Cargo Ship Loses 52 Cars During Storm
26 Jul 2013, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Crazy things are known to happen in Russian traffic, from the most awkward accidents to big brawls. And although we have posted countless videos of such events, it seems like we haven’t seen n...
Cyclops Motorcycles SR400 Chopper, the Far East Beauty
25 Jul 2013, 13:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's almost impossible to mistake a Japanese custom build with anything else, even if we're considering other Asian countries, such as Indonesia or India. And Cyclops Motorcycle's new...
Casey Stoner to Test 2014 Honda MotoGP Bikes at Motegi
23 Jul 2013, 09:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two-time world champion Casey Stoner will be testing Honda's 2014 RC123V prototype in August at Motegi in Japan, MCN reports. Rather freshly-retired from MotoGP last year at Valencia, Stoner...
Honda Micro Commuter Testing Begins in Japan
22 Jul 2013, 07:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Honda is about to start testing its Micro Commuter prototypes in Japan before the end of the year, Autocar reports, adding that the company will use the data collected to analyze ...
Man in Monster Spandex Costume Poses Next to Ferrari in Japan
18 Jul 2013, 13:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Why Japan, why? Why do you have to ruin everything in this way! Can't you just leave some things alone? We've just found a couple of shots on Twitter of something we couldn't easil...
New Lexus IS 250 Reviewed in Its Homeland
18 Jul 2013, 09:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Having its origins in Japan, it was logic that the local media will review the 2014 Lexus IS model, and here is one of the first tests. Motor journalist Kumakura Shigeharu recently gave the new I...
2015 Mazda2 Leaked in Japanese Magazine
17 Jul 2013, 07:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It took the new Mazda3 about three weeks to become official after showing up in a Japanese magazine. This could happen again with the 2015 Mazda2, which was also revealed for the very first time in ...
BMW Introduces Japan-Exclusive M5 Nighthawk Special Edition
10 Jul 2013, 16:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After launching the 5 Series Exclusive Sport Edition in April and the 7 Series V12 Bi-Turbo Special Edition in May, German carmaker has introduced another limited edition model for the Japanese mark...
Mercedes Launches B180 Northern Lights Black Edition in Japan
10 Jul 2013, 14:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Mercedes-Benz has introduced another limited edition model in Japan, after the G550 Night Edition that was launched earlier this year. This time, the Stuttgart-based manufacturer...
69YO Woman Drives VW Golf Off Third Floor of Parking Garage
10 Jul 2013, 09:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japanese news desks have been been running this story all week. Apparently, a 69 year old pensioner from the Kobe area flew off the third floor of parking garage and yet only suffered minor injuries...
Suzuki Discusses the 2014 V-Strom 1000
5 Jul 2013, 10:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Announced at the past EICMA in Milan, Italy, the Suzuki V-Strom 1000 looks like it is indeed making steps towards a commercial version, as the Hamamatsu guys put up a dedicated sub-site for the upc...
Yamaha Shows Mystery Parallel Twin Engine
5 Jul 2013, 09:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice to see Yamaha on a more mysterious side of doing business, teasing all sorts of new products, showing new engine about which nobody said anything as to they're real or concepts, and then &...
In Japan, Taxi Cabs Are Covered in Anime
5 Jul 2013, 08:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Say what you want about the Japanese, but they're definitely not boring. When they're not parking their bicycles in underground storage facilities, they're riding around in the string...
Ducati 1198 Carbon LifeForm Icon Tribute
4 Jul 2013, 14:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This Ducati was shown by motorcycle gear manufacturer just to make it clear for everybody how cool can carbon fiber look when skillfully used. While we here are not exactly the most hardcore carbon ...
Subaru WRX STI Gets New Japan-Exclusive Special Edition
2 Jul 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If you're a Subaru WRX enthusiasts and fancy a limited edition model, then you'd better pack your bags and head over to Japan, because the "Land of the Rising Sun" is about to ge...
Suzuki Reveals "Adorable" Lapin Chocolat in Japan
26 Jun 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Suzuki's 11-year-old Lapin has just become more female-friendly in Japan. The five-door Kei car is not only "feminine" and "cute", but it has gained an "adorable style&...
Nissan Reveals Micra Nismo and Nismo S
25 Jun 2013, 14:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You might notice a distinct lack of interest throughout this article, and that's because the new Micra Nismo is not as interesting as we'd thought it would be. The press release announc...
Tokyo Hotel Offers 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo to Its Customers
24 Jun 2013, 12:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The autoevolution team isn't big on luxury hotels. We're just as happy in a tent at Maranello as we are sipping martinis in Monaco. But when we do go to a really expensive hotel, we'd...
Japanese Stop Motion Car Chase Has Everything
24 Jun 2013, 12:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Because Uncle Sam is censoring everything from commercials to movies, you rarely get to see a car chase like in the days of Bullitt. You can't even go over the speed limit or drift a car throug...
Watch Some Toyota Museum Classic Car Festival
21 Jun 2013, 08:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’ve skipped our Japanese classes and the only guy in the office who knew a thing or two about this symbols took a small vacation, so we had to rely on internet translators for this one. A...