Articles Archive for March 2009
Green Cars, Infiniti, Rumormill »
Nissan has long talked about joining the hybrid revolution and now rumors are suggesting there’s a lithium-ion battery equipped luxury hybrid with a Infiniti emblem on it.
The rumored luxury hybrid might not work though. …
Foreign Industry, Tokyo »
Dismal economic times have taken a blow on automakers and customers and autoshows around the world are having to take the hit.
The bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show has had to change things around for the …
Acura, Auto Show, Headline, Rumormill »
Acura’s been looking to jump on the CUV bangwagon for a long time now and this tease signals they might be revealing the crossover in the coming weeks (New York?). Because it’s a tease I …
News, Toyota, Wald International »
Wald International has developed a larger than life Black Bison styling kit for the latest generation Land Cruiser. It gives the well respected but modest looking offroader an aggressive look. The styling kit comes with …
European Industry, Green Cars, Toyota »
Toyota has announced that they’ll be teaming up with French energy company EDF and to introduce a trial run of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHV) in Strasbourg, France. So far the plan is to lease one hundred next-generation Priuses …
Nissan, Press Release »
Nissan says the 2010 Nissan GT-R will cost you an extra $3,950. The price boost isn’t all that bad because the latest GT-R now gets 480 HP, a retuned suspension with redesigned Bilstein shocks and …
Acura, Honda, Mugen, Tokyo »
The Mugen NSX RR was featured at the Tokyo Auto Salon but NihonCar.com was recently invited by Mugen for a private photo shoot. The car might look impressive but you should be reminded it’s just …
Nissan, Press Release, Tuning »
Ohio based Switzer Performance Innocation has developed a Nissan GT-R performance package called P700 that supposedly delivers more than 700-HP on 93-octane gas.
