200 Million Toyotas Produced... Ever!
24 Jul 2012, 08:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that as of June 2012, their global cumulative vehicle production surpassed 200 million units. No, not this year, we’re talking about cars made since th...
Nissan to Start Testing All-Electric e-NV200 in Yokohama
23 Jul 2012, 08:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Many people were wondering whether Nissan’s electric powertrain could be used in other vehicles, and whether it would be easily modifiable to suit specific needs. Their all-electric version of...
Car Ads Don’t Need to Be New to Be Good!
17 Jul 2012, 14:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Car commercials have been dropping in quality in recent years, with them degrading to being just driving footage in the south of France, a happy smiling driver and a less-than-catchy slogan at the e...
Young Japanese Driver Flees Scene After Contact with Truck
17 Jul 2012, 07:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We really love and appreciate young people driving their cars as they should be driven, having fun and improving their fast driving skills - we’re all for that and we encourage it. However, no...
Wald International Lexus CT 200h Is Insane
15 Jul 2012, 11:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When Japanese luxury carmaker Lexus made an economic and compact hybrid hatch called the CT 200h, they probably never though somebody would tune it to make it look like it came back from a race. ...
Do Polar Bears Really Love Nissan Leaf Owners?
14 Jul 2012, 11:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Is the Nissan Leaf and others like it saving the planet? Well, with so much contradictory information floating around, it’s actually very difficult to have a properly informed opinion on the m...
Japanese Reveal Do-It-Yourself Pius EV
12 Jul 2012, 15:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japan, the home of strange innovative projects, has come up with a way to become a green motorist (of sorts) on a budget. A company called Modi-Corp has put a simplistic twist on the EV market with ...
Japan Leads the Way in EV Adoption
12 Jul 2012, 12:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As we are just starting to notice the changing trend in the acceptance level of EVs around the world, Japan has not only accepted EVs, but they are well on their way to eliminate conventionally-powe...
Japanese Man Jailed for Posting Video of Himself Speeding in a Gallardo
11 Jul 2012, 08:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Japan is a wondrous place. Its in habitants are some of the most disciplined people on the planet, and this applies to most of their daily activities, which they do in an orderly fashion, never step...
Japanese Truck Maker Hino Planning Aggressive Growth in 2013
10 Jul 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hino Motors Ltd., one of Japan’s leading truck manufacturers, is set for an aggressive approach to growth, for the coming period. The company managed to shift 128,466 units in the 2011/2012 fi...
Mitsubishi EVO Killed Off in UK to Make Way for Successor
10 Jul 2012, 09:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X has been a hit amongst motoring enthusiasts, especially in the UK where its rivalry with the Subaru Impreza is a constant discussion topic. Now, though, Mitsu...
Mitsubishi Rebadges Infiniti M to Create Proudia and Dignity
10 Jul 2012, 09:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back in the late 1990s, Mitsubishi launched two luxury cars, called the Proudia (from the English word ‘proud’) and Dignity (self explanatory). They were made in collaboration with Hyund...
2013 Mazda 6 to Get Regen Brakes Which Boost Economy by up to 10%
9 Jul 2012, 14:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda is still trying to be different, and despite seeming like it is following the herd, we say they have some clever plans up their sleeve, some of which are know, others currently not. One of the...
Mazda 2 / Demio Goes Electric
6 Jul 2012, 14:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda is a manufacturer priding itself on being different, having chosen to do the SKYACTIV program, instead of hybrids, EVs and hydrogen powered cars. Well, not any more, as they have now revealed ...
Audi TT on PUR Wheels in Japan
6 Jul 2012, 13:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / European sportscar are really expensive imports in Japan, and it’s not like there’s a shortage of good, reliable and reasonably fast domestic products. So why buy the all-wheel drive Aud...
Honda N Box + Presented in Japan
6 Jul 2012, 09:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda recently introduced the second model in its mini-minivan range, the N Box +, with the vehicle set to go on sale in Japan today. The Honda N Box + aims to cater to a multitude of transportation...
Japanese GT300 Honda CR-Z 300 HP Race Car
4 Jul 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’re looking at a European race like the DTM or the BTCC series, all cars practically have the same shape with a few exceptions. That’s not so in the Japanese touring car series cal...
Japan's Secret Weapon: Jet-Powered Tank
4 Jul 2012, 12:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After conquering most of Asia with their tenacity and vigor, but in the end they were no match for the industrial might of the Americans. What’s more, the M4 Sherman wasn’t a particularl...
Mazda Planning to Double SKYACTIV Engine Production
4 Jul 2012, 08:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda’s SKYACTIV program is a fresh and different approach to the problem of making cars greener. While other manufacturers are investing in hybrids and EVs, Mazda has taken a different path a...
Japan New Car Sales Increase by 40.9%
3 Jul 2012, 12:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Japan is a very special country. Very few, if any of the world’s peoples would have made such a speedy recovery from a nation-wide disaster on the scale of the one that it endured. Well, appar...