23 Jun 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although they rarely make the headlines, Japanese tuning houses exist too and today's piece of news does nothing more than to confirm this. Wald International, a tuning firm based in Japan, rec...
9 Jun 2009, 13:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Mazda is apparently planning a new small roadster that would be based on Mazda2 and will be released in several major markets. According to a report by Best Car, the new roadster ...
5 Jun 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mitsubishi has just rolled out the production ready version of i-MiEV, the company's little electric vehicle expected to hit Japanese showrooms in late July. The car will be priced at $45,369 i...
1 Jun 2009, 13:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors' bankruptcy is surely a major thing and, as we said earlier this day, it would become the third largest bankruptcy filing in US history and the largest in the auto sector. Since ...
27 May 2009, 15:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hybrids are indeed very popular nowadays as people are always searching for more fuel efficient means of transportation. But Toyota's Prius is surely more popular than even its parent company h...
25 May 2009, 13:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda today announced that a couple of new features have just been made available on the Japanese version of the RX-8, with the upgraded models to go on sale across the country today. Basically, we&...
13 May 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic recession is still putting pressure on companies involved in the automotive industry and, if you consider American automakers are not the best example, have a look at Daimler. The world...
11 May 2009, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unknown for most of the world's markets, the Mazda Verisa, a compact car destined for the Japanese market, got some fresh tweaks for the summer to come. Including both interior and exterior mod...
24 Apr 2009, 12:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Spaniard Dani Pedrosa is afraid that the wrong configuration his team picked on the Friday practice might influence his performance in the Japanese Grand Prix. Pedrosa admitted Honda took the wrong ...
17 Apr 2009, 10:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automakers have longly been described as less-affected companies when it comes to damages caused by the economic chaos, mostly thanks to their increased appetite for fuel-efficient models. ...
6 Apr 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is quite a busy company these days, with several new models debuted in different corners of the world. This time we're talking about the all-new 2009 Wish, a redesigned version of the 20...
31 Mar 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Keeping the same production output during these troubled times is a more than difficult task but even so, China is still aiming to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this year. ...
17 Mar 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda's Japanese production returns to normal following the cuts announced last months, the car manufacturer announced in a press statement today. The Hofu Plant No. 1 and the Hofu Plant No. 2 ...
13 Mar 2009, 07:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda has just announced the introduction of the AZ-Wagon i, a model based on the standard facelifted AZ-Wagon but incorporating multiple features aimed at people with special needs. In essence, the...
5 Mar 2009, 17:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no surprise Japanese automakers started to feel the pressure of the economic recession, despite their desperate efforts to slash production and save costs in all regions of the world. N...
24 Feb 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / With the global recession striking companies all over the world, many people are given the sack with no bright perspectives for a future employment, while others are more privileged and succee...
2 Feb 2009, 16:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite some rumors claiming the Japanese automotive industry is less affected by the economic downturn, new car sales in Japan reached the lowest point in 37 years in January, according to Reuters ...
28 Jan 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though Japanese automakers are obviously in better shape than their American rivals, the country's top 12 companies may be forced to apply significant job cuts, as part of their attempt to...
20 Jan 2009, 15:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The difficult market conditions and the economic recession that are continuously hammering sales of most carmakers is now forcing Toyota Motor Corporation to apply a new cost-cutting measure, this t...
16 Jan 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Weak demand in the automotive industry has already determined car makers to cut down production in a manner they haven't done before. Facing the same problem, Toyota Motor Corp has officiall...