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NEWS: The Toyota S-FR is now a race car
Remember Toyota’s close-to-production sports car concept from the Tokyo Motor Show? Now it’s a close-to-production race car concept. Either they modified the show car real quick, or there are multiple examples of these buggers floating around the studios.
NEXT VERSION: Can you name these classic Toyota racing liveries?
In preparation for the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed, Toyota UK has prepped six GT86 (known here as the Scion FR-S) sport coupes in racing liveries from the company’s past. Can you name them all (answers below, no peeking!)?
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Tagged 2000gt, a20, a40, brz, celica, fr-s, Goodwood Festival of Speed, GT86, imsa, JGTC, scion, subaru, supra, toyota, wrc, yatabe 2000gt
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NEXT VERSION: 2015 Honda S660 review
At the time Soichiro Honda made the decision to jump head first into automaking, the Japanese government was deep into kei jidosha, pressuring car manufacturers to create cheap, utilitarian microcars that would mobilize its citizenry. Honda-san had no interest in that, opting instead to develop a … Continue reading →
NEWS: 2016 Nissan Maxima resurrects the 4DSC
Peer closely into the boomerang headlights of the 2016 Nissan Maxima and you will notice an small easter egg: 4DSC. It’s a callback to the now nostalgic 1988-94 Maxima and its subtle window sticker that told the world it was … Continue reading →
NEWS: Can you spot all the nostalgic styling cues of the Suzuki iM-4 Concept?
Suzuki may be gone from the US market, but it’s alive and well in the rest of the world. The 85th Geneva Motor Show is going on right now, and its automotive branch unveiled this morning the Suzuki iM-4 Concept, a … Continue reading →
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Tagged cervo, escudo, fronte, Geo Tracker, iM-4 Concept, Sidekick, suzuki, swift
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Detroit Auto Show: Production Acura supercar revealed, but is it an NSX?
This is the year the Acura NSX turns 25, and we can think of no better way for Honda to celebrate than unveiling the legendary supercar’s successor. Announced in 2007 but killed after the Global Financial Crisis but then revived again … Continue reading →
NEXT VERSION: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, now in white
Though Mazda‘s big reveal at the LA Auto Show was the new CX-3 (and a facelifted Mazda 6 (and a facelifted CX-5)), the car that caught our eyes was hidden in an alcove in the back, a 2016 MX-5 Miata … Continue reading →
NEWS: This is the ND Mazda MX-5 Miata
At 6:00pm Pacific Time, Mazda unveiled the fourth-gen Mazda MX-5 Miata globally and simultaneously in Tokyo, Monterey, and Barcelona. After arriving at Cannery Row in Monterey, we were shuffled into a black, tinted-windows bus headed to an undisclosed location. We thought the unveil may … Continue reading →
NEXT VERSION: A closer look at the Toyota FT-1 Graphite
The Toyota FT-1 is just a stunning piece of design. And now, Toyota’s built a second one and painted it Graphite Gray, making it even more beautiful than the first. It was unveiled last week at McCall’s Motorworks Revival, an exclusive pre-party … Continue reading →
Next Mazda MX-5 chassis reveals first-gen throwback
Amidst the festivities of the Miata’s 25th birthday bash, Mazda quietly unveiled the chassis for the next-generation MX-5 off in the corner while barely saying a word about it. To true Mazdafarians, however, they don’t need to. All the answers … Continue reading →
NEXT VERSION: Honda S660 Concept pays homage to S600/S800, Beat
The Honda S660 Concept is set to debut at the Tokyo Motor Show late next month. The name recalls the S500/S600/S800 of the 1960s, the first use of the S-Series name since the demise of the S2000 in 2009. In … Continue reading →
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Tagged beat, honda, s600, s660 Concept, s800, tokyo motor show
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NEXT VERSION: Lexus LFA in Toyota 2000GT Yatabe Speed Trial livery
If you were one of the lucky ones who ordered one of 500 Lexus LFAs before production ended in December 2012, you could have ordered it an any color under the rainbow. Pearl Yellow wouldn’t have been our first choice, … Continue reading →
NEXT VERSION: Test driving the 2013 Honda N-One kei car
We love it when automakers dip into their bag o’ heritage for a little inspiration. Such is the case with the Honda N-One kei car. It is, sadly, not sold outside Japan. Guest writer David Lovett, however, is in Japan, and … Continue reading →
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Tagged honda, kei, n-one, n360, n600, Next Version, z360, z600
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New Honda N360/N600-styled retro kei car leaked
Renderings of a small Honda city car have been leaked on to the Intarwebs, one that looks suspiciously like the 1967 N360 and its sibling the US-market N600.
Honda EV-N: Retro-Electric at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show
Moments ago, Honda revealed the cars it plans to display at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show this October. And looky here – a new concept paying homage to the N-series! Details on the EV-N Concept remain sparse, though more will … Continue reading →
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Tagged cr-z concept, ev-n concept, honda, honda cr-x, honda cr-z, honda ev-n, honda n360, honda n600, honda super cub, Next Version
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