Tokyo is a land of bright lights, fast trains, and traffic chaos. But as horrible as the system might seem to those of us that live on the prairies, Japan’s traffic control system is remarkably centralized with a full 24-hour staff who’s sole duty it is to monitor every inch of Tokyo through a large [...]
Entries from December 2007
Tokyo Traffic’s own CENTCOM
December 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Technology & Gadgets
The Honda American Kids Made
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments
This week tuner Mugen released what looks like a Honda Accord comic villain (Accord is called Inspire in Japan). Too bad even Mugen’s golden touch cant make the Honda Accord look good. There’s just so much happening on the Honda Accord that it looks like something a preteen in any honky North American city would [...]
Tags: Car News · Honda · Tuner Cars
The Nissan Fuga is Hot
December 28th, 2007 · No Comments
I dont even care if this Nissan can go fast or if it drives fine! I also dont care if we get the Infiniti M35 or M45 in North America. Just look at the New Nissan Fuga… it’s so much better! A complete brown nose of Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn with with photos, photos and more [...]
Tags: Car News · Infiniti · Nissan
Honda: “Civic a Mistake”, Toyota Better
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Honda’s CEO has gone on the record to say the Civic Hybrid sucks. Boohoo, poor little Honda cant compete with Toyota’s Prius? Even then, like a stubborn child, Honda still wants you to buy their crappy hybrids! What are they thinking?
TopGear Loves Skyline
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Who’d have guessed? Not! TopGear’s Stig put the Nissan Skyline GTR up against a Porsche 911 turbo around the track and loved it. So much so, that “this car has no competitors…at any price”:
“I have no doubt the Nissan is the best car I’ve ever driven. It is almost as fast as the Porsche - [...]
Tags: Car News · Nissan · Skyline GTR
Feature: Mitsubishi Evolution X
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments
When I got the press kit for the Mitsubishi Evolution, or the Mitsubishi X in some markets, there was a huge bulging red prototype smack dab in the middle. Fast forward to now and that very same prototype has gone into production. Surprise! Really? Not really.
Tags: Evolution · Featured Review · Mitsubishi
The Best American Cars are Japanese
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments
U.S. news, some ho hum paper from god-knows-where has released a bunch of numbers on the top 10 cars for 2008. Before you go any further, I must warn you - there are a lot of good Japanese cars on this list! 8/13 type of A LOT!
Tags: Car News · Honda · Random Facts
Gee, Spotted a Subaru WRX STi!
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments
A Subaru WRX STi in typical Scooby Blue and Gold was spotted by kahmed outside Car & Driver’s offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Does this mean the Scooby is coming to our shores sooner than expected? Lets hope so, I’ve got enough lucky pennies in my piggy bank waiting for it.





