Japanese automaker will challenge Toyota for emerging-markets supremacy, with a new entry-level vehicle to be unveiled in January at Auto Expo 2010 [...] 
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Japan, Acura, Honda, Specialty
Honda HSV-10 GT - Click above for high-res image
There has been no end to the rumors of what the Nissan GT-R will become next, but the most credible rumor circulating in Japan right now is that a Nissan GT-R Hybrid is in development. The hybrid Godzilla would be [...]
Filed under: Etc., Japan, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Lexus
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The mysterious Temple of VTEC member, hnsxr, has already supplied hastily snapped photos from a Japanese-market 2011 Honda CR-Z brochure that provided some hard details on the specifications. Then, came another batch from a CR-Z Mugen brochure.
Today hnsxr has come [...]
It's in Japanese, but you'll enjoy it nonetheless.
2011 Lexus LFA: 10 Things You Don't Know About the Supercar
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors
A preliminary analysis of worldwide surface temperatures from January to November conducted by the Japan Meteorological Agency shows that the average land and sea surface temperatures for 2009 have been +0.31 ºC above normal, based on the 1971-2000 average, and that 2009 will be tied with 2002, 2003, and [...]
Nikkei. Japan convenience store chain Circle K Sunkus Co. plans to use the new Prius Plug-in hybrid vehicles (earlier post) as company cars.
As a start, the convenience store chain operator will deploy a Prius Plug-in Hybrid at its office in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, next Thursday. This vehicle will [...]
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Aisin Seiki Co, Ltd will provide a total of 30 residential, solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) cogeneration systems developed jointly by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas), Kyocera Corporation (Kyocera), TMC and Aisin to five Japanese gas companies, as part of the New Energy and Industrial [...]
Mazda Motor Corporation has launched the fully updated the Mazda Carol micro-mini for the Japanese market, its first full remodeling since September 2004. Featuring reduced curb weight and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with an auxiliary gearbox, the Carol provides improved eco-friendliness and even better value.
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Japan
Toyota Sports 800 GT Hybrid - Click above to watch the video after the break
