Sebastian Vettel Triumphs at Suzuka Grand Prix
8 Oct 2012, 07:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After a convincing qualifying run, which placed him first on the grid, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel managed to stay consistent, and triumphed in the Japanese Grand Prix, held around the twisty S...
Modellista Makes Gundam Toyota Auris · Photo Gallery
7 Oct 2012, 07:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What would be the best corporate branding to use on a tuning project targeting the brand new and quite controversial Toyota Auris hatchback? A famous brand of Russian vodka, an expensive brand of ci...
Sebastian Vettel Qualifies First at Suzuka
6 Oct 2012, 11:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Sebastian Vettel was a forced to be reckoned with, during the qualifying session held today for the Japanese Grand Prix, held around the Suzuka track. It is his fourth consecutive pole in the Japane...
New 2013 Toyota Crown Leaked Photos
5 Oct 2012, 12:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here’s one amazing car that you probably never heard about. It’s the Toyota Crown, an amazing luxury vehicle that’s mainly built for the Japanese market. The Crown is the oldest se...
Toyota to Show Smart Insect Concept at CEATEC
3 Oct 2012, 09:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toyota have announced that they will be introducing the Smart Insect concept, at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), an annual technology trade show, held in Japan. It is a Tw...
Nissan Hops Aboard Self-Driving Train With NSC-2015
2 Oct 2012, 13:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan have just showcased a self-driving version of their Leaf, at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), an annual technology trade show, from Japan. The NSC-2015 prototype sho...
Hurricane Blows MPV Away Like a Toy
2 Oct 2012, 12:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We talk about thousands of horsepower, and other mind-boggling numbers, here at autoevolution, but we could never even begin to fathom the true power of nature. When a hurricane (or typhoon, dependi...
Car Keys Used as Engagement Ring in Toyota Japanese Ad
1 Oct 2012, 08:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just when we thought it was safe to call the Japanese normal people, they go ahead and do something really strange. In a commercial for one of their vans, Toyota Japan goes all Disney on us. Two ...
Yamaha AMI: Kei Car Thinks It's a Ferrari F40
26 Sep 2012, 10:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Recently, we’ve discovered just how fascinating and strange Japan’s kei car market is. They’ve invented everything from little vans to tiny pickups and even sportscars. However, we...
All-New 2014 Subaru Forester Leaked Photos and Specs
25 Sep 2012, 08:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Subaru has been offering people the chance to own a dependable AWD crossover under the Forester name since 1997. The third generation arrived in Japan for the 2008 model year, launched on December 2...
Toyota Restarts Production in China
24 Sep 2012, 11:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japanese automakers operating in China have been hurt by negative sentiment over territorial dispute. Retails stores and auto dealers belonging to Japanese brands have been vandalized across China. ...
History of the Japanese Kei Car
22 Sep 2012, 16:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody knows about the BMW Isetta and the Peal P50 these days. For a while, people ignored them and though they were just novelty items for collectors, too strange and impractical to be used by r...
Honda Five-Year Plan - Double Car Sales to 6-Million
21 Sep 2012, 09:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Officials from Honda Motor Co. have just announced plans to double the number of cars they sell within the next five years, raising the number of cars sold from their last fiscal years from 3.1-mill...
Honda HSV-010 GT in Action
20 Sep 2012, 13:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hello JDM fans, and welcome to the most awesome Honda ever. It’s the HSV-010 GT, their dedicated race car built for the Japanese Super GT racing series. It’s powered by a 3.4-liter V8...
Nissan May Shift Murano Production to Tennessee
15 Sep 2012, 14:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / How do automakers deal with the soaring Japanese yen? Usually, they don’t, they just pack it in and move shop to wherever the cars they made in Japan are sold. Such is the case with the Nissan...
Honda Concept S Video Hints at Possible Production
12 Sep 2012, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back in April, Honda showed off the Concept S, at the Beijing Auto Show. It was a stunning combination of MPV and hatchback cues taken from their production cars, and melded into one rather handsome...
Toyota Celica with Excessive Camber Will Defintely Get You Noticed
10 Sep 2012, 11:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The idea behind making a great tuned show car is to get it to stand out, and give it that ‘special’ something to make onlookers go ‘Oh, that’s cool!’. The owner of the ...
Rolls Royce Opening New Showrooms in Japan
6 Sep 2012, 11:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Rolls Royce recently announced that it is expanding its operations in Japan, with the company planning to get closer to its customers in the country. To be more specific, The automaker will open a n...
Kawasaki Reveals Ninja 300
5 Sep 2012, 15:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kawasaki have decided to give their entry-level Ninja a bit more poke, and so they have fitted it with a 296cc parallel-twin engine, which develops 39 hp - 7 hp more than the outgoing model, which w...
SLR Stirling Moss on Forgiato Wheels
5 Sep 2012, 09:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After the pink Bentley Musanne, yet another exotic car received a set of large diameter wheels from the guys at Office-K. We’re talking about the ultra rare SLR Stirling Moss. As far as we kno...