13 Nov 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Few people know this, but the Lexus RX was first released in Japan in 1997 as the Toyota Harrier and exports only began one year later. Thanks to the success of the model, Toyota has seen fit to lau...
13 Nov 2013, 11:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the launch the revamped Harrier crossover SUV in Japan on December 2nd, while a hybrid model is also expected the arrive on January 15th 2014.
For those who...
12 Nov 2013, 17:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / For the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, BMW prepared a couple of surprises. The 43rd edition of the biggest auto show in Japan will be the place where the new i3 and i8 will be making their Japan premiere.
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12 Nov 2013, 17:20 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / When the Mercedes-Benz Viano was launched in 2004 it replaced the V-Class nameplate in most market. We say “most” because in countries like Japan, the V-Class moniker is still used, and ...
12 Nov 2013, 13:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After the four Japanese automakers announced in July they were to jointly promote the construction of a user-friendly network of charging infrastructures, Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi have o...
11 Nov 2013, 17:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The autonomous braking systems fitted to modern cars are not there so that you can read a newspaper and not have to use the braking pedal any more, they are there as an extra safety feature, a net t...
11 Nov 2013, 16:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / More and more small and attractive European superminis are making their way to Japan, indicating a growing popularity for European nameplates After the Renault Clio went on sale there as the "L...
11 Nov 2013, 14:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's safe to say Lexus isn't a fan of the turbocharged engines. The official word was that hybrid powertrains deliver better economy and are more viable going forward. But just like BMW, t...
11 Nov 2013, 14:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We know for quite some time now that Lexus will introduce a new turbocharged powerplant among its current aspirated and hybrid engines in the offer.
First registered in Australia, a 2-liter turbo...
9 Nov 2013, 13:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you thought president Obama was showing too much support for electric vehicles, just take a look at what’s going on in Japan. The country’s Prime Minster, mister Shinzo Abe, is showin...
8 Nov 2013, 15:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's a common conception that Toyota is the biggest Automaker in Japan. They've had the best selling car there, the Prius, for two and a half years now, so we take small companies for gran...
7 Nov 2013, 13:44 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Back in August we were telling you about what is probably the oddest Mercedes-Benz CLA commercial we had ever seen, made by the Japanese branch of the Stuttgart car manufacturer.
Well, it seems t...
7 Nov 2013, 08:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a really cool way to promote a German car. Mercedes is big in the land of the rising sun, and this commercial released just hours ago caught our attention.
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6 Nov 2013, 18:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When somebody tells you to get in the back of their two-door convertible, you expect to squeeze past the front seat and into the crammed back. But in Japan… oh Japan, you weird and wonderful ...
6 Nov 2013, 17:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thought the Hatsune Miku Vocaloid was the only theme you can wrap your car in Japan? Wrong! You can also have Love Life School Idol Project wrapping now.
Probably you are wondering what is with a...
5 Nov 2013, 19:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan Motor Co. stock fell 10.4% percent to 861 yen yesterday in Tokyo trading, the biggest percentage drop since December 2008, when the first ripples of the crisis reached Japan trading. From th...
1 Nov 2013, 11:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Starting with November 15th and caring on until March 15th in 2014, Toyota Motor Corporation will perform verification tests in the Aichi Prefecture in order to assess the practicality of wide-sprea...
31 Oct 2013, 17:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ahead of the official debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda has revealed a new generation of the Odyssey minivan, different from the popular model sold in America. Although it's a model built ex...
30 Oct 2013, 16:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Suzuki has revealed the first details of their special edition Japan-only GSX-1300R Hayabusa.
Like many other manufacturers which load the latest technologies in the new bikes for 2014, Suzuki ha...
29 Oct 2013, 10:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota blames the failure of the Toyobaru convertible on Subaru, but it to us it seems the guys at Fuji Heavy Industries are heavily committed to the success of their sports coupe.
Today, they re...