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Click either image for a high-res gallery.NISMO has finally released all the details on its line of upgrades for the R35 Nissan GT-R, and per usual, there's good news and bad news.On the positive side, the parts are the typical blend of OEM quality and fitment, with a focus on tighter handling and w......
Nissan to take on domestics with commercial truck in 2010
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Sensing the ripe market opportunity, Nissan will start producing various light-commercial and medium-duty trucks in 2010. The targeted segment is currently dominated by Ford and GM, where the miscellaneous cabs and frames are used to produce such vehicles as dump trucks, tow trucks, and school buses......
American-made Formula Nippon car debuts at Fuji
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Just under a year since the concept was announced, two brand new 2009 Formula Nippon chassis, designed and built by California's Swift Engineering, have gone through shakedown trials at Fuji Speedway. Autoblog spoke to Team Toyota TOM'S Andre Lotterer, one of the first two F'pon pilots to take the r......
Spoon to recreate NSX Type-R in LHD trim for U.S.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda NSX-R.Honda's decision to only offer one Type-R model in the U.S. – the DC2 Integra – is still considered a crime among Hondaphiles. And of all the models that could have benefited from a serious performance injection later in life, the NSX was a p......
Mitsubishi Colt to get Lancer’s shark-nose for 2009
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Following the market debut of the new Lancer and EVO, Mitsubishi appears to be preparing a mid-cycle facelift for its junior Colt hatchback that's sold in Japan and Europe. The photos, which were snapped at an apparent promotional photo-shoot in Berlin, Germany, indicate that the Colt will get the n......
Toyota to start building Highlander in U.S. six months early
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Click above for high-res pics of the 2008 Toyota Highlander from our reviewUp to this point, all Highlanders destined for the U.S. have been built in Japan. Toyota had planned to start building a new, redesigned Highlander in late 2009 at its plant in Tupelo, Mississippi, a factory that is still und......
Honda considering offering JDM models in the U.S.
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Much attention has been paid to Ford's decision to bring six Euro Fords over to the States, but the Blue Oval isn't the only automaker that has good looking, fuel efficient vehicles overseas. Honda has a variety of petrol-sipping vehicles in its Japanese home market, and is now studying whether thos......
Transformer toys take on Nissan GT-R
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Click above for more shots of the Tomy GT-R TransformerDozens of new vehicles are expected to appear in the forthcoming Transformers sequel, and we're excited by the possibility of seeing motorcycle transformers mix it up with an Audi R8 and a mystery Corvette. But after seeing these pics, it's obvi......
Toyota reduces Japanese workforce by 800
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Sinking sales at its Lexus luxury division have prompted Toyota to lay off some 800 workers at a Japanese plant where certain Lexus models are assembled. All 800 workers were temporary hires provided by an outside agency, and Toyota claims that at least 500 of the temps will be brought back at some ......
Nissan GT-R V-Spec delayed, ‘Evolution’ model due in the interim
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R.The word from Japan's BestCar magazine is that Nissan has delayed the launch of the GT-R V-Spec in Japan from this fall to sometime later this year or early 2009. The reason for the delay hasn't been divulged, but as a stop-gap measure, Niss......