Stan's 1989 Toyota MR2 was tuned by street racing legend Rafael Estevez, who inspired the character of Dom Toretto in Fast & Furious. And that's not even the most special thing about it.

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Stan Karr Yeung is the founder of Daikoku NYC, a car club in New York City inspired by the famous Daikoku meet in Yokohama, Japan. And his MR2 is a perfect encapsulation of his background as the child of immigrants from Hong Kong, his skills as a designer, and his passion for bringing people together over cars.

After an extended trip to Asia to get to know his roots, Stan came back to America wanting two things: a sweet car, and a place to hang out with like-minded enthusiasts. He ended up creating both.
"Most immigrant mindsets, it?s like, you don?t waste what you have, you gottta be thankful for what you do have, and make the best of what you have. If you can fix it, it?s not broken."

So his MR2 wasn't broken, but it was pretty close?rusted out, barely running, with its original paint shot when he found it in Pennsylvania. He trucked it back to NYC and got to work, bringing in Rafael to help complete his vision of a tuner MR2: classic looks hiding some wild mods underneath. Rebuilding the 4A-GZE engine with forged parts and boring it out to 1.8L, billet pulleys, HKS cam gears, a...