Japan Silent over Toyota Fine
6 Apr 2010, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The biggest fine handed to an automaker in the United States, the one NHTSA is poised to give Toyota, has not stirred much commotion in Toyota's home country, Japan. The country's official...
Japanese Public Transport Gets Citaro Buses
18 Mar 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German manufacturer Daimler announced today it has delivered ten new Citaro articulated buses to Keisei Bus, one of the top mass transit companies in Japan, which transports around 250,000 passeng...
Japanese Newspaper Announced Nissan Leaf Price
18 Mar 2010, 09:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As some automakers are getting ready to launch their all electric vehicles, more and more people are showing interest in such vehicles. One of the most important models coming this year is the Nissa...
Ralliart to Close in April
11 Mar 2010, 11:35 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Though most of the media channels insist that some of the world’s economies are recovering, and the depression is over, we can still feel the aftershocks. Just today Ralliart, a Japanese high-...
Right-Hand Drive Camaro on Hold
10 Mar 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Plans for a right-hand drive version of the Camaro have been put on hold due to a change of priorities within GM, Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman, said in an interview with journalists at the 2010...
Mitsubishi RVR Compact Crossover Goes on Sale
18 Feb 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Shortly after it first unveiling in December, the new compact crossover RVR from Mitsubishi can now be found in dealerships throughout Japan at an accessible price, the carmaker says. The RVR, which...
Toyota Presents Second Generation Passo
15 Feb 2010, 15:46 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota needs to forget all about its misfortunes and think about the future. As hundreds of thousands of recalled cars are waiting for some attention from the dealerships, the Japanese car manufactu...
iRacing NASCAR Simulators to Take Over Asian Markets
10 Feb 2010, 08:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Thanks to a recent partnership with Interush, iRacing.com will expand its online motorsport simulations gaming program into some of the world's fastest growing gaming markets, namely Japan, Tai...
Toyota Confirms Prius Has Braking Problems
4 Feb 2010, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And the hits keep on coming... Following yesterday's reports that Toyota's hybrid Prius is experiencing braking issues, officials of the Japanese held a press conference in Japan confirmed...
China Is the World's Biggest Car Producing Country
3 Feb 2010, 08:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / China is now the world’s largest car manufacturer, based on the 2009 figures, surpassing the U.S. and Japan, as China Business News reports. Last year, China’s domestic car production...
Japanese Mayhem: Honda Announces 646,000 Unit Recall
29 Jan 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’re wondering what went wrong with the Japanese auto industry all of a sudden, the answer may be lying in some of the top secret research files of the troubled automakers or in some seri...
Toyota Shares Drop for the Sixth Day
29 Jan 2010, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / This year does not seem to be one of Toyota’s best, as the Japanese manufacturer becomes more and more controversial by the day. Impressive recall numbers come up every 24 hours and it seems l...
Japan's 2009 Auto Production Plummeted
29 Jan 2010, 12:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / 2009 was a grim year for the auto industry, as the world got deeper into the economic crisis woods. The Japanese automakers have not escaped this situation, as Japan’s 2009 domestic automotive...
Mazda3 and Mazda Biante Special Editions Launched
27 Jan 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In order to celebrate its 90th anniversary, Mazda launched two new special editions in Japan, both equipped with i-stop, the company's start-stop technology aimed at cutting emissions and fuel ...
Ferrari Website Now Available in Japanese
22 Jan 2010, 11:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ferrari.com now has a Japanese version. This is the website’s third language, learned in one year, as its current generation has been launched last year in both English and Italian. By off...
Toyota Secures Lithium Deal in Argentina
21 Jan 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japanese carmaker Toyota has secured a lithium supply contract in Argentina through one of its business arms, Toyota Tsusho Corp., as Reuters writes. Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading company partial...
Toyota Supports US Cars for Japan's Clunkers
14 Jan 2010, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following an amazing performance of Japanese carmaker Toyota under the US Car Allowance Rebate System last year, the manufacturer said it would welcome the competition of American made cars, should ...
Toyota Prius Is Japan's Best Selling Car in 2009
8 Jan 2010, 14:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is one of the rare moments of joy for Japanese carmaker Toyota, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association yesterday announced that the Prius is the country's best selling models of 2009,...
Subaru Impreza STI R205 Launched
7 Jan 2010, 11:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Subaru Tecnica International (STI) today revealed the Subaru Impreza R205, a special performance version that will go on sale in Japanese dealerships today. The car is based on the Impreza WRX STI b...
Premiere: Toyota Sells Better in Asia than in Japan
4 Jan 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not sure whether we should blame this on the booming Chinese market or on Toyota's sinking in the domestic market but, for the first time ever, sales of its vehicles in Asia will exceed, for 20...