New Cars
Mitsubishi i-MiEV in First Euro NCAP EV Test – Gets 4 Stars
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has become the first commercial EV to be tested under the European NCAP regime. The rati…
Read MoreToyota iQ Electric Car Coming in 2012
Toyota has been rather lukewarm about EVs, despite its tie up with Tesla Motors (with whom it is developing an…
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 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 MoreMazda Introducing New Demio-based EV in 2012
Mazda Japan announced a new addition to the burgeoning EV (electric vehicle market) today with a new model bas…
Read MoreFerrari FF: Futuristic 4WD with Z3 Coupe Styling Cues
A new Ferrari is always something to get excited about. Ferrari has been pushing the technological envelope mo…
Read More2010 Record Year for Japan's New Car Sales
2010 proved to be a record year for new car sales in Japan. To a great extent this was stimulated by a tax bre…
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