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- Toyota Aqua Hybrid Spiffily Modded by Kana Auto Works
- Watch a Ford F-150 Raptor SVT Molest a Toyota Corolla Just for Fun [Video]
- Kimi Raikkonen Feels the Need for Speed, Returns to F1 With Lotus Renault GP
- It's a Car, It's a Smart Phone, No, It's the Toyota Fun-Vii Concept [Updated Gallery]
- NATS Turns First-Gen Honda Insight into the EV-Sports Prototype01
- New Honda NSX Concept Reportedly Coming to Detroit Show, May get 3.5L V6 Hybrid Powertrain
- GM Says Anxious Volt Owners May get Any Loaner they Wish - Even a Corvette!
- Toyota Readying Some Mild Model Year Changes for Land Cruiser 100 / V8?
- Tokyo Motor Show Oddities: Kowa Tmsuk's Kobot Electric Trikes[with Video]
- Renault Facelifts Scenic MPV Range, On Sale in January 2012
- Tokyo Motor Show: Gordon Murray's Toray Teewave AR.1
- Kanto Auto Works' FS Hybrid Concept is the Rolls Royce of Toyota Models
- Tokyo Motor Show: Mitsubishi's Concept PX-MiEV II Plug-in Hybrid SUV [Updated]
- Saudi Edition: Bentley Continental Flying Spur Grounded in Sand
- Official: BMW to Provide Toyota with Diesel Engines, while Japanese Firm will give Bavarians Access to Hybrid Tech
- Honda to Take on Fiat 500 with N Concept 4, Production Model Coming in Fall of 2012
- Auto Couture: Fashions Designers get Creative with Recycled Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Parts
- Live Photos of the New Toyota Aqua or Prius C from the Tokyo Motor Show
- NISMO Adds Some Zing to Nissan Leaf EV with New Concept at Tokyo Motor Show
- Tokyo Motor Show: New Isuzu D-MAX Pickup Truck
- Audi to Build Second Plant in China for Production of the Next A3
| Toyota Aqua Hybrid Spiffily Modded by Kana Auto Works Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:10 PM PST  While in the business of producing and developing cars for Toyota for more than half a century, Kana Auto Works has generally stayed under the radar. However, at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Japanese company came out of its shell introducing several bespoke models. Aside from the Toyota Century-based FS Hybrid concept that we showed you earlier today, Kana Auto Works also displayed two prototypes of the newly presented Toyota Aqua hybrid, which will be marketed under the Prius C brand name outside of Japan. Read more »
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| Watch a Ford F-150 Raptor SVT Molest a Toyota Corolla Just for Fun [Video] Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:06 PM PST  Ford's F-150 Raptor SVT is one of those trucks that doesn't make much sense but somehow people like it and are willing to buy it despite its lofty $42,000+ price tag (in the States). Being big, brawny and surprisingly powerful thanks to the ferocious 6.2-liter V8 with 411-ponies that's lurking under the hood, definitely helps. Now there's a question of what to do once you get yourself in a F-150 Raptor SVT and while we can think of many things, for this particular owner, the answer was to climb over a Toyota (Corolla we believe). Whatever pops your cork...Watch the clip after the jump. Read more »
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| Kimi Raikkonen Feels the Need for Speed, Returns to F1 With Lotus Renault GP Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST  It seems that every recently retired Formula 1 world champion is just itching to get back in a racing seat again. Michael Schumacher's comeback is the most well known example, but Mika Hakkinen also returned to the track, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Now, 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen, who made a switch from F1 to rallying, has returned to Formula 1, signing a two-year contract with the Lotus Renault GP team. Read more »
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| It's a Car, It's a Smart Phone, No, It's the Toyota Fun-Vii Concept [Updated Gallery] Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:14 PM PST  Crazy concept cars are something of a staple of the bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show, which takes place this year at the Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward from November 30 to December 11. And while the star of Toyota's booth is no doubt, the new 86 coupe (formerly known as the FT-86), Japan's top-brand has plenty more in store for us including the Fun Vii concept study. Read more »
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| NATS Turns First-Gen Honda Insight into the EV-Sports Prototype01 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:58 PM PST  The students over at Nihon Automobile College [NATS] in Japan have churned out some pretty bizarre creations over the years ranging from a Honda Beat dressed in an NSX suite to a high-ridding Volkswagen pickup truck. At this year's Tokyo Motor Show, NATS displayed the EV-Sports Prototype01 that is based on the first generation of the Honda Insight hybrid. Read more »
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| New Honda NSX Concept Reportedly Coming to Detroit Show, May get 3.5L V6 Hybrid Powertrain Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:27 PM PST  When Honda CEO Takanobu Ito confirmed the NSX replacement, it made sense that the new sports car would be revealed at the Japanese company's home turf. However, Honda displayed the compact EV-STER concept instead, a small RWD roadster that resembles the 1990's Beat. There's no reason for disappointment though as British publication Autocar is reporting that Honda plans to debut a new concept called 'Super Sports' at the Detroit Motor Show in mid-January. Read more »
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| GM Says Anxious Volt Owners May get Any Loaner they Wish - Even a Corvette! Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:26 PM PST  You've got to hand it to General Motors: even though the Chevrolet Volt is currently in the middle of a formal fire investigation by the NHTSA, it looks like it can still generate good publicity out of it. Cooperating with the safety agency to look into the lithium-ion battery issue was to be expected, but providing free loaners to Volt owners who have "fire anxiety" (even though all incidents involved crashed test cars), isn't something you take for granted. Read more »
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| Toyota Readying Some Mild Model Year Changes for Land Cruiser 100 / V8? Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:31 PM PST  The images you see here and which are circulating around the net today, are said to have been sourced from a leaked JDM brochure of the 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser (marketed as the 100 or V8 in certain markets to distinguish it from the smaller Land Cruiser Prado). While we do, of course, remain somewhat skeptical, they do appear to be genuine. The opening picture shows the Land Cruiser 100 kitted out with original Toyota accessories, but it appears that the headlights and the chrome grille have been tweaked. Read more »
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| Tokyo Motor Show Oddities: Kowa Tmsuk's Kobot Electric Trikes[with Video] Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:59 PM PST  Japan's traditional automotive and motorcycle brands aren't the only ones pushing the envelope with their odd concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show. Kowa, a company that engages in medical and optoelectronic business, and Tmsuk Co. Ltd., a robot development manufacturer, joined forces to create three attention-grabbing electric-powered prototypes under the Kobot brand name. Read more »
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| Renault Facelifts Scenic MPV Range, On Sale in January 2012 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:36 PM PST  Europe's best-selling compact minivan, the Renault Scenic and its bigger, seven-seat Grand Scenic sibling, have received a minor facelift for the 2012 model year. Both models sport a new front end with LED daytime running lights and gloss black features, chrome details up front, on the profile and the tailgate strip, redesigned rear lights on the five-seat Scenic and a different lower air intake design and longitudinal roof bars for the Grand Scenic. Read more »
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| Tokyo Motor Show: Gordon Murray's Toray Teewave AR.1 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:53 AM PST  Making its first appearance on Japanese soil at the Tokyo Motor Show is the Teewave AR1, a working prototype for a pure-electric roadster model that is the result of a nine-month partnership between Gordon Murray Design and materials company Toray Industries. To keep the two-seater model's weight down, Toray designed a frame made out of carbon fiber while the seats, outer body panels and other parts are also all molded out of the lightweight material. Read more »
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| Kanto Auto Works' FS Hybrid Concept is the Rolls Royce of Toyota Models Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST  Tucked away in a corner of the Tokyo Motor Show is this conceptual proposal for a luxurious full-size sedan named the FS Hybrid by Japanese firm Kanto Auto Works [KAW], which happens to be a long time partner of Toyota.
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| Tokyo Motor Show: Mitsubishi's Concept PX-MiEV II Plug-in Hybrid SUV [Updated] Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST  At the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show that runs from November 30 through December 11, Mitsubishi unwraped the second generation of its Concept PX-MiEV, which brings the study a little closer to production Believed to preview the looks and possibly an alternative powertrain option for the next generation of the Mitsubishi Outlander, the Concept PX-MiEV II is a follow up to the PX-MiEV study displayed at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.
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| Saudi Edition: Bentley Continental Flying Spur Grounded in Sand Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:50 AM PST  As it turns out, despite their advanced all-wheel drive system, Bentley's luxury limousines and coupes aren't very good when it comes to off-road activities. Who would have known! We saw it last year when a blissfully unaware owner of a Continental GT Coupe got bogged down in tons of mud in Russia (see the epic video clip here), and we're seeing it now with this Saudi Arabian owner of a Continental Flying Spur sedan who had some troubles conquering the desert sands. Wonder why... For some amusing footage, follow the break to watch the videos for yourself. Read more »
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| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:03 AM PST  Just two days after our first rumors started circulating on the web, Toyota and BMW confirmed that they intend to collaborate in the development of hybrid systems and diesel engines. On Thursday, the two companies announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning the mid-to-long development of environmental-friendly technologies. Read more »
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| Honda to Take on Fiat 500 with N Concept 4, Production Model Coming in Fall of 2012 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 08:37 AM PST  One of Honda's less publicized world premieres at the 42nd edition of the Tokyo Motor Show could well very turn out to be the most interesting. We're talking about the new N Concept 4 which is a follow up to the EV-N study that was displayed at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. The new N Concept 4 has not only veered closer to production in styling but it will actually go on sale next year. The announcement was made by Sho Minekawa, who is the Managing Officer and CEO for Honda Regional Sales Operations in Japan, during the company's presentation in Tokyo.
The N Concept 4 will be based on the running gear of Honda's new Kei-class N Box tall city car, which also made its world premiere in Tokyo but more on that later. Read more »
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| Auto Couture: Fashions Designers get Creative with Recycled Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Parts Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:39 AM PST  Lexus has bridged the worlds of cars and high-end fashion with a new project that challenged four fashion designers to create unique clothing pieces and accessories from more than 2,000 individual parts of a completely dismantled CT 200 hybrid hatchback for an advertising campaign that will appear in the January 2012 issue of Vogue magazine. Read more »
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| Live Photos of the New Toyota Aqua or Prius C from the Tokyo Motor Show Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST  Apparently, the Prius nameplate isn't as strong in Toyota's home market of Japan as it is in the rest of the world as what we will come to know as the new Prius C will be marketed locally as the Aqua. Besides the name, there's nothing else different about the Aqua that made its world premiere this week at the 42nd edition of the bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show in Japan. Read more »
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| NISMO Adds Some Zing to Nissan Leaf EV with New Concept at Tokyo Motor Show Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:26 AM PST  This has been a rough year for Japanese automakers but if there's one company from the Land of the Rising Sun that's showing a lot of potential, that would be Nissan - be that with its quirky looking Juke crossover, the pure electric Leaf or the tarmac-shredding GT-R sports car. Perhaps the most important news coming from Nissan at the Tokyo Motor Show is the company's decision to heavily invest in its performance arm NISMO and expand its offerings to include more focused editions of Nissan's mainstream models. Read more »
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| Tokyo Motor Show: New Isuzu D-MAX Pickup Truck Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST  These have been challenging times for Isuzu but the Japanese company is still holding on with its light commercial and truck offerings. At this week's Tokyo Motor Show, Isuzu presented the Japanese premiere of its new 2012 Isuzu D-MAX mid-size pickup truck that was developed in collaboration with General Motors. Read more »
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| Audi to Build Second Plant in China for Production of the Next A3 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:19 AM PST  The country with the most car brands and factories in the world just agreed to let Audi to open another plant. Audi made the announcement today stating that FAW-VW, the VW Group's current Chinese operation, will set up a new plant in Foshan for the production of the next generation of the A3. Read more »
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