Posts by Jun Tanaka
Audi Leads Import Car Sales Growth in Japan
Despite the doom and gloom of the new car sales figures in the Japanese market, there is another more positive…
Read MoreJapanese Car Industry Reaches Tipping Point
The sales of Japanese manufacturer cars imported into Japan are on the up and up. A good example of this is …
Read MoreWhat's The Deal With The WRX STi?
I thought this was rather interesting: Just at the same time other car makers are warning about shortages due …
Read MoreTop 20 New Cars in the March 2011 Sales Ranking
Japan’s new car sales in March were the worst since the Japanese car industry’s records began in 1…
Read MoreJapan's New Car Sales Slump to Worst March Figures Since Records Started In 1968
Not only blighted with a weak economy, Japan was then hit by a devastating earthquake on March 11th, slamming …
Read MorePrius No.1 Again in March Japan New Car Sales – Or Is It?
Interesting example of how statistics can be worse than lies and damn lies with the release of the sales ranki…
Read MoreEarthquake Zone Auctions Coming Back Online
It looks like at least in the auction world, the car auctions in some of the regions affected by the recent ea…
Read MoreBMW has Best April Fool's Jokes of 2011
April 1st is the time of often elaborate pranks, and it is not a surprise that cars can often be the subject. …
Read MoreWhale Blubber Extract Answer To Global Warming?
Japanese scientists believe they have found a way to deflect criticism of their country’s whaling progra…
Read MoreParts Shortages Ripple Around the World
This is an interesting graphic from the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun nicely summarizing the way parts sh…
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