Bald Hitchhiker Girl Picked Up by Pimps on Cloud in Weirdest Japanese Commercial Ever
31 Oct 2014, 14:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Over in America, the Nissan Versa Note is one of those cars you buy only because you can't afford anything better. It's cheap, and we don't mean that in a good way, plus it's pow...
New Honda Grace Hybrid Sedan Launched in Japan, Likely Based on City
31 Oct 2014, 10:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda's domestic Japanese website has just welcomed the arrival of a new hybrid sedan we've never seen before. It's called "Grace" and is making its debut on the web tomorro...
Toyota Reveals New Esquire Van, Batman Would Drive One
30 Oct 2014, 10:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When it comes to people carriers, only two Toyota models suited for the job come to mind - the Sienna and the European Verso. Believe it or not, the Japanese automaker has a lot bigger offer for the...
2015 Subaru Forester STi Will Be Unveiled On November 25th, Teaser Photos Released
27 Oct 2014, 10:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The wait is almost over, ladies and gents! As it happens, Subaru's STi motorsport division will stick some badges on the SJ-generation Subaru Forester, with the unveiling slated for November 25...
Japan Is Literally Building a Transformer Robot
24 Oct 2014, 10:12 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Whether you know anything about robots or don't, we’re pretty sure you’ve watched at least one of the Transformers movies. If not, we’ll only tell you this: a car that transfo...
Japan’s Turtle Taxi Willingly Drives Slow to Make You Feel Comfy
23 Oct 2014, 16:23 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While Dubai gets the fastest hypercars on the planet into their emergency fleet and engineers struggle to find newer ways to push the limit, some fellows see things different. There are some places ...
New 4-in-1-Piston Engine Concept to Rival Hybrids
22 Oct 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite being in use for more than a century, combustion engines are still way to complex and inefficient in turing fossil fuel to mechanical work. Naturally, engineers have been battling their way ...
Which Japanese Brand Do You Hate?
19 Oct 2014, 07:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mazda has come a long way since it copied off the British to make its first roadster. In fact, you could almost say that the latest MX-5 model to come out is miles ahead of any mass-market UK-built ...
2014 Daihatsu MiraCocoa PlusX Is Pink Japanese Chic
17 Oct 2014, 14:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While China is obsessed with having really long sedans, the folks over in Japan are sticking to what they've always done best: think small. From Toyota's budget sub-brand Daihatsu, we brin...
New Mazda2 Named Japan's Car of the Year, Narrowly Beating the C-Class
13 Oct 2014, 13:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While Europe and America are still waiting for the arrival of an all-new supermini from Mazda, the first since they split ways with Ford, the new Mazda2 is already winning major awards in its domest...
Nissan Note NISMO and NISMO S Are Not Your Typical MPVs
12 Oct 2014, 18:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the second generation of the Japanese multi purpose vehicle was introduced back in 2012, nobody in their right mind would've imagined Nissan would NISMO the quirky Note. But the automaker&...
Audi Celebrates 200,000 Facebook Fans in Japan with… a Public Bath?
11 Oct 2014, 10:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From a way to connect people, Facebook has evolved into an invaluable communication and marketing took that connects fans and people with similar goals and interests. Knowing this, Audi of Japan rec...
First Ducati Pole in 4 Years, Redding with Marc VDS, No More Astroturf
11 Oct 2014, 08:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / At Motegi Andrea Dovizioso brought Ducati the first pole position after Casey Stoner’s in Valencia back in 2010. This is a great achievement after the first two timed sessions yesterday, when ...
Mazda Adaptive LED Headlights Technology to Come to Future Mazda Passenger Vehicles
7 Oct 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Most petrolheads know what adaptive headlights do: the beams turn around the bend as you turn the steering wheel, improving better view of what is ahead especially during nighttime driving. To bo...
Toyota GT 86 14R60 Japanese Limited Edition Is Three Times More Expensive
7 Oct 2014, 09:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Tired of the Rocket Bunny kit? Can’t really tell how someone can get bored of that rough bolt-on pack, but if you live in Japan here’s a TRD alternative - the GT 86 14R60 limited edition...
Toyota to Unveil Cutting-Edge Technology in Japan
30 Sep 2014, 13:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is putting its money up on fuel cell technology to create a sustainable future transportation system as well as on linked cars and communities to make it more efficient. The company will ...
Insanely Awesome Japanese Illegal Drift Skills Will Blow You Away
29 Sep 2014, 13:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Before it became a national pastime in America and every other automaker turned it into a marketing tool, drifting was something of a forbidden fruit in Japan. Passionate drivers would gather at the...
Liberty Walk Lamborghini Aventador Is Japanese Spice
24 Sep 2014, 12:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japanese aftermarket developer Liberty Walk is truly unapologetic about its body kits and you know what? We love their work, at least most of it. These guys gift sportcars and supercars with body ki...
Japanese Custom Aventador Exhaust Is Complicated, Blue and Beautiful
17 Sep 2014, 14:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japanese tuning company Rowen International has just unveiled a custom exhaust system for the mighty Lambo that polishes new sharpness into the powerful V12 weapon of the Aventador. We've se...
All-New Mazda2 Goes on Sale in Japan from 1.35 Million Yen
12 Sep 2014, 14:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As is often the case with the most interesting Japanese cars, it takes time for them to arrive overseas. In some cases, they don't come at all, giving rise to the catchphrase "automotive f...