Toyota is asking dealerships to up the ante on becoming as green as the cars they sell. Starting as early as next year, Toyota will ask all 3,000 dealers to audit just how environmentally friendly their showrooms are. Toyota will announce in May exactly how dealers can tag along to the new program of environmental [...]

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Move over GT-R, Japanese magazines have moved on to bigger and better things like the next gen Acura NSX. The NSX comes out in 2010 but Best Car has already started together a sketch of what the beauty might look like. It’s not sure if Acura will move away from the ugly triangular grill, [...]

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Nissan has long wanted to jump on the Porsche band-wagon and finally has gone ahead with a track special Nissan Z for racing enthusiasts - serious racing enthusiasts. The Fairlady Z Type 380RS-Competition will cost $285,700 (¥28,350,000).
But I guess you get a decent package out of it. The special Nissan Z is tuned by inhouse [...]

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Nissan has drastically toned down their Intima Sports Sedan concept which was last displayed at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Show back in October. AutoBlog managed to find two shots of a production model that will appear at the Beiking Auto Show in April. The production Nissan Intima is less drastic and will no longer feature [...]

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The lucky bastards at Motor Trend not only got their hands on a Nissan GT-R, but they also ravaged the beast on a dyno to figure out how such a heavy car can beat Porsche 911s and Corvette Z06s. What did they find? Well, it turns out Nissan’s official 480hp claims are an understatement. Three [...]

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Spy photographers already captured a Lexus IS hardtop prototype coupe, but what would the car actually look like without the tarp? Here’s a speculative render of what it might look like if it gets a green light from Lexus execs. It might be in showrooms as early as next year.
Autoblog has claimed that the IS [...]

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The Suzuki Swift is a clear win for Suzuki. The subcompact is the perfect combination of desing, quality and reliability for a car maker that has traditionally failed to attract attention. The car is nimble as are most economy cars, but a tuning package from HKS offers improved handling and aggressive looks too. I’d much [...]

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Someone with a bad camera and even worse photography skills has claimed that the largely defunct Solora will come back for a third generation. According to Solara Guy’s source, the next Solora will be made in Japan as a sedan cousin to the Lexus IS with FWD and a 3.5 liter V6 six speed auto. [...]

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