Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2011

CNN Says Toyota Prius Plug-in will Top Chevy Volt, 12 Months before the Former Goes On Sale

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If you are a GM diehard or a Chevy Volt fanboy, I suggest you cover your ears and start humming loudly to yourselves. CNN Money recently f...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Toyota Says Prius US Sales Will Outperform 2010 despite Earthquake Setback

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In spite of the earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Japan last March and which deeply affected the country’s automobile production capabi...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Mugen Attempts to Make the Honda Fit Shuttle Look Cool and Sporty

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When the people over at Honda’s tuning partner Mugen aren’t working on more interesting and unique projects like the Civic Type R and even t...

Mitsubishi Updates i-MiEV, Slashes Prices and Increases Autonomy

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The electric car war rages on and the latest entrant is Mitsubishi’s new model year version of the i-MiEV that was revealed today in Japan....
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Refreshed Mazda Demio goes on Sale in Japan

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Mazda announced today that sales of the facelifted Mazda Demio , or Mazda2 as the rest of the world knows it, have begun in Japan. The new ...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Nissan Announces New Midterm Business Plan, will Introduce a New Vehicle Every Six Weeks for Six Years

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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co . revealed on Monday its new midterm business plan dubbed “Power 88”, with which it aims to boost both its...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Ford Gives Japan Special Edition Mustang V6 Sport Appearance

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America’s second favorite muscle car after the Camaro (in terms of 2011 sales as Chevy’s model has outsold Ford’s pony car by around 33 perc...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Toyota Avensis Tourer to be exported from UK to Japan

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Toyota plans to add another country to the 47 that it already exports the Avensis , which is built exclusively at its UK factory in Burnasto...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Go-Fast Porsche Cayman Driver Smacks Ferrari 360 at Supercar Gathering in Malaysia

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A couple of mishaps involving private supercars marked this past weekend’s 2011 SuperGT race at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia...

Toyota Presents the Successor to Last Year’s MR2 Study with the New GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II

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At last year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota showcased a concept study of an all-wheel drive hybrid sports car ( see here ) loosely based on the ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Nissan Working on New Hybrid System for Front-Wheel Drive Models

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Earlier this month, we reported on Nissan’s plans to drop the Altima Hybrid from its lineup at the end of the 2011 model year because of po...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

BMW 5-Series F10 gets the Black Bison Makeover from Wald International

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We knew it wouldn’t be long before Wald International , one of Japan’s most well-known styling houses, released its program for the latest B...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Honda Launches New Fit Shuttle Small MPV in Japan [ 46 Photos]

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After briefly postponing the presentation of its all-new Fit Shuttle due to a variety of problems that arose from the March 11 earthquake a...

Mazda and Sumitomo to Open New Plant in Mexico, Sales Company in Brazil

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Mazda Motor Corporation announced today that it is opening a new production facility in Mexico, and a sales company in Brazil , both in coll...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Toyota Sees North American Production Returning to 100% in September

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Toyota on Thursday revised an earlier forecast predicting that North American production would return to 100 percent towards the end of the ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Nissan Rebadges Mazda5 MPV for Japan, Calls it the New Lafesta Highway Star

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After preparing its customers with an announcement in January , Nissan today went ahead and introduced a re-badged version of the Mazda5 MPV...

VIDEO: Lexus LFA Wows the Crowds at Tokyo Drift Event

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A bespoke sports car priced over than $370,000 and of which only 500 will be produced worldwide, isn’t something you normally expect to see ...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Nissan Pays Top Execs Twice as Much as Toyota and Honda

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Toyota’s executives must be green with envy once they hear the salaries of their counterparts in Nissan . That is because, Nissan’s top dire...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Mazda Introduces Revised 2012 Demio with new SKYACTIV-G 1.3-Liter Engine in Japan

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Mazda has just released a refreshed version of its Demio sub-compact car in its home market of Japan . The big news for the 2012MY Demio, wh...
Monday, June 6, 2011

‘Tis Official: Mazda to Stop Building the North American Mazda6 in the USA, Successor will Come from Japan

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For better or for worse, depending on which side of the line you are standing on, Mazda has confirmed rumors that it will stop building the...