“Downshift is all about the best of the best cars and events in Queensland, Australia. We cover everything from small car meets to feature cars to the biggest events Australia has to offer. We have all been involved in the car seen since a young age and live and breathe everything automotive. So if you want to read about the dopest rides, the top events and have a good laugh at the shit we dribble about then you have landed at the right place.” The Downshift Team.

An awesome Australian based website full of talented photography and great event coverage. Check out the Morning Slide + Fitment Session photos and comments in our Appearance Gallery.

If you haven’t been following Mighty Car Mods Videos, it’s a great time to start. From instructional videos on how to wash your car or even how to import your own car from Japan. They have it covered. The Mighty Car Mods boys have also teamed up with Autosalon recently and the long awaited arrival of Marty’s car is now here. Expect a little bit of a twist though.

It was a sad day when Circuit Club’s fantastic grass roots print magazine “The Circuit” stopped going to print a while back. Good news for us then that as of today The Circuit has officially made a come back!

Visit: www.circuitclub.com.au/thecircuit

Check out the online portfolio of Sydney based graphic designer (now for hire) Michael Papandrea. Art Director of the award-winning Auto Salon Magazine for 6 years. 68 Issues. 384 features. 9916 pages of cutting-edge design. Visit: http://iheartdesign.com.au

Bitter sweet:

Issue 85, Auto Salon Magazine’s final issue should now be at your local newsagent. You can read on-going comments on Issue #85 here.

For a limited time only, you can secure your pre-release copy of ASM #85, the final ever printed edition of Auto Salon Magazine. Be quick though, these will sell out this week. Click here for more

By now you would have heard that Auto Salon Magazine will no longer go to print after the next issue (if you haven’t read up here). I know the ASM team have been working extra hard on this last issue as I’ve been following their Twitter Feed.

Spotted: A sneak peek of the penultimate issue of Auto Salon Magazine. You can follow the issue’s progress here.

Awesome illustrator Gez Fry has done some very cool Japanese style illustration work for Hot Version (find the images in his gallery).

Without Option, there would be no JDM Style Tuning. Nuff said!