Posts by Jun Tanaka
Japan New Car Sales Up First Time in 14 Months
Japan’s October 2011 new car sales showed an increase of 25% over the previous year, when including sale…
Read MoreRuf 3400K (2009 model) in Japan's Car Auctions
Here we go with some wild, but possibly accurate speculation. First up: This car is not a Ruf 3400S, as stated…
Read MoreNew Fuel-Efficient Mazda CX-5 Gets New Diesel Engine – On Sale Spring 2012
The new Mazda CX-5 will go on sale Spring 2012 in Japan, with a line up including a new, enviromentally-friend…
Read MoreSubaru Teases With New Impreza Sport / Impreza G4 Site
Subaru Japan has set up a new website to give a tantalizing glimpse of the all-new Impreza model that will hav…
Read MoreHonda EV-neo Electric Bike for Newspaper Delivery in Japan
Leasing company Sumitomo Autoservice is going to be offering Honda EV-neo electric scooters to newspaper deliv…
Read More2 Million Yen Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid in 2013 – Plans Leaked by MSN Japan
Oops! Looks like someone clicked the “publish” button before they were supposed to on this one: A …
Read MoreNissan Fuel Cell Stack Achieves World-Beating Power Density
Toyota is to hybrids what Honda is to fuel cell vehicles, and what Nissan is to EVs. Or at least that is the t…
Read MoreNissan is First Japanese Maker with China Design Center
Nissan has become the first Japanese car maker to set up a design center in China. “Nissan Design China&…
Read MoreHonda to Launch 3 New Hybrid Models & 1 EV in China in 2012
Toshihiro Mibe of Honda announced on October 12th that it would be introducing 3 new hybrid models into the Ch…
Read MoreToyota Develops High-Wear Resistance Plant-Based Plastic For Interior Trim
The outgoing Toyota Sai model in Japan already had an impressive 60% of its interior parts made from plant-bas…
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