Tokyo Auto Salon 2011

Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 - Car park wisdom will pontificate that big exhausts, lowered aftermarket suspension, a ruddy great air filter and Big Speakers will make your Vauxhall Cavalier exactly 10 seconds faster than a BMW M3 around the Nurburgring.

What it won't tell you, is that such modifications usually repel the very subjects said modifications are intended to attract.

Bear this in mind as you peruse this gallery. The 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon has just closed its foil-encrusted doors, and is, in essence, a mighty version of the SEMA show in Las Vegas. Full of modders and modded cars.

Remember, the cure for insecurity isn't found buried in the pages of a tuning magazine..