GENESIS

I've attended all sorts of car shows that's been held here, I've seen the Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS), Otoblitz International Classic Car Show (OICCS), Hot Import Nights (HIN), Accelera Auto Contest and many more. But never have I seen a car show and gathering like GENESIS.

The IIMS is mostly filled with commercial production cars, and only a few sport and exotic cars, and the OICCS would only be interesting to those who likes classic cars. GENESIS was a car show/competition/gathering, there were cars that signed up for show and competition, and also several communities such as MOCI and SpeedCreed gathered at GENESIS to have the usual gathering and witness the beginning of this epic car show. GENESIS is a collaboration between hawk'n'poke and Hellaflush and it is the first, proper modified car show that's been held in Indonesia.

We'd like to say congratulations for the hawk'n'poke team for being able to pull such a great event, and thank you for finally realizing our dreams of seeing this kind of car show here in Indonesia. As they've said, this is just the beginning, and hopefully we'll see more of these car shows in the future.

All of our crews were very excited to attend the event, Ical was the first to arrive, we'll show his video of GENESIS soon enough, I was the second to arrive just as the cars were coming in.

A great way to start your morning is by seeing this massive Mercedes-Benz S-Class on HRE. Yes, we'd love to make this our very own SpeedHooked transport car. This was one of the first cars that gathered.

Don't like the Germans? Try this Lexus GS also known as the Aristo. This was one of the winners.

 This line-up of BMW is simply mouth-watering. This photo was taken by a contributor, M. Taufan also known as ipandesign.

The sun started to shine. Okay, it was cloudy and raining a bit so there wasn't any sun visible, but that didn't stopped us from taking photographs. See the guy in the black? Wanna guess who he is? His passion for cars kept him going on the cloudy day.

  

As I've said, other than the cars that registered for the show, there were also communities that gathered at GENESIS, such as the nuvolks, with a dash of Porsche.

 

 Despite the cloudy weather, this guy still put down the roof of his Z3. We salute his ride, and his bravery on putting down the roof.

The sun finally started showing, and Yashoa spotted these two beautiful Alfa Romeo. They weren't part of the competition, but they should be. The owners of these Alfas sure has taste by keeping their car clean and simple, and they chose the perfect color for an Alfa Romeo.

Later on, a group called SpeedArchitect arrived, and they had these 2 epic Nissan for us to see. Would you prefer the original daddy or it's grandson? Your choice.

In terms of look, I think the Datsun 240Z is a much better looking car.

Speaking of Nissan, check out this nice and clean Datsun 510 Bluebird.

And there was this McLaren MP4-12C Singapore Edition. I had no idea there was such a McLaren called the Singapore Edition. Photos were also taken by ipandesign.

Speaking of communities, SpeedCreed was also there, this California belonged to the group. The driver wore a mask, we assume he's the president of SpeedCreed, but we're not sure about the guy beside him. Either he's wearing a mask horse, or he actually is a horse. Photo by Fauzan F.

Tired of show cars? This racing Yaris participates in ISOM (Indonesia Series of Motorsport). We like.

Old Mercedes never grow old.

What's a car show without any models? Photo also by Fauzan F.

 I was so happy for being able to see all these cool cars, and looks like this little guy here also enjoyed the show. Look at him, he's so happy after seeing that Nissan GT-R behind him. Either that or he just took a pee on that traffic cone.

This Shelby GT500 also took part in GENESIS. When this car entered the parking lot, there was this feel of massive supercharged V8 terror. The Shelby is the car that would awaken the 10-year old inside of us, no matter how old you are, you'll be excited when you see one of these. Especially when you see the supercharger that this car has, I had a radio that was the size of this car's supercharger.

This estate BMW 5-series wasn't part of the show, nor was it gathering with any communities, but estates are so cool I had to take picture of this car.

The winners of GENESIS in their respective categories along with Mr. Bliss from Hellaflush.

The sun sets, and the moon is rising, with the winners already received their prizes and the cars started leaving, it was finally time to go home. The hawk'n'poke crew were tired, the contestants were tired, I was tired, the rest of the S//H crew were tired, it was time to pack our cameras and go home.

I'll be honest, the GENESIS event still has a few rough edges to fix, but it is a wonderful event, I am surely looking forward for the GENESIS next year and hoping that I will see an even more epic collection of cars. Once again, congratulations the hawk'n'poke team, every car enthusiast in Indonesia thanks you for gathering all these amazing cars at one place.


Photographs; Yashoa Sepyanda, Joshua Setiadi, Hafizh Rizqi.
Words; Hafizh Rizqi.