Tokyo Auto Salon isn’t Tokyo Auto Salon with out the entire hype of a Liberty Stroll automobile disclose, and for 2024, Wataru Kato and his group delivered the entire power with some other ’80s supercar icon on the heart of all of it.

We’ll get to the LB-Works Lamborghini Countach in a second, as a result of that was once simply certainly one of a lot of Liberty Stroll automobiles on show on the Makuhari Messe ultimate weekend.

Liberty Stroll shared house with Tag, Bullet, and Sphere Gentle manufacturers, with a complete of 100 group of workers running around the large sales space over the process the three-day tournament.

No person does it larger at Tokyo Auto Salon than Kato-san, and are available 2:00pm on Friday afternoon when the covers got here off Liberty Stroll’s two TAS 2024 headliners, there was once a rock live performance vibe.

Let’s get started with the Countach, which options a brand spanking new LB-Works frame package that provides 40mm of additional width to every aspect of the this ’80s poster automobile. On most sensible of the fenders, which in fact require the unique bodywork to be lower to suit, all the package includes a new entrance bumper with diffuser and canards, aspect skirts and aspect diffusers, and out again a rear diffuser, rear wing and roof air consumption.

Pricing has but to launched, however given the entire package options extra items than the LB-Works Ferrari F40 similar, it’s not going to be any inexpensive than that, which runs US$127,600 in FRP and US$160,600 in CFRP, plus becoming in fact and the opposite must haves – air suspension and customized wheels.

The query is although, if you had a Countach, would you believe the LB-Works conversion?

Talking of F40s, essentially the most mentioned automobile of Tokyo Auto Salon 2023 was once again, this time with a brand new Metal Blueberry external courtesy of Inoztech. It’s, in fact, now not the primary F40 that’s been given the Inoztech wrap remedy, however we’re loving the blue vinyl and contrasting white livery from Blackfish Graphics.

For those who dream of proudly owning and using a Liberty Stroll-enhanced supercar however handiest have a kei automobile funds, don’t fear, Kato-san has one thing particular for you. This candy little device was once unveiled via the LB Youngsters. No, it’s now not the electrical ride-on, even supposing that does glance cool…

It’s this – the LB-Works LB40.

If you’ll be able to get your palms on an Autozam (Mazda) AZ-1, LB-Works can flip it right into a micro F40 copy. Or even higher, the conversion doesn’t include a full-size price ticket; the entire package, which is a mix of FRP and dry carbon, runs simply US$22,660 plus becoming.

The Fiat Abarth 595 isn’t somewhat as small as a kei automobile however continues to be compact via trendy requirements, and it too now has a Liberty Stroll resolution. LB-Works teamed up Abas Works for this demo automobile, and it wears the entire package – entrance bumper with canards, hood, aspect skirts, rear diffuser and wing, and naturally extensive frame fenders in any respect 4 corners.

Kato-san may well be highest identified for his surprise supercar-widening antics, however his roots are squarely in shakotan. So it was once cool to peer his previous Kenmeri Skyline again at Tokyo Auto Salon – albeit this time with The Smurfs collaboration we didn’t know we wanted. And the way cool is the C10 Skyline parked along?!

Blurring the strains between recent automobile design and shakotan taste is the LB-Works Nissan Fairlady Z/400Z, which Kato-san unveiled on the SEMA Display ultimate 12 months.

Some other 2023 unlock was once this – the LB-Works McLaren 720S. The entire frame package provides a entrance diffuser, entrance canards, hood, aspect diffusers and door panels, a rear diffuser, rear wing and extensive fenders. The black on black scheme seems to be sinister.

The general automobile we need to display you is a collaboration between Liberty Stroll, Alpharex USA and Likewise. This GR86 is hard!

Some other 12 months of Liberty Stroll at Tokyo Auto Salon has us asking the similar query as at all times – how will Kato-san most sensible this? I assume we’ll all in finding out one year from now.

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