Entries Tagged as 'tokyo'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Updates on Audi: A1 coming, Tokyo concept, A8/Bentley diet

Filed under: Convertibles, Tokyo Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Hatchbacks, Audi, Bentley
4Car sat down with Michael Dick, a member of Audi’s board who heads up the product engineering side of things, and came away with new insights on the MINI-fighting A1, the future of Bentley and what products are waiting in the wings.
Starting small, Audi’s new A1 […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Subaru Impreza WRX STi: First official shot shows up

Filed under: Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Hatchbacks, Subaru
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We’ve seen more spy shots of the upcoming Subaru Impreza WRX STi than we care to recount, but it looks like the first official image of Subie’s road rocket has finally been leaked on the web. While there’s been no confirmation from Subaru that […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

More specs and speculation about the Nissan GT-R

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Tokyo Motor Show, Supercars, Nissan

When the wraps are finally taken off the new Nissan GT-R in Tokyo next month there’ll be little left to reveal, save a few minor exterior elements and a production-ready interior. And as the date draws closer, every piece of banal minutia that hits the web piques our […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Nissan GT-R will be priced from around $68,000

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
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We chuckled as we saw the official image that accompanied today’s press release from Nissan about its upcoming GT-R. It’s a high-res studio-looking shot of the GT-R wearing the same covering we’ve seen so many times in spy shots. In fact, […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Hydrogen Hybrid Toyota drives from Osaka to Tokyo on one tank

Filed under: Green, Japan, Tech, Crossovers/CUVs, Toyota

Technically this Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle made the 560km journey on four tanks of hydrogen, as that’s how many high pressure pods are hidden away under the Toyota Kluger’s rear seats. But the big news is that this car, and a back up sibling, managed to drive 350 miles […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo’s stillborn supercar battle

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Supercars, Acura, Honda, Lexus, Nissan, Toyota
Winding Road’s Japan correspondent, Peter Nunn, has dashed any hopes of the Tokyo Motor Show bubbling over with Nipponese supercars. Sure, we’ll get to see the rebirth of Godzilla in the form of the R35 GT-R, plus the unveilings of the new Evo […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Honda CRX successor coming to Tokyo?

Filed under: Concept Cars, Tokyo Motor Show, Hatchbacks, Honda

The Scooper of Cars seems to have it on good authority that during Honda’s press conference in Tokyo, the Big-H plans to take the wraps off a new compact, rumored to be a successor to the CRX.
Originally, it was thought that the Remix concept that debuted in […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

First official pics of Nissan GT-R?

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan

Will it ever stop? Between spy shots, Goodwood hill climbs and GT5 previews, we’re almost to the point of GT-R overload. Then we start thinking about the next generation ATESSA all-wheel drive setup, the stroked 3.8-liter motor, and the two turbos hanging off the exhaust manifold, and we come […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Subaru G4e concept

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru
Click the image above for more shots of the Subaru G4e concept.
Subaru may finally be making a play for all the Greenies that traded in their dilapidated Legacy wagons for a Prius with the G4e EV concept, set to be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show. […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Honda PUYO Concept wants you to touch it

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda
click above image for more pics of the Honda PUYO Concept
Honda’s second concept that will debut at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show is the PUYO. The name is an onomatopoeia that, according to Honda, “expresses the sensation of touching the vehicle’s soft body.” Sounds kinky, but […]

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