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Behind the Smoke is a web series that follows Formula D champion Daijiro Yoshihara as he preps for his 2012 season in Formula D. Dai gives his new S13 drift car a shake down a week before round 1 of Formula D in Long Beach and GTChannel is there to capture the magic. Behind the Smoke gives fans an exclusive look at what happens on and off the track of a drifting champ.

Drive visits one of the newest super car manufactures, Pagani. When Pagani first introduced the Zonda it quickly gained a reputation as a bespoke super car. The host of show checks out how this car gets made from start to finish.

Car games have grown in complexity over the years, gone are the days of pixelated Ferrari’s in Outrun. When Gran Turismo came out, Polyphony really pushed the graphical limits of the Playstation/Playstation 2 with its amazing models. Turn 10 the team behind Forza Motorsports is helping push the graphical limits even higher with their own method of car sourcing. Check out how Turn 10 takes a real life car and turns it in to an in-game model.

The all new Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is the successor to the aging 599 GTB Fiorano. The F12 will be the only production Ferrari with a front mounted engine in 2013 but don’t worry that won’t affect its performance. Sporting a powerful 720 hp V12, the Berlinetta is 3 inches shorter than the 599 and weighs less than the hardcore 599 GTO. Ferrari released a stunning video highlighting the origins and production of the new GT coupe.

On the latest Australia’s Got Talent 2012 Audition,a fellow by the name of Daniel surprised judges with his accurate rendition of popular cars. Daniel was able to make the sounds of a Red Bull F1 car, a Mazda RX-3 and a Holden v8 Torana with just his mouth. Not your typical cars, but Daniel did a fine job reproducing the minute differences of each car.

I’m working on a way to show off all of my great fans on the site. If you’re interested, all you have to do is post a photo on our Facebook page or tag your photo on Twitter/Instagram with the hash tag #importbible and we’ll feature your photo! Check out some of our fan photos at the bottom of the shop page here.

Time for a trip down memory lane…remember the original Transformers cartoon? Hopefully some of you are old enough to remember the cheesy music, high-pitched voices and very serious narrator. I loved the show as a kid but what I really loved were the toys. Too bad they were expensive as hell back then, that didn’t stop me from staring at them at the toy shop. Back then all the artwork for toy boxes were done by great artists including the Transformers line up. Check em out, they don’t make them like they use to anymore.

Source: MashKulture

Time sure flies, this year the Audi R8 celebrates its fifth year in production. It wasn’t that long ago that Audi entered the super car market with its original V8 R8, even till this day the body lines of the R8 look fresh. After 6 models, is Audi finally ready to release a successor to the famed car?

Easily the best replica of Shotaro’s bike from Akira, Masahi Teshim painstakingly built this one over the course of seven years. This replica is apparently the only bike that has the official blessing of Akira’s creator Katsuhiro Otomo, I would hope so since the owner spent nearly $120,000 on it. Masashi is currently riding the bike around Japan to raise money for children’s autism, afterwards it will be on display to help raise money for victims from last years earthquake.

Source: Geekologie

I’ve ordered a ton of new products for my summer line up and I’m running out of room. Everything is on schedule for my newest line up, although there isn’t much left in stock I’ve mark down the remaining inventory. Discounts vary from $2 – $15 off selected items, let’s do this!