11 Jun 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Almost everybody loves cosplay, whether they are kids or adults. However, what starts as an innocent way to have fun can turn into a potentially criminal activity, in case of impersonating state aut...
10 Jun 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are quite a few family men in America who think they are not well catered to, and that's because there just aren't enough wagons on offer. More of them are coming this year, like the...
9 Jun 2014, 12:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota 2000GT is commonly referred to as Japan’s original supercar. Only 351 units have been made and sadly, Mother Nature decided to make that an even number and sent one into the after w...
9 Jun 2014, 08:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Shot in Japan, You Only Live Twice was one of Sean Connery's best James Bond movies. But we never got any good Japanese villains out of the deal, which is a bit of a shame. That's not a pr...
7 Jun 2014, 10:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / “Ricer” – according to the urban dictionary, that term describes “A person who makes unnecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice"...
2 Jun 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / And we thought Japan is the slowest country in the world for having a general speed limit set at 40 or 50 km/h (25-31 mph) on most of its roads, including highways and country lanes. But it seems li...
29 May 2014, 13:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japan has giant robot status and futuristic trains that run at fighter jet speeds. They invented the digital lifestyle, will spend literally billions to make humanoid robots and some of them will ev...
28 May 2014, 18:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's not often a specialized sports car marque such as Caterham introduces a limited edition model. And that shows just by going over the stats of the all-new Japan-exclusive Caterham Seven Kam...
26 May 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / JR West (West Japan Railway Company) has recently announced that a new luxury high-speed train, that will have an open-air deck for passengers to take in the sights, will be introduced in the spring...
26 May 2014, 13:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Skyline is a bit of an oddball in its domestic market. Basically the same car as the Infiniti Q50, it's got a "Skyline" badge on the back and an Infiniti logo at the front....
26 May 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Whenever a well-known Japanese model fails to meet a certain target, buyers outside Japan tend to blame it all on... the Land of the Rising Sun. Seriously, people usually blame the engineers that bu...
23 May 2014, 17:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda is very unlikely to keep the CR-Z around for vary long. Rumor has it that it's going to be dropped when the current model year expires, together with the Insight. We think it's a sha...
23 May 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / 2014 is the year for changes at Toyota, especially in its small-car segment. It started with the new Aygo and now its bigger brother Yaris received a small facelift. How much has it changed? We&rsqu...
22 May 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might be tempted to say that you saw this car already competing in those Japanese GT series, where it also debuted with a victory. You might be a bit confused them, because this is not the Lexus...
21 May 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Everything from your smartphone to the Nissan Leaf in the parking lot is powered by rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries, in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode to the positive one dur...
21 May 2014, 13:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You probably know Toyota for being the number one automotive manufacturer, for making your Camry daily driver, the affordable GT 86/Scion FR-S sportscar and popularizing hybrid cars. But as that unc...
20 May 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Small cars developed or built in Japan and sold overseas are a peculiar breed, one that's not easily understood. For example, the Honda Fit is actually a compact there, since people there have ...
20 May 2014, 08:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Presented last year at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Daihatsu Copen concept was promising to be one of the funkiest kei cars around in 2015 when the production model was expected to arrive on the market...
16 May 2014, 10:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / "Special" editions are a dime a dozen these days and it's getting increasingly hard to find a cool new theme. But what Audi Japan has done is without a doubt unique.
In order to sh...
15 May 2014, 17:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Before the small CT 200h, Lexus had another entry-level vehicle in its lineup - the HS 250h which was introduced just one year before the hatch hybrid. It was just a tad smaller than the IS, had the...