The über rich always need somewhere to play with their latest track toys, and now there’s a new high-end ‘driving resort’ recently opened in Japan that aims to best those already in business in Europe and the USA.
It’s called the Magarigawa Club and there’s a race track, obviously, and an on-site fuel station to minimise time away from the circuit, plus fully crewed workshops, a temperature-controlled storage facility for hundreds of cars, and a helipad. So far, so ultra-high-net-worth.
But this billionaire’s playground caters to its clients – and their families – away from the track as well, with traditional Japanese hot spring bathing, a top-tier gym and yoga studio, a kids’ creche complete with miniature Bugatti pedal cars, and a dog park for one’s pup. And this is Japan, so there’s even a (soundproofed) karaoke room too.
Join TG’s Tom Ford for a tour of this automotive theme park aimed at the 0.01%.
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Chapters:
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00:54 Magarigawa Club
01:49 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 3.8
03:39 Drive POV
07:21 Chat with Hideto Yasuoka
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Pick a car for this track
https://youtu.be/d1XMQLVfRdw?si=wOjy_afDZBmiELsv
Full attack gt3
Action adrenalin entertainment fear and sport drive
Number one world car porsche gt3 series
Oh the hardship Wookie!! A previous gen GT3 RS 3.8!!!
That's exactly the type of infrastructure I would build if I were a billionaire.
Could you imagine f1 here. It would be spectacular, although probably impractical
This track is so perfect !! Got the right amount of everything !!
I wish I could drive here one day
Destroying thousands of trees and an entire mountain, just for this…. If I remember correctly, this project took an extra 2 years to completion and the location is so far from Tokyo, it's a hassle to get there. The track is quite strange indeed, with steep climbs/descents. Now, Fuji Speedway offers a luxurious hotel, and with overall more things to do around. It's more accessible from Tokyo too.
It's a private membership club, but they're already hosting manufacturer events to try and advertise themselves. Give it a few decades and the hype will die down, and it'll just become a sad place that destroyed an entire mountain for this.
I was lucky to go here for a test for work, and I have to say it is phenomenal. The track itself is fun, the facilities are immaculate, and the overall experience is any car enthusiasts dream. Really incredible place
Why does Tilke only build lovely race tracks in Japan?
I just falled in love with This track
Dunno if this the camera and/or just me, but that looks like it has those crappy Tilke offcamber corners everywhere …
The "Our CEO wanted something for his family part" Money is nice
Love this!
Give me that rental wagon.
Amazing. Just totally awed. I'm not into racing but driving and this is just…
#flabbergasted
I'd love a take with a BMW. A M4 GT3 for the speed, a E28 M5 for the thrills.
Lovely, but kinda useless. Membership fees? Membership process? Ever open to the public? Prices? What's in the garage? Club cars? Rentals? I've been to Ascari and that worked pretty well until Zwaart sold it – a Swiss and Argentinan consortium bought it and that's a bad, bad, bad, bad combo in terms of giving any non-billionaires access. Is this place in Japan the same? Billionaires only? Vetted by the owner? Multi-million sign up, limited members, limited guests, annual fees etc etc. I feel like I was left with more questions than answers after the piece.
Constructing this track required an incredible amount of blasting and earthmoving, much more than anything I've ever seen before. Beautiful job.
My brakes are hot from watching this. Sheeesh
I would be building something like this if I became a billionaire.
This is the level just after the next level.
I think the 997 gt3 rs is my favourite 911 of all time
When Takahashi brothers decided to build their own circuit
“Best kept secret of japan” proceeds to do a 10 minute in depth review of the whole track and facility
2014 Aston Martin Vanquish
Can tourists visit for fun?
I need to experience this track 🔑
What a track!!!
The hilarious thing about the wealthy car owners in Japan (I'm talking about your more standard luxury daily cars (G-Wagons, S-class, etc, not track or classic cars) is the idiocy of sourcing and paying more for left-hand drive car in a right-hand drive county all as a stupid perceived status/prestige thing.
I wonder how many of this clubs members fall into that category.
Very cool track though.
Who says money doesn't buy happiness?!
Nice surroundings, track looks better than Tilke's F1 tracks 😄
It’s reminiscent of the Vietnam GP track that never was. Obviously designed by the say man.
Just missing some motorbikes! Track looks butter smooth. So beautiful.
@redbull you guys definitely have to get the fastest lap in this track within a week
I wonder what the acoustics are like; both for the driver and for those watching from the main buildings. Echos bouncing off the hills before a car roars into view, or for the driver exiting the hairpin and the exhaust notes suddenly booming against the rising retaining wall. A feast for all senses, I'd bet.
Trial Mountain!
I really want to know if the track can be run in either direction – looking at the run-off areas I think it has been designed that way, and would certainly increase the value proposition.
Never been on the Nürburgring Nordschleife that You praise the location and nature around it?! That looks to me like a private N-ring in miniature and I like the views…
I really appreciate that the layout seems built for joy in a variety of machines, i.e. it's not only huge straights and sweepers for GP cars or Bugattis, and not only winding esses for motorcycles and Caterhams. I'll take two days in a supercharged ND Miata, please <3
I think I'd put club motorsports over this in terms of private club tracks