Good but could be better

Hey, hot girls in front of cool-looking cars? Sign me up!
Or at least that's what some people would do. (Why else would they have girls in bikinis on almost every other car enthusiasts magazine?)

While the magazine does have somewhat decent-looking women, they are not quite up there. Not quite up to Playboy caliber but maybe Hustler should they ever go that route. The cover is the only good picture and the interviews w/ the women are hardly worth reading. But that's not what most people buy this magazine for (I hope).

The women may not be that hot but the cars sure are. As the name implies, the magazine takes many cars from Japan and reports on what we're missing in the U.S. as well as how we can get our hands on one (if a company happens to import them). There are some imports that are even modified for use in the U.S. If not, they'll explain in some detail how to attain an equivalent performance w/ aftermarket parts.

While on the subject of aftermarket parts, there sure are alot of ads in the magazine for the stuff. Not that I mind too much but I'd rather read more articles than see ads for basically the same stuff every other page. It's not new to the magazine industry to get their main revenue from advertisements but it'd be nice to have more articles.

Overall, it's an okay magazine. The content is a good balance for the beginner as well as hard-core enthusiasts. A better magazine of this type (import car magazine) would be Sports Compact Car; it's sister publication. Turbo is another good import magazine although it also features domestic cars.