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Blown Engines and "No Brakes" Warnings Are Why We Love Extreme Drift Cars
Blown Engines and "No Brakes" Warnings Are Why We Love Extreme Drift Cars

22 Sep 2015, 09:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You could say drift cars are the misunderstood teenagers of the racing world, but they’re awesome and here are a few reasons why this is true

 
Lexus RC 200t Revealed in Japan, Comes with New 2-Liter Turbo Engine
Lexus RC 200t Revealed in Japan, Comes with New 2-Liter Turbo Engine

18 Sep 2015, 15:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 200t model will be offered alongside the RC 300h and RC 350. Its 2-liter turbo engine packs extra torque and makes use of an 8-speed auto

 
Ancient Insect Inspired This Futuristic Robot and It Can Both Drive and Walk
Ancient Insect Inspired This Futuristic Robot and It Can Both Drive and Walk

16 Sep 2015, 15:21 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Self-driving cars are already giving a lot of the auto CEOs nightmares, but if this contraption is going to be the model of future cars things will go wild

 
Craziest Lamborghinis In the World Come from Japan, with Spikes and Animal Print
Craziest Lamborghinis In the World Come from Japan, with Spikes and Animal Print

14 Sep 2015, 18:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case the Lamborghini tuning projects you’ve seen in the US and Europe seem like extreme visual makeovers, brace yourselves for these JDM machines

 
Updated Ford Focus Launched in Japan with 1.5-Liter Downsized Turbo Engine
Updated Ford Focus Launched in Japan with 1.5-Liter Downsized Turbo Engine

9 Sep 2015, 13:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The updated Focus also comes with a bonnet bulge, several new colors, projector headlights and a sporty body kit to boot

 
2015 Daihatsu Cast Kei Car Leaked Ahead of Official Debut – Video, Photo Gallery
2015 Daihatsu Cast Kei Car Leaked Ahead of Official Debut – Video, Photo Gallery

8 Sep 2015, 19:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you're a Japaneze citizen looking to buy a lifestyle-oriented kei car, look no further than the yet-to-officially-debut 2015 Daihatsu Cast family of models

 
You Can Now Pre-Order the First Toy Train to Use Maglev Technology – Video
You Can Now Pre-Order the First Toy Train to Use Maglev Technology – Video

27 Aug 2015, 21:45 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / The fastest train in the world ran at the speed of 374 mph and it's Japan's Series L0. The train is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company

 
2016 Honda CR-Z Facelift Debuts In Japan, Has the Same 1.5-liter Mill with 130 HP
2016 Honda CR-Z Facelift Debuts In Japan, Has the Same 1.5-liter Mill with 130 HP

27 Aug 2015, 14:08 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Honda officially unveiled the facelifted 2016 CR-Z sporty hybrid in Japan, but the revision is mostly targeted on the interior and the exterior

 
Lexus LX 570 Is Now Available in Japan, Has Sequential LED Turn Signals
Lexus LX 570 Is Now Available in Japan, Has Sequential LED Turn Signals

20 Aug 2015, 11:54 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Based on the facelifted Toyota Land Cruiser 200, the Lexus LX 570 is now available for the Japanese market as well, after its Pebble Beach debut

 
Mercedes AMG GT NEXTridoron Appears in Kamen Rider Drive Movie in Japan
Mercedes AMG GT NEXTridoron Appears in Kamen Rider Drive Movie in Japan

19 Aug 2015, 18:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first major movie role for the AMG GT is a strange one, as the NEXTridoron sci-fi vehicle in Kamen Rider Drive moovie of Japan

 
S.A.D Custom Japan Stinger 200HIACE is a Lamborghini-styled Minivan – Photo Gallery
S.A.D Custom Japan Stinger 200HIACE is a Lamborghini-styled Minivan – Photo Gallery

18 Aug 2015, 17:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Dear tuning enthusiasts, meet the S.A.D Custom Japan Stinger 200HIACE. S.A.D Custom Japan Stinger 200HIACE, meet the western world. Now shake hands

 
Toyota Land Cruiser 200 Facelift Launches in Japan, Puts Safety on a High Pedestal
Toyota Land Cruiser 200 Facelift Launches in Japan, Puts Safety on a High Pedestal

17 Aug 2015, 10:05 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Toyota took their time to introduce the Land Cruiser 200 facelift in Japan, along with their safety sense package and minor visual tweaks

 
Of the US’ Atomic Bomb Drop and a 70-year-old Tram
Of the US’ Atomic Bomb Drop and a 70-year-old Tram

5 Aug 2015, 14:38 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Precisely 70 years ago, the US would drop their first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima destroying most of the city and killing over 100,000 civilians

 
Volkswagen Golf Alltrack Launched in Japan with 1.8 TSI Engine
Volkswagen Golf Alltrack Launched in Japan with 1.8 TSI Engine

22 Jul 2015, 09:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 1.8 TSI is the only turbocharged petrol engine available ion the Golf Alltrack. Volkswagen chose not to offer any of the three TDI diesels

 
All-New Volkswagen Passat Launched in Japan with 1.4 TSI Turbo Engine
All-New Volkswagen Passat Launched in Japan with 1.4 TSI Turbo Engine

20 Jul 2015, 15:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Prices range from about 3 million yen to 5 million for the well equipped Passat TSI Highline R-Line. But we'd just buy a mid-grade Comfortine

 
Japanese Toyota GT 86 Yellow Limited Edition is All About the Rear Spoiler
Japanese Toyota GT 86 Yellow Limited Edition is All About the Rear Spoiler

14 Jul 2015, 07:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In Japan, the peeps from Toyota are preparing a special edition GT 86 dubbed Yellow Limited. We want one not because it's yellow, but for that huge rear wing

 
Nissan to Build Rogue in Japan for US Market from Spring 2016
Nissan to Build Rogue in Japan for US Market from Spring 2016

9 Jul 2015, 16:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The factory located in Japan already makes one version for the North American market, so it made sense to increase production there

 
2015 Mazda Flair is a Kei Car With Plenty of It – Video, Photo Gallery
2015 Mazda Flair is a Kei Car With Plenty of It – Video, Photo Gallery

5 Jul 2015, 05:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / To the Western world, a kei car is a joke of a car. But look more closely at the components of the overall package and you'll be amazed how wrong we are

 
This Suzuki Kei Car is a Hustler, But Not That Kind of Hustler
This Suzuki Kei Car is a Hustler, But Not That Kind of Hustler

3 Jul 2015, 16:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / On tonight's episode of "What's going on in Japan?," you will meet the quaintly named Suzuki Hustler kei car. Don't ask...

 
Nissan GT-R with Engraved Silver Body by KUHL Is Needlessly Awesome
Nissan GT-R with Engraved Silver Body by KUHL Is Needlessly Awesome

2 Jul 2015, 12:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This Nissan GT-R features 3D Ultimate Engraving Metal Paint, an Aero Monster widebody kit by Love Lark, a host of performance upgrades from Biltz