5 Jul 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if they’re protecting the environment and help their owners save some money usually spent on gasoline, hybrid cars might actually become a threat for our lives. This is what some Japanese...
3 Jul 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Here's a piece of news that might keep fake city environmentalists and Prius owners up all night, curled up in a fetal position. While largely perceived as a company devoted to the preservation...
3 Jul 2009, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Mazda announced it has released for sale in Japan the revised version of the Premacy, known elsewhere as the Mazda5. Mazda will charge in between 1,820,000 and 2,195,000 yen ($...
26 Jun 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic turmoil has seriously shaken the auto sector and, beside the well-known sales of popular brands - Opel, Saturn, Saab and even Volvo - automakers around the globe tend to join forces to ...
25 Jun 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Mazda released today a revised version of the Biante (Ambient), an eight seater minivan sold locally for a little over a year. The new Biante has a MSRP of 2,131,500 yen ($22,...
24 Jun 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic chaos slaughtered automakers all across the globe so it's shouldn't surprise anyone if a certain company reports poor sale results. But Toyota and Nissan executives feel they ...
24 Jun 2009, 12:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / At least, this is what a Japanese auto analyst says, explaining that that new board will most likely continue the things started by the previous management team. For this reason, Akio Toyoda is unik...
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 ...
28 May 2009, 14:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Well, we already knew that things are getting worse for some automakers but it seems like the economic recession is out of control. In a statement rolled out today, Nissan announced its official pro...
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...
27 May 2009, 10:06 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Mazda continued its hydrogen program and recently announced that the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid was delivered to Iwatani Corporation.
"Mazda is delighted to deliver our newest 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, 17:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Drifting, a motorsport just over 30 years of age, has managed to capture the imagination of a large part of those who own a car. Undoubtedly, there are only few of us who can say that they never tri...
11 May 2009, 14:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hybrid sales have adopted a continuously ascending trend ever since the beginning of the crisis and are now even exceeding passenger car sales in certain regions of the world. Such an example is Jap...
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 ...