Import Expo is now in itās third year of operation (and IĀ believeĀ fourth event) and while previous shows took place in the middle of summer this years served as the unofficial show season close out event.
Having never attended an Import Expo event before I went in with an open mind knowing that this one wouldnāt be quite on the same level as their summer shows I had heard great things about.
Still the show managed to bring out 100+ cars which is nothing to scoff at this late in the year and many of those cars I had never seen before, most notably those fromĀ Dynamotorsports, andĀ TrackWerks.
LightingĀ conditionsĀ were a little tricky however so my apologies for the varying degree of photo quality in the photos below.
Import Expoās flagship NSX which has been spotted from here to WekEastClean RSX on what look to be 527sFD on Miesters with cops scoping out were probably models in the backgroundSean at Streetpowers 648hp Rx-7Sam ended up taking home best Import other with his GenesisCranked his BCās as far down as they would goIn my opinion this Jetta was one of the cleanest cars at the showNice touch with those vinyl eyesāLick Your Lipsā ice sculpture for the show, kinda of randomSonic EK from LYLClean civic, barring the Chicago barād brake pad-less bike on the roofā¦One day Iāve got to take some photos of this car outside to do itās paint some justiceāSlammed Cityā CivicProbably one of my favourite Fits ever, which is admittedly a short list, but every timeĀ Galen changesĀ this car it is for the betterAccord from Level OneThe Focal Point Concepts SubarusMet Matt (owner of this RX-7) for the first time at Import Expo, nice guy, nice buildHe took home a well deserved first place Mazda if I am not mistakenHave not seen Mike from Curbed in a long timeā¦ wonder if this replaced his XBBoosted Civic parked with AMFTuned by Dynamotorsports whom brought out a couple more boosted rides found further downQuite a few NSXās at Import Expo
Teknotik
As a presenting sponsor of the event TeknotikĀ brought out a couple of their builds, I somehow managedĀ completelyĀ miss taking photos ofĀ their recently completed NSX though.
Nice Evo on SuperlapsThis is perhaps the first photo I have taken James Houghtonās Ā Cayuga lapĀ recordĀ holding TypeĀ RĀ sittingĀ stillFairly certain this car took home first place RSX
Battle Ground Performance
As usual Battle Ground came out in and were easily identifiable by the āRun Your Car Not Your Mouthā hoodies seen in the photos below.
Personally I preferredĀ the wheels this car was on at Importfest but these Konigās are not bad.Mooner holding it down for Chop Shop and BGPBrian won first place in the aggressive stance category in addition to his Civic CategoryPhoto of Brianās bay number 423
Nine O Five Rides
NOFR brought out a lot of cars which meant they were so tightly packed it was actually hard to get any good photos of them..
Tom has had a prettyĀ successfulĀ show season this year but I wouldnāt be surprised if he makes more changes to the car during the upcoming off seasonBig fan of this FD, great addition to Nine O FiveGot a chance to talk to Ty for awhile about his other project, fingers crossed it will be on the road next yearThis was actually pretty amusing, never found Waldo thoughā¦Alex took home second place aggressive fitment with his super deep Garsons
Boost Theory
Since their grand opening Boost Theory has been making a name for themselves locally which is good to see because they are awfully close to me if I ever one day decide to boost my carā¦
Paulās beast was a featured car at Import ExpoSince getting a Skyline I donāt see Mattās 300 quite as Ā oftenPro Charged Challenger from Boost TheoryRuns 10 second quarter miles at 129mph
Dynamotorsports
Known perhaps best for their insane Camry Dynamotorsports is behind a lot of the more serious boosted builds in the city.
Pedro parked with Dyna Motorsports Pedro switched up his car a little bit since I saw it last year. Gone are the LM reps replaced with NUEs and there have been some changesĀ under hood.Iāve heard about this 700 horse Camry for years so it was great to finally see it in personFor those that donāt believe the number written above check the videoĀ or post on Jalopnik
TrackWerkz
Hailing from Ottawa I donāt often get a chance to see Trackwerks cars in the flesh so this was a nice surprise at Import Expo.
All of the TrackWerks builds were pretty solidAs a 3 owner I spent a lot of time looking over this speed3 and regretting the fact I didnāt start with oneI think it put down around 320 to the wheels if I recall correctlyProbably my favourite of the vehicles they brought out was this v8 FD race car
New Jersey
Two heavy hitting show cars made the trek from New Jersey to Toronto to compete. Both were the complete āshowā package but also had a lot of go under the hood.
This Mazda owned by John Perez took home second place MazdaFrom what Iāve read this rotary spins out 850whpSome of you might remember this car from my 2010 SEMA tripIt looks to have changed some since thenA boosted K that puts down 780whp and 515 tq resides in theĀ fuchsiaĀ bay which is from a previous lookObviously a bit over the top for some but thereās no denying that there is a ton of work in this car
Thatās it for the Import Expo coverage, hopefully next year they do another summer show and I can check one of those out.
The white FD was with us before Dave. He used to drive the Silver G35(2010) then the Black G37(2011) on Varsstoenās. He changes cars as often as I change rims. LOL
I was just thinking itās nice to see a shift in focus among the show cars from flashy garbage to functional track setupsā¦ then I scrolled down to see the last 2 cars. Oh well, progress can be slow at times. Keep up the good work!
The flat grey GS350 is Steveās, from Shinzowerks. š
Thanks for the shot btw!
Ah thanks!
The white FD was with us before Dave. He used to drive the Silver G35(2010) then the Black G37(2011) on Varsstoenās. He changes cars as often as I change rims. LOL
I meant the car was a great addition lol
lots of awsomeness altho that sema civic is still daft tho :/ build em for go not for show people!
why does brian win all the time?
marco has plenty on him
lyl ftmfw
Because real parts > fake parts or quality > quantity
I was just thinking itās nice to see a shift in focus among the show cars from flashy garbage to functional track setupsā¦ then I scrolled down to see the last 2 cars. Oh well, progress can be slow at times. Keep up the good work!