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Typical Japanese Highway scene
Total silence is not the kind of thing you expect in Japan. Given the fact that there are almost 130 million people crammed into a country roughly the size of the State of California, only 20% of which is actually habitable, the din of human activity follows you wherever you go. It is an incredibly urban environment, filled with people, heat and activity. Yet when I turned off the engine and stepped out onto the empty road and into the cool stillness of the summer night, I …
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Today, I was in Odaiba, the man-made island in Tokyo Bay. The island is known for its futuristic buildings. Today, it was home of the Japan Classic Car Association’s New Year Meeting. It celebrates the imported car. During the next days, I will show you the nicer ones. We start with the Americans, and a Dodge.
The tonier places in America, like Pebble Beach and Hilton Head, are known for their Concours d’Elegance, something the organizers wanted to bring to Tokyo. It looks like it was damage…
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Corrected: The key for Suzuki to sell more cars in the United States, apparently, is to go out of business.
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No car in recent history must have been so relentlessly covered at TTAC as the Toyota 86 and its dizzying assemblage of names and numbers. I don’t think there is an editor at TTAC who hasn’t reviewed the car at least three times. All except me. I only reviewed it twice. Something had to be done …
Dear reader, be warned: This review of a sports car with a multiple persona syndrome concentrates mostly on seating arrangements and extraneous observations in the field of bears, bodies, far-easter…
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“Local” may be a favored term for foodies, but it’s already the new buzzword for Japanese automakers looking to find a hedge against a strong yen.
Nissan is going to be at the forefront of the movement to bring a significant portion of vehicle production stateside. Says the Detroit Free Press:
By 2015, 85% of the Nissan and Infiniti models sold in the U.S. will be produced in North America, up from about 67%, said Carla Bailo, senior vice president of research and development for Niss…
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This is the current Civic. Its replacement will be designed in the U.S.
Honda’s American research and development division will quarterback engineering and other work for the next-generation Civic, says the company’s U.S.-based head of R&D. Erik Berman, the president of Honda R&D Americas told an industry conference audience this week that the company’s North American division had grown enough to handle the next Civic in addition to the Acura NSX and other luxury products. Auto…
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This is the current Civic. Its replacement will be designed in the U.S.
Honda’s American research and development division will quarterback engineering and other work for the next-generation Civic, says the company’s U.S.-based head of R&D. Erik Berman, the president of Honda R&D Americas told an industry conference audience this week that the company’s North American division had grown enough to handle the next Civic in addition to the Acura NSX and other luxury products. Auto…
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This is the current Civic. Its replacement will be designed in the U.S.
Honda’s American research and development division will quarterback engineering and other work for the next-generation Civic, says the company’s U.S.-based head of R&D. Erik Berman, the president of Honda R&D Americas told an industry conference audience this week that the company’s North American division had grown enough to handle the next Civic in addition to the Acura NSX and other luxury products. Auto…
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We have never witnessed so much respectable tuning of German vehicles in Japan as we do now, especially when a BMW is involved. With that said, Japanese tuner Studie has given the new BMW 1M Coupe the proper GTS treatment with a Fire Orange color and subtle modifications to match.
If you are in tune with the finest that Bavaria has to offer, then you know of the famous Fire Orange BMW M3 GTS. Studie took on this project starting with a Valencia Orange 1M and quickly mimicked the theme of the M3 GTS w…
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The 2012 Infniti M. Image: Infiniti
This much is clear: Infiniti can’t afford to build cars in Japan much longer. The yen is strong, while other currencies (such as the U.S. dollar and the euro) are weak, meaning that the cost to produce goods in Japan and sell them abroad has risen. Since Infiniti isn’t even sold in Japan, continuing to produce vehicles there makes no financial sense.
In a recent press conference, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn admitted that Infiniti was considering a move in production,…
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