| The import car show is just one aspect of the | | | | since long before Bruce Springsteen made a |
| burgeoning subculture that has sprung up around | | | | career out of singing about their connection to |
| the idea of taking import cars and modifying them | | | | each other. And car magazines have always |
| for street racing in the United States. The spread | | | | featured buxom beauties posing on hoods and |
| of the import car scene can now be felt all across | | | | roofs, so it should hardly be surprising that import |
| the mainstream from movies such as The Fast | | | | car shows continue to make use of attractive |
| and the Furious to video games such as the Need | | | | young women. |
| for Speed series. | | | | What is different, however, is that where in the |
| Although much controversy surrounds every | | | | past the women who appeared on the covers of |
| aspect of this subculture, the fact that it is here | | | | car magazines were relatively anonymous and |
| to stay is probably best exemplified by the | | | | interchangeable, today's import models have |
| growth of the import car show industry. Of | | | | become a prime drawing attraction. In fact, it is |
| course, this growth may have less to do with | | | | not going too far to say that many of the males |
| interest in import cars than with interest in that | | | | who attend import car shows are there not to |
| other topic so near and dear to the hearts of | | | | see the latest in car modifications, but their |
| young men. | | | | favorite import model. Import car shows have |
| Go to any import car show, or any web site | | | | become a showcase for models of the living and |
| containing information about an import car show, | | | | non-living types. |
| or pick any magazine about import cars and you | | | | The import car shows have become a |
| will be greeted by the smiling faces and scantily | | | | jumping-off point for a whole new genre of |
| clad bodies of beautiful girls who have come to be | | | | models. And the fascination with these girls |
| known as import models. Import models pose for | | | | doesn't end when the import car show leaves |
| sexy photos that are found on web sites and in | | | | town. Not only do most of the girls have their |
| magazines, but they also make personal | | | | official web sites featuring bios, interviews, and, of |
| appearances at import car shows around the | | | | course, sexy photos, but fan sites dedicated to |
| world. | | | | import car show models have also been popping |
| The popularity of these girls almost rivals the | | | | up over all the internet. |
| popularity of the modified cars they are usually | | | | Clearly there is a connection being made between |
| photographed posing over. In fact, many of the | | | | the import car show, the import model and the |
| models who got their start making personal | | | | internet. As these girls become ever more |
| appearances at an import car show now have | | | | popular, expect to find the import car show |
| their own web sites. | | | | becoming an ever more integral part of the |
| Of course, cars and girls have gone together | | | | import car subculture. |