Japanese Cars
Hybrids 19.7% of New Cars Sold in May 2012 in Japan
19.7% of new cars sold in Japan in May 2012 were hybrid cars, up 11 percentage points from last year. There we…
Read MoreToyota PHV / EV to Home Power Sharing
While “power sharing” sounds like a phrase you would expect to hear in the context of a Greek coal…
Read MoreMitsubishi Mirage Gets Kei-Car Rivaling 27.2 km / L Fuel Economy
It seems like just yesterday that I was writing here about how Nissan had improved fuel economy for their Moco…
Read MoreNissan's Moco Kei Car Improves "Idling Stop" To Get 27.2 km / L
Nissan has improved the fuel efficiency of it’s kei car Moco, as well as evolving the “idling stop…
Read MoreToyota Aqua Jumps to #2 with Prius Maintaining #1 Crown
Toyota’s new Aqua (called the Prius C in overseas markets) hybrid made a dramatic leap to number 2 in Ja…
Read MoreToyota 86s in Japan's Car Auctions
The Toyota 86 and it’s cousin, the Subaru BRZ, have been making headlines. At last — fun Japanese …
Read MoreMitsubishi's "Global Car" Mirage to Start Production in China in 2014
Another week, another global automaker teaming up with a local partner and starting production in China This t…
Read MoreSkyactiv Tech Wins 2011 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal
Mazda’s Skyactiv technology is making headlines again — this time netting the principle researcher…
Read MoreHonda Introduces Rare Earth Metal Recovery Tech for Old Hybrid Car Batteries
Hybrid sales are booming all over the world, but particularly in Japan — where it is expected that hybri…
Read MoreMazda CX-5 "Clean Diesel" Reverses Diesel's Decline in Japan
For years it’s been nigh-on impossible to register a diesel vehicle in Japan. Not completely impossible,…
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