After a rocky couple of years it looks like the tuning scene is starting to pick up again. In 2008 Trust filed for bankruptcy leaving the fate of the company and its US brand Greddy up in the air. Looks like things are going good because Trust/Greddy unveiled their highly tuned Nissan GT-R, fitted with the best of the best for R&D purposes.

In a bizarre move, Nissan has released an iPhone case coated in their magical self-healing paint. Nissan has used this paint on their vehicles since 2004 and it’s extremely practical with all the road debris people face. The iPhone case is able to repair its scratches in less than an hour but I still can’t get over how tacky the thing looks with the Juke logo and Ministry of Sound logo (WTF).

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Its been a very long time since I’ve heard anything about the animated short called TheDriver. Chrison Studios is back with a second trailer to the series, this time the 350Z faces off against a mysterious Nissan GT-R on the streets of L.A. Hopefully the series will be released soon, I’ve been waiting anxiously ever since it was announced two years ago.

HoonTV recently did a great interview with Kevin San who owns a Nissan 2000 GT, also known as the Hakosuka. Kevin gives us a candid story about how he first got involved in cars, what cars he owned and his restoration of the 2000 GT. Check out the video below and don’t forget to check out Kevin’s build thread on JDMST here.

Alright, we all know Nissan finished this car ages ago and now they finally released photos of the real deal to everyone. If you remember a few days back Nissan was building up hype for their Juke R car by slowly releasing teasers (click here if you haven’t seen them). I must say it looks pretty bad ass, Nissan even released a “special” video of the Juke R starting up. Not surprisingly it sounds exactly like the GT-R…oh well.

What can only be described as crazy, Nissan wanted to see if they could transplant components of their famous GT-R into their less famous Juke. As you can imagine GT-R parts don’t fit well in the smaller Juke, Nissan dumped a boat load of money to get it to work. Throughout the process Nissan is releasing small videos about the conversion, so far only 5 are available but several pictures/sketches show a promising performance crossover.

Here is a trailer of a new reality television show that will focus on 16 of the fastest Gran Turismo drivers to see if their gamer skills translate to real world skill. The winner of the show will get a chance to become a professional race car driver. The show premiers on SPEED tomorrow.

You’ve probably seen this video floating around but I had to post it. Motor Trend decided to hold the greatest drag race using only the best cars in the world. The list: BMW 1M, Ford Mustang Boss 302, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Ferrari 458, Nissan GT-R, Audi R8 GT, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Lexus LF-A, Porsche Cayman R and the Lotus Evora S. Video after the jump.

I’ve been meaning to post the entire Depth of Speed series but I have always found myself distracted by hundreds of other things. Once I saw this video I knew I had to share it. If you haven’t heard of Depth of Speed, it is a 10 part mini series that Josh Clason is filming to helps other understand the history, passion and love that people have for the automotive industry. In his latest video, Josh revisits JDM Legends and learns why they love classic JDM cars. Eric from JDM Legends really hits the nail on the head when he describes current cars, they lack the character and personality of older Japanese cars.

The RPS13 is one of the first cars I fell in love with when I started getting into cars. Something about that little hatchback…check out this hardcore RPS13 that Casey spotted in Japan. Amazing.

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