Last year, Meguiar’s MotorEx introduced a new ‘Worlds’ concept, dividing up all the event’s attractions into themed sections like our own Street Machine Custom World, the Performance World for trader stands, 4×4 World, and the super-popular Portelli World.

A new addition to that list for this year was the All Japan World, run in conjunction with Melburnian Hoa Phu from KOKA Department. “All Japan World is going to celebrate the love of Japanese domestic market vehicles, and it’s going to be curated by me,” he said in the lead-up to the event.

Over 50 of those cars were on display over Saturday and Sunday, parked right next to the Drift Cadet drift demos and passenger rides. Combine that with a stack of Japanese-specific merchandise vendors, and All Japan World was the go-to place on the weekend for lovers of Japanese cars and culture.

Here are some of our favourites from this year’s All Japan World. We can’t wait to do it all again next year!

Four Winds – Mazda 929 Kaido Racer

Often mistaken for a Bōsōzoku car – the name actually refers to members of Japanese riding gangs rather than heavily customised cars – this 1980 Mazda 929 is built in the style of the Japanese Kaido Racer.

This one is an Australian creation built by the Four Winds team, who are dedicated to honouring the history of the Kaido Racer era of Japanese car culture. It’s the third iteration of their team car, and as you’d expect, it drew plenty of attention all weekend long.

Tristan Hart – Daihatsu Copen

Some of you may recognise Tristan Hart’s ‘Garlic’ Daihatsu Copen from Mighty Car Mods. Tristan is the car’s second owner since its appearance on the show.

“It still has the HKS intercooler, intake and exhaust they put on it; I’ve just changed a few bits here and there and really enjoy the car,” Tristan said. “It’s a car that gets attention from all sorts of people – non-car people are always taking a second look.”

Mercury Lien – Nissan 350Z

Mercury Lien – aka Mercurial Mouse – brought her Nissan 350Z drift car all the way down from Queensland to burn rubber in the drifting demos at MotorEx ’26. We’ve seen her unashamedly pink Z ripping at Optima Ultimate Street Car before, but for MotorEx, it was rocking a much beefier LS combo.

“I did the drifting at World Time Attack Last year, and it was so hard with no power,” Mercury said. “So, right after that, we did a 28-day LS swap.”

Daniel Moldrich – Autozam AZ-1

Daniel Moldrich imports all sorts of cool wheels, parts and knick-knacks from Japan as part of his jdmparts.rupewrecht business, but the other thing he’s known for is his stunning little Autozam AZ-1!

Produced by Mazda but sold under the Autozam brand, the AZ-1 is a mid-engined kei car with a 657cc, three-cylinder turbo engine, and Daniel’s example was sporting a fresh set of stickers at MotorEx 2026. Our videographer Matty Hull loves his Japanese cars, so when he was offered a seat in the mini supercar, he couldn’t refuse!

Peter Pham – Toyota Chaser JZX100

Peter Pham is the man behind Drift Cadet demos and ride-alongs, and has taken the sideways religion to Street Machine Summernats and all the way to Rockhampton for Rockynats. This year, he treated himself to a Toyota Chaser JZX100 as a 40th-birthday present and did a quick build on the car in time for MotorEx.

Jack Mitchell – Nissan Skyline R31

Jack Mitchell’s Nissan Skyline R31 Silhouette has been off the road for close to 10 years, undergoing a meticulous R33 RB25 engine and gearbox conversion. As part of that, Jack smoothed and restored the engine bay, threw on a Link ECU and gave the car a proper birthday. The last month-and-a-bit of the build saw lots of 2am finishes, but Jack was determined to meet his goal of debuting the car at MotorEx.