Honda Reveals UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Machine
15 May 2012, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We present to you Honda’s new UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Machine. It’s the result of extensive outside-the-box thinking and it couldn’t have come from anywhere else but Japan. Th...
The King of Kitsch - Leopard Wrapped Lamborghini in Japan
10 May 2012, 12:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tuning one’s car and changing its look is a matter of personal taste and preferences. But we’re sure that whoever decided to wrap a wonderful Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 in leopard-prin...
Very Black BMW M5 from Japan
5 May 2012, 22:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The all-black look is the most widespread and the most widely-appreciated style of tuning. It can make any car look good, even cars that didn’t look good in the first place. However, when ...
Mazda Facing Criticism Over Unprofitability and Assets
9 Apr 2012, 09:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Word has it that the new Mazda CX-5 crossover is a success in Japan, with demand through the roof. But this is only one car, and their bread-and-butter compacts still need a complete and very expens...
600 Ferraris in One Place
5 Apr 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Prancing Horse has recently held the first edition of the Ferrari Racing Days in Japan, with the event proving to be a huge success, thanks to the brand’s popularity. The numbers tell a pr...
Subaru BRZ: Huge Market Success in Japan
28 Mar 2012, 15:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota might have designed the looks of the new sports coupe, but we also thing that the Subaru version looks best, even though the changes are minute. So we’re not surprised that even though ...
Office-K: Rolls Royce Party / Gathering in Tokyo
21 Mar 2012, 15:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, we thought that only the power to through together a dozen Rolls Royces, but they wouldn’t because they all like Ferrari 599s. But Japanese tuners Office-K have proven us wron...
Toyota Boosting Prius C Production to Meet US Demand
20 Mar 2012, 09:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What’s to be considered to be good news for Toyota in Japan can actually prove problematic in the US. As the automaker is already struggling to keep up with demand for the Prius C in the land ...
Toyota GT 86 and Subaru BRZ Production Starts in Japan
16 Mar 2012, 09:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fuji Heavy Industries, the makers of Subaru vehicles, announced their main plant in Japan has begun production of two brand new sports coupes. We are of course talking about the Subaru BRZ and its s...
Mazda CX-5 Is a Hit in Japan
15 Mar 2012, 15:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mazda’s new CX-5 is a very significant car for the Japanese carmaker, as it’s the first brand new car to have Skyactiv engine and gearbox technology. We had our doubts at first whether t...
Subaru BRZ Japanese Commercial
6 Feb 2012, 17:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Subaru has released a brand new commercial for the BRZ sports coupe, and it’s got nothing to do with 50/50 weight distribution, the boxer engine or a low center of gravity. Instead, they went ...
Toyota Unveils Sporty Prius G's in Japan
12 Dec 2011, 15:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota recently announced they would be bringing back the fun to their automotive brand, but we’d never have thought that they would start with something like a Prius, a tree-hugger bent on ma...
Japan Will Provide 3 More Years of Tax Breaks for Green Cars
12 Dec 2011, 12:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The strong yen is putting extra pressure on the once mighty Japanese automotive industry, making exports highly uncompetitive. With an eye on the future and a nothing better to do in order to help t...
Eight Ferraris Crashed in Japan
5 Dec 2011, 09:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Oddly enough, when we searched what year it is in the Chinese horoscope, we found out that starting this February, we’ve entered the year of the rabbit... the metal rabbit. Honest to goodness,...
PRIMER-V2 Robot Rides a Bicycle in Japan
2 Nov 2011, 16:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Did you think that robots were only a silly fad and that the Japanese would grow out of it? Well think again, as they’ve engineered mechanical humanoids that can take care of the elderly, do c...
Porsche 911 Wide Body Kits from RAUH-Welt Begriff
31 Oct 2011, 15:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This piece of news is dedicated to a Japanese tuner called RWB (RAUH-Welt Begriff), which has a passion for Porsches. The aftermarket specialist is so obsessed with the German company’s produc...
MINI Crystal Edition Launched in Japan
25 Oct 2011, 14:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / MINI is introducing the special edition Crystal model, a development destined for the Japanese market and borrowing the name of the well-known Crystal Palace building in London. The vehicle is dr...
Aston Martin Cygnet Launched in Japan and Hong Kong
24 Oct 2011, 12:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Aston Martin today announced the launch of its Cygnet city car in Japan and Hong Kong, with the vehicle bringing two limited Launch Editions. The Cygnet comes with a starting price of YEN4,750,000 ...
Konichiwa: Real Mario Kart in Japan
13 Oct 2011, 08:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chances are that you’ve already heard of somebody else (Remi Gaillard or Freddiew) but if there’s something strange that needs to be done, you can leave it to the Japanese to overdo it. ...
Toyota Hurting More From Strong Yen Than Quake
12 Oct 2011, 14:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota was the automaker that probably saw the biggest losses due to the March earthquake that crippled Japan and wrecked infrastructure. But a recent report from Bloomberg sheds light on how badly ...