Posts by Jun Tanaka
Fun Find – Lightning Cars
Employing the latest in light-weight construction and with a level of re-usability that would make Gordon Murr…
Read MoreJapanese Car Auction Finds: 2010 Honda CR-Z
This latest Honda CR-Z currently occupies a unique place in the hybrid car market in that it is an affordable …
Read MoreToyota Revises Profit Forecast for 2011 Q1 Upwards
After a rough 2010, Toyota is revising its expected operating profit in 2011 Q1 up from 380 billion Yen ($4.6 …
Read MoreToyota Vitz (Yaris) Hybrid Coming Soon
The upcoming Vitz (in Japan) / Yaris (everywhere else) hybrid is something else that is likely to be stealing …
Read MoreFit Trumps Prius
The former king of the sales charts in Japan has been usurped. The Toyota Prius has held its position througho…
Read MoreJapanese Government Eco Car Incentive Scheme Not "Eco" At All?
This study seems to indicate that there is more benefit to leaving cars on the road properly maintained over r…
Read MoreJapanese Car Auction Finds: Maserati Gran Turismo
Along with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage I wrote about the other day, the Maserati Gran Turismo has to be one of…
Read MoreUS New Car Sales Grow by 17%
I thought this story about US vehicle sales was an interesting counter-point to the post I wrote yesterday abo…
Read MoreJapan's New Car Sales Slump in January 2011
New vehicle sales in Japan have slumped in January 2011 by 21.5% compared with the same period last year. This…
Read MoreJapanese Car Auction Finds: BMW Alpina B10 3.5
Car auctions in Japan have a wide selection of non-Japanese-manufacturer vehicles in addition to the expected …
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