 and M5
Turns out I was quite right regarding the number of modified BMW M3 in Indonesia. There seems to be more of the modified ones on the road rather their stock counterparts. Some have even been fully tricked out like this one we are featuring today. Note that this particular M3 is Frozen Grey in color, with a satin-like matte finish …
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October Wallpaper // Garage Club
As the October Wallpaper giveaway, I present to you this picture taken from our Garage Club photoshoot. Featuring an incredibly low (chassis-alteration-needed-low, in fact) Jazz and an MKV GTI equipped with Stage 2 kit and ABT parts. Check out the full article here: About Photographer – Charles J: “Right now I’m freelancing as an automotive photographer, interested only in cars …
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Group Shoot // Garage Club
22/02/2012, the date Garage Club was established. That was more than 10 years ago and yet the club is still going strong until today. It currently has 20-30 members who actively participated in gatherings and events. Michael, one of the members, shared that the key to the club’s longevity lies in its regeneration. Regeneration in the sense of actively accepting …
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Indostance Meet Up September 2012 // Part 1
Last Sunday (30 September 2012) the Indostance crew did another meet up at Parkir Timur Senayan and central Al-Azhar. Around 50 cars showed up to this casual gathering, a larger number compared to the previous July meet up. BMW, Mercedes, and plenty of Japanese rides showed up, with a lot of stretched tires and minimal/non-existent fender gaps. This Odyssey might …
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Mugello Blue // R8 on Vorsteiner
Liked the R8 GT with HRE from Permaisuri couple of days ago? Also liked the Aventador cover page of yesterday’s IIMS 2012 coverage? Here we bring you another exotic featured at hawk’n’poke: Mugello Blue R8. Yes, all these cars are in Indonesia. For those who are often in doubt, I remind you once again that all cars featured at hawk’n’poke …
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Indonesia International Motor Show 2012 // Part 1
IIMS (Indonesia International Motor Show) has always been regarded as our nation’s largest annual automotive exhibition. This year, some things turn out to be quite out of the ordinary. Over the years, the show itself has become much more interesting to us as car lovers. Gone are the days when Toyota and Honda used to have the largest floor area; …
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