Nissan Skyline to Get 2-Liter Turbo in Japan
6 May 2014, 10:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The brand new Infiniti Q50 is sold as a Nissan in the Japanese domestic market, using the legendary Skyline name. It's basically the same car with a different badge, but there's one major ...
Nissan Micra Nismo S: Walkaround of the Smallest Hot Nissan
2 May 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Micra is no Ford Fiesta when it comes to handling. Small, soft and not equipped with powerful engines, it's among the least inspiring city-sized cars out there. That's not the c...
2014 Kawasaki Z250SL Picture Galore
1 May 2014, 11:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We knew that Kawasaki was preparing more affordable versions for their small-displacement machines for quite some time, and now we’re glad we can bring you photos of the new 2014 Z250SL recent...
Yamaha Creates Master of Torque Anime to Advertise New Bikes
29 Apr 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha has found a very smart way to promote its new motorcycles, using the highly popular anime cartoons to spread the news on the MT-07, MT-09 and the MT-09 SR. The Master of Torque is a series of...
New Toyota Yaris/Vitz Gets Four Interesting Setups in Japan
28 Apr 2014, 12:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota recently announced a new Yaris to come around and if you thought it looks cool, just take a look of how its Japanese counterpart Vitz looks. A lot cooler if you ask us. The Japanese Toyota...
Toyota Isis is an MPV You Never Heard of and Has Cool Features
25 Apr 2014, 09:26 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / So, you were overly-impressed when Ford came with the pillar-less sliding doors on the B-Max model, eh? Their technology wasn’t really as new as they sustained, because Japan had this already ...
2014 Cadillac CTS Goes on Sale in Japan – Walkaround
24 Apr 2014, 16:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When Cadillac said it was going global, did you guys think they were kidding? The all-new CTS luxury sedan was launched in Japan of all places this all places, with prices ranging from 5.99 million ...
Mitsuoka Orochi Production Ending with Special Edition
23 Apr 2014, 12:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You probably know about about Toyota, Mazda, Honda and all the other major Japanese automakers. But have you seen the Mitsuoka Orochi? It looks like it's been designed with the face of a puffer...
2014 Office-K and Forgiato Meet in Japan Is Awesome
16 Apr 2014, 16:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Japanese tuning culture is unlike anything you've ever seen in Europe and America. You have the Bosozoku style, VIP tuning and many other styles we can't fathom or pronounced. The cool...
Toyota Passo Gets New Face and Engine in Japan
14 Apr 2014, 13:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you haven’t heard about the Toyota Passo (or Daihatsu Sirion) yet, think of it as Japan’s Chevrolet Spark. A small five-door hatch, slightly bigger than a kei car and fitted with...
Toyota Replacing Some Factory Robots With Humans To Increase Quality
12 Apr 2014, 18:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Corporation is the top automaker when it comes to using robots for its vehicle production. This was a major factor which made it the top automaker with annual vehicle production surpass...
Toyota GT 86 Gets Updates In Japan, Soon Going Worldwide
9 Apr 2014, 18:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota GT 86 celebrates its second anniversary this month, meaning that it should get an update soon. In Japan, Toyota engineers are not sleeping, because the model there will soon get some mino...
Daihatsu Copen - Still the World’s Smallest Folding Hardtop Roadster
8 Apr 2014, 17:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Story goes like this: if you live in Japan and don’t like drifting, stanced rides or time attack track monsters, you’ll probably be driving a kei car, or the Toyota Aqua. And that’...
Aimgain Lexus LS Forgot About Its Manners
7 Apr 2014, 18:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / While the new Lexus LS is used throughout the world as an executive luxury sedan to haul the boss between meetings, if you have on in Japan you must be a rich 30-years-old guy who stanced the hell o...
Lexus Dominating the Super GT Round 1 Race
7 Apr 2014, 16:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Coming with engine downsizing rules this year, the first round of the 2014 Super GT Japanese series took place this weekend. Despite the rule changes, Lexus had no problem and two of the six RC Fs t...
Honda Vezel Crossover to Be Named HR-V in North America
7 Apr 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If certain reports are to be believed, the Japanese carmaker's Fit-based crossover will take the HR-V name when it will arrive on American soil later this year. According to Temple of VTEC foru...
The smart Brabus Gets Final Edition Midnight Blue in Japan
4 Apr 2014, 19:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Now that the second generation of the lilliputhian smart fortwo is about six months away from making room to its third generation, certain markets have started to introduce special “buh bye!&r...
Toyota Made An App For Japanese Rice Farmers
4 Apr 2014, 16:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Media and stereotypes may have made you think Japan is the world’s largest rice consumer. Truth is they indeed a lot of rice (and ramen) but the biggest rice consuming country is in fact India...
Tommykaira Kit Turns Prius Into Rocket Ride
3 Apr 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t worry, this kit won’t stick a 2JZ under the short hood of the Prius, but it will make it look like it’s ready to tear the track and blind people with tons of LEDs. As you ...
What’s a Toyota and Costs More than $100,000?
3 Apr 2014, 14:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / No, we’re not talking about a classic 2000GT here, but a new car. In fact it’s a van that looks kind of ordinary for some people... until the doors slide and uncover something very unusu...