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Free Charging Coming to 900 Skylark Restaurants in Japan

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Yes, you read that right: The Skylark restaurant group in Japan is going to be offering free EV recharging at their 900 locations around Japan. What’s more, the free recharges aren’t just for customers! There’s not even an obligation to buy. If you are familiar with the concept of a “loss leader” you will see [...]

Mitsubishi Mirage Gets Kei-Car Rivaling 27.2 km / L Fuel Economy

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It seems like just yesterday that I was writing here about how Nissan had improved fuel economy for their Moco kei car so that it can now get 27.2 km / L. And I also recall writing that I thought it would still be a hard sell when stacked up against the 30 km / [...]

Nissan’s Moco Kei Car Improves “Idling Stop” To Get 27.2 km / L

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Nissan has improved the fuel efficiency of it’s kei car Moco, as well as evolving the “idling stop” technology with sales starting on May 15th in Japan. Improvements in both the engine and CVT transmission efficiency see the regular X and S versions of the Moco improve to 23.2 km/L, but it is the “idling [...]

Toyota Aqua Jumps to #2 with Prius Maintaining #1 Crown

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Toyota’s new Aqua (called the Prius C in overseas markets) hybrid made a dramatic leap to number 2 in Japan’s April new car sales rankings, up from number 4 the previous month. But it will come as no surprise that the number one crown was retained for the 11th month by the Prius (including the [...]

Toyota 86s in Japan’s Car Auctions

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The Toyota 86 and it’s cousin, the Subaru BRZ, have been making headlines. At last — fun Japanese cars at sensible prices. Drivers’ cars that aren’t about numbers and Nurburgring lap times, but which exist with the sole aim of putting a smile on your face. And despite the fact that they’ve only just gone [...]

Mitsubishi’s “Global Car” Mirage to Start Production in China in 2014

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Another week, another global automaker teaming up with a local partner and starting production in China This time, it’s Mitsubishi. And the car is their so-called “global car”, the Mirage. This is the first new Mirage in 12 years, and production initially started in April in Mitsubishi’s own factory in Thailand. Then in 2014 Mitsubishi [...]

Skyactiv Tech Wins 2011 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal

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Mazda’s Skyactiv technology is making headlines again — this time netting the principle researchers the 2011 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal. The citation recognizes the contribution of five engineers in developing Mazda’s 1.3 liter gasoline engine with “Skyactiv” technology that allows an exceptionally high 14.0:1 compression ratio and fuel efficiency of 30 KM per [...]

Golden Week 2012 Japan Car Auction Schedule

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We are approaching the Golden Week holiday period in Japan that covers the very end of April and the first week of May. We will be bidding on cars in the few auctions that will be running during that period, but shipping companies, banks and government offices will be largely closed during this period, so [...]

Honda Introduces Rare Earth Metal Recovery Tech for Old Hybrid Car Batteries

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Hybrid sales are booming all over the world, but particularly in Japan — where it is expected that hybrids may exceed 20% of all new cars sold in 2012. Honda itself has sold around 800,000 hybrids since introducing its first hybrid vehicle in 1999, and of these 500,000 were sold between 2009 and 2011. So [...]

2007 Porsche 911 GT3 Club Sport at Auction in Japan

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Something for the weekend, sir? How about this lovely black with orange trim 911 GT3 Clubsport in the Japanese car auctions? And for those of us for whom owning one of these machines is just a dream: While we’re at it, let’s imagine ourselves as legendary racer Walter Rohrl … driving a 911 GT3 … [...]