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To my fellow car lovers,
Toyota just put a roughly 641-hp GR GT in front of a crowd, and thatās the kind of signal that resets the whole show-floor conversation.
This edition is built for the fast lap. We start in Makuhari with the booths and builds that feel like āfuture headlines in prototype form,ā then jump to Scottsdale, where auction week turns into a live market read. From there, we zoom out to the customs and resto-mods that quietly reveal what buyers actually want when the lights hit the block.
Buckle up. This one is part show-floor pattern spotting, part auction-room temperature check, part pure āsave that linkā energy.
Feature Story
WALKING THE GRID
Behind every legendary car lies a story.
Tokyo Auto Salon is where Japanās performance culture says the quiet part out loud. Toyotaās GR booth is the big tell this year, with the GR GT and GR GT3 showing up like theyāre already mid-development, not ājust a concept.ā Add Nissanās fresh Z refresh and the Aura NISMO RS hybrid concept energy, and you get a weekend thatās less about cosplay aero and more about where OEM performance is actually headed next.
YOUR SUPERCAR SHORTLIST
šļø Scottsdaleās Prototype Ferrari is the Quiet Flex of Auction Week
The kind of lot that doesnāt need a headline, it just needs the right bidder.
RM Sothebyās Arizona (Jan. 23, 2026 Sale)
This LaFerrari Prototype P2 is basically a backstage pass, a development car from the F150 program with Ferrari Classiche documentation.
Collector lesson: the rarest cars are sometimes the ones that were never meant to be owned at all.
šļø Bonhams Brings A One-of-One Chiron to Scottsdale
When the top lot is literally unrepeatable, the whole room leans in.
Bonhams|Cars says a one-of-one 2024 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport āĆlĆ©phant Blancā will headline its Scottsdale Auction on January 23.
This is the kind of lot that turns Scottsdale from a week of events into a week of comparisons, because it forces every other ārareā car to justify itself.
Collector lesson: one-of-one matters, but one-of-one with a factory-level narrative is what makes bidders stop playing it safe.
EXOTIC CARS OF THE WEEK
A few standouts to add to your āI need to Google this laterā list:
Lamborghini Revuelto
The V12 flag planted in a new era, with the kind of presence that makes everything else look like background noise.
š Official model page
Pagani Utopia
A reminder that obsession can be a design philosophy, timeless on purpose, engineered like jewelry you can drive.
š Official model page
Rimac Nevera
Quiet on the outside, violent in the numbers, and proof that electric can still feel like drama.
š Official model page
Aston Martin Valour
Retro soul, manual engagement, and a shape that looks like it belongs in a poster, not a parking lot.
š Official model page
QUICK POLL
Would you rather own a development-story unicorn or a never-to-be-repeated factory one-off?
NOTES FROM THE GRID
If you plan your lap before you arrive, the whole weekend feels different.
You stop wandering and start spotting patterns: which booths are pointing at whatās next, which auctions are setting the market temperature, and which builds are quietly predicting what buyers will chase all year. Pair the hype with the data, and you get the clearest read on what matters right now.
Until next time,
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