Congratulations to James Lin’s 2011 Gold-Turbo-Widebody-Carbon Fiber Scion tC for being selected and published in the 2012 Performance Auto & Sound Magazine Media KIT.
Did you know we are also the import team who holds the record for the most COVERS and FEATURES @ PAS and counting?
New Year hasn’t even started and already we making moves. Always a couple steps or way ahead of our competition.
More to come from TM Hybrid and PAS esp. in 2012.
Congratulations to SoCal Chapter’s Omar Rivas’ J’s Racing-ITBs Honda S2K for being selected and published in Performance Auto & Sound Magazine’s November 2011 Top Tuner Platforms Edition.
Only 15 tuner cars were chosen for this honor and we were 1.
What an honor and we continue to set the standard not only how a best overall “quality” import team performs but also, how import tuner cars should be built.
Message from Meguiar’s today after seeing this post said, “You guys set the bar on so many levels! Congrats again!!!!”
Congratulations to James Lin’s 2011 Gold-Turbo-Widebody-Carbon Fiber Scion tC for being selected and printed for PAS Mag and PAS Nation 2011 and 2012 calendar poster.
Congratulations to LV Chapter, Essex Olalia’s 2006 Mitsubishi Turbo-APR Evil-R Widebody-Teal EVO IX in a 6 page full feature in Import Tuner Magazine November issue, pgs 032-37. Title of Article is called, “EVOLUTION.”
IT wrote, “If this car doesn’t look familiar to our regular readers, then its previous owner, Las Vegas’ Charleston Penesa, has done his job. Again. This 500-plus wheel-horsepower ’06 EVO IX of this is the exact same one that appeared in our Mar. ’10 issue…”
IT wrote, “Now might be a good time to drop a little Team Hybrid knowledge. Founded in 1995, they quickly grew to become the pioneers of SoCal import culture in its hey day, their brightly colored, highly modified rides serving as flagships for the import movement in the public eye. Picture yours typical Southern California-tuned import, and the image that springs to mind is undoubtedly along the lines of something Team Hybrid’s built over the year. An original Team Hybrid member, Charleston has been able to exhibit that flare in everything he’s built, with this EVO first in its bright orange iteration, and now in thie teal/white second coming.”
IT wrote, “When we arrived in Oxnard, Ca…we were surprised to learn Essex Olalia, fellow Team Hybrid member, now holds the keys to this beast…”
IT wrote, “And in standard Team Hybrid dedication, he drove it from Las Vegas for our shoot-across hundreds of miles of desert, over some mountains, and through L.A. traffic.
IT wrote, “As Team Hybrid President James Lin points out, gutted, track-prepped cars make crappy daily drivers, just as ground-scraping, fiberglassed show cars do, or anything with an overbuilt engine requiring race fuel, constant rebuilds, or huge payoffs to make “technically” legal.”
IT wrote, “It turns out not everyone’s a fan of that classic import style-a testament to Team Hybrid’s evolving presence in the modern day.”
These paragraphs in the article were written by Luke Munnell and not someone in Team Hybrid. This is what happens when the industry knows their history, understands the importance and the effects we have had and continue to have in the industry. We are respected on the competition battle grounds (race-street-show) and also, in print by our peers/professionals because History + Tradition + Formula + Innovation + Records + Morals + Ethics = Team Hybrid 16+ years and counting…
Essex, thank you for the shout out in the gratitude section. Essex said, “…Gratitude, Founder/President of Team Hybrid and Hybrid Hunnyz, James Lin; the extended Team Hybrid fam, especially LV Chapter Director, Archie Concon.”
ps. How many import teams currently out there can claim they had the same car published twice in the same national magazine with a full feature and almost, the second time around, the cover ……? At Team Hybrid, always innovating and continuing our tradition to be 1st to many of the import accolades and records.
Congratulations to SD Chapter’s Dennis Kongvongsai’s 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi in a 4 page full feature in Super Street Magazine’s October 2011 issue, pgs 030-033. This makes it not only 2 months straight a Team Hybrid car has been in one of the major import magazines, but also, the second time this year, we made back to back months once again (goal is to make it 4 months straight in this last 4th qtr. of 2011).
Lastly, even greater and incredible news is that this is the third time this year a Team Hybrid car has had a full feature article in Super Street Magazine which is still the #1 selling import magazine in the US. What import team out there today can claim these current accomplishments?
Title of Article, “The State of Stance”
Super Street said, “Luckily for Dennis, he can switch up to another set of wheels if he chooses and always has a fresh set of BFGoodrich rubber, courtesy of his sponsorship through Team Hybrid.”
ps. Dennis, thanks for the luv as well as to the Hybrid Hunnyz in the props section. But even more thankful of the luv you give to our Team Tile Sponsors: Mizu Cooling Solutions, NOS Energy Drinks, BFGoodrich and Meguiar’s.
ps1. In this issue, there is also an article about “The TOP 15 Import Models of All Time! Who’s Your Favorite?” Guess what, 4 out of the 15 are Hybrid Hunnyz (Jeri Lee, Maureen Chen, Lisa Kaye, KT-So) and 3 out of the 4 (Jeri Lee, Lisa Kaye, KT-So) were discovered by Team Hybrid first.
In Performance Auto & Sound Oct/Nov 2011 issue, pgs. 018 & 022, there is an article about Motion Auto Show, LBC Show 2011.
Congratulations to SoCal Chapter’s Dan’s 350ZTT (pg. 018) in NOS/Hybrid Booth, LV Chapter’s Keoni’s EVO IX (pg. 022) in Mizu/Hybrid Booth and Team Hybrid/Savini/Password JDM’s R35 (pg. 022) in Savini/Hybrid Booth for being shown in the event coverage.
Lastly, PAS said on pg 018, “…With car clubs like Hybrid, ….., and …. there is no doubt the competition was fierce. Once again, we were named first and the three clubs metioned took top honors.
SoCal Chapter’s Dan’s 350ZTT (pg. 018)
LV Chapter’s Keoni’s EVO IX (pg. 022)
Team Hybrid/Savini/Password JDM’s R35 (pg. 022)
In Import Tuner Septmeber 2011 issue, pg. 014, there is a section called “Going Postal.” Congratulations to LV Chapter Director, Archie Concon’s 2000 Mitsubishi Mirage for being “SHOOT BACK”.
Import Tuner wrote, “The good news: It’s a sibling to the turbo/all-wheel-drive EVO II/III of the JDM and Euro markets, and with a lot of work, you can make it sick. Like Archie Concon’s 742-whp EVO-Converted ’00 Mirage from our Oct. ’10 issue.”
In Import Tuner October 2011 issue, pg. 013, there is an article about Import Faceoff, LV. Congratulations to LV Chapter Cars for being selected in the event coverage pictures. Out of the 12 pictures on pg. 013, 3 of them are of Team Hybrid cars which belong to Robert (xB), Essex (Teal EVO IX) and Keoni (Sunset Orange EVO IX).
Remember, according to Archie’s post on May 17th, he said:
“Robert xb – best scion and best ICE
Essex evo 9 – best interior
Keoni evo 9 – 2nd best mitsubishi
Mike G8 – best domestic
Cory sti – best engine bay
Allan s2k – best Honda
Eric mr2 – best Toyota
Team Hybrid LV chapter – best team representation, and best car club participation
A total of 10 trophies..”
