Mina… Minagi… whatever the original concept was called by the Japanese, it’s being replaced by a new production car from Mazda which is called the CX-5. The new 2012 Mazda CX-5 was supposed to be unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in September but, for some reason, it was released ahead of schedule. Pictures
Toyota is adamant that their infamous Prius hybrid motorcar will considerably outperform something this year. Don’t get locked in at the edge of your seat because the 2011 Toyota Prius isn’t getting enhanced performance in any way shape or form. What the Prius will actually top is the 2010 sales figures it had. If this
Hybrids aren’t what they used to be and it seems like the Japanese are still the ones to look to when trying to find out what’s the latest thing. As Nissan is now teaching us, the days of the previous version of the Altima Hybrid drivetrain are gone. After initial reports about the Nissan Altima
One of Mazda’s most fruitful products got a major update recently and today was its official unveiling date. Dubbed as a facelift, it would seem like not much has changed. More patient eyes however will have taken a proper look at the new spec sheet and noticed the new engine that is available in it
The Mazda Miata is one of the best ranking sports cars of all times, a numerous award winner, a favorite of everyone and possibly one of the most difficult to improve car a Japanese manufacturer has been faced with. Mazda is in just that sort of situation at the moment. After the original version lasted
For the employees of the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, today was actually a good day at work. No promotions were made, no bonuses were given, but there was a little treat. It was to be found in going home with the joy of knowing their contribution lead to a big thing, as earlier today
Few people know this but the original version of the Nissan Skyline GTR had loads of versions over the years. Not many of them were very different but they were generally purposed towards re-igniting the fire of passion for what was called “Godzilla”. Several years down the line, Nissan launched the refreshed 2012 GT-R is
Toyota just came forward with quite the surprising announcement, the Japanese company has launched its very own social network, a service called Toyota Friend. Deemed to be the perfect online hang-out place for people who are fans or, more importantly, owners of Toyota vehicles, Toyota Friend is the result of quite the partnership. The partnership
Most of us barely remember the natural disaster that happened in Japan just two months ago but despite being the nation who experienced it first hand, Japan seems to have put it well behind. Saying things like this may be a bit of an exaggeration but Toyota is just one of the many enterprises that
Initial reports that contained the killing off of the Mazda 6 and Subaru Tribeca were wrong. We know for certain that Mazda is keeping their slow selling sedan on the market for at least another generation, as the Japanese themselves claim.
Japan has been giving us quite a few bad news lately but this particular one has a feeling about it that we will let slide. It seems like the Japanese decided to cancel any chance the Mazda 6 and the Subaru Tribeca have at any more facelifts or versions.
The Japanese at Subaru can’t really complain about the Impreza paying off its development effort, but they do have the right frame of mind. With the 2012 Subaru Impreza just around the corner, rumor is going round about how the company expects the sales increase to be quite substantial.
Not very precise of a title, but it does contain the gist of what’s going on as far as Nissan and the North American market are concerned. Over 271.000 units of the Nissan Pathfinder and the Infiniti QX4 up-class brother will have owners visit dealership showrooms for a bit of a fix.
Here is yet another World Car of The Year winner that the majority doesn’t agree with, because it’s the 2011 Nissan Leaf. I’m not one of the people that thinks the Nissan Leaf EV is that good a car but I don’t think it’s bad either and that means I may be a good person
Even though Chevrolet is of a different nature, you can’t speak about bread and butter vehicles like the Malibu without at least bringing up the Honda Civic. My favorite and one of the most popular Japanese hatchbacks was recently given a 2012 makeover. However, it seems like the New York Auto Show had to open
The Shanghai Motor Show is about as clear proof as we’re going to get that China’s work ethic is spreading round the globe. It first went to Mazda who came up with the CX-5 crossover announcement, then went to Citroen who revealed the DS5 crossover and it now reached Subaru who came up with the
The Japanese at Mazda have just announced that they’ve been making some progress on the small crossover they’re working on. To mark the occasion Mazda announced that the new creation will be named the CX-5, something relatively easy to predict.
Since the UK market is a pretty important one, manufacturers tend to offer special versions of their cars just for it. It’s not that I don’t like the British, but sometimes you do want the cars they get, and this special version of the Subaru WRX STI is one of them.
Due to the updates within the 2011 BTCC regulations every single of the teams running in this competition have had to make significant changes to their cars. Toyota’s efforts at the competition are handled by the privateer teams Dynojet Racing and Hughes Motorsport/Speedworks.
The Mazda MX5-GT is a lighter, faster, track-oriented Miata for those of you who just can’t get enough fun in this popular roadster. If I step off the patronizing plate for a few minutes I’m going to acknowledge that this version of the Mazda MX-5 is a lot more serios than most of us would
