Inside Tokyo Auto Salon 🏁
To my fellow car lovers,
Picture the first moment the doors open at Tokyo Auto Salon. Cameras up, polished carbon everywhere, and the kind of builds that make you stop mid-step because your brain needs a second to process what you’re seeing.
In this edition, we preview the booths worth circling before you even arrive, track the biggest-money sales on Bring a Trailer in 2025, and zoom in on a Miura SV that shows why the original supercar formula still holds up.
Buckle up. This one is part show-floor strategy, part market pulse, part pure icon.
Feature Story
WALKING THE GRID
Behind every legendary car lies a story.
We’re taking a quick grid walk through Tokyo Auto Salon 2026’s latest exhibitor highlights, including the booths and builders that tend to set the tone for what everyone talks about after the show.
YOUR SUPERCAR SHORTLIST
🏎️ The Biggest Big-Money Sales on Bring a Trailer
A reminder that the right spec, the right story, and the right timing can turn a car into a headline.
A LaFerrari leads the list with a multi-million-dollar sale.
Modern halo cars keep climbing when mileage is low and provenance is clean.
Blue-chip classics still show up and still pull serious bids.
🏎️ A Miura SV That Still Feels Like the Original Rulebook
If you want to understand why “supercar” became a category, the Miura is still the shortest path.
A factory-spec SV with documented history shows why originality stays priceless.
The Miura’s mid-engine stance and design attitude still reads as modern.
Collector lesson: story and documentation matter as much as performance.
EXOTIC CARS OF THE WEEK
A few standouts to add to your “I need to Google this later” list:
Bugatti Chiron Super Sport
A long-tail Chiron built for massive top-speed stability, with the comfort to actually use it beyond a hero run.
🔗 Official model page
Rimac Nevera
A four-motor electric hypercar that’s all about instant torque, insane acceleration, and cutting-edge engineering.
🔗 Official model page
Aston Martin Valkyrie
As close as you can get to an F1 feel for the road, built around extreme aero, carbon fiber, and a race-first mindset.
🔗 Official model page
Pagani Utopia Roadster
Old-school drama with modern craftsmanship, a hand-built open-top hypercar that leans hard into “special object” status.
🔗 Official model page
QUICK POLL
Would you rather own one “Exotic Car of the Week” as your forever keep?
NOTES FROM THE GRID
If you plan your lap before you arrive, the show feels totally different.
You stop wandering and start spotting patterns: which booths signal next year’s trends, which cars are future classics, and which builds are pure noise.
Until next time,
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