Tag Archive: Japanese

Good DAMD

In which the author attempts to link jeans, Americana poster art, and Japan’s fun and quirky custom industry.

Up North

In Canada, the new Nissan Leaf will have to battle the Kia EV4, which undercuts it by a significant amount. 

Economy Class

To fight the affordability crisis, Europe wants its own version of the kei car.

Super Gazoo

Gazoo Racing achieves the goal of becoming Toyota’s performance halo with an actual halo car, a long-hooded, turbo-hybrid beast of a coupe.

Kei Party

Cute trumps economic realities amid CAFE standard chaos, as whim becomes a guiding policy principle.

FLAT SPIN

Subaru of Japan’s latest pseudo-STI is a BRZ with an engine workover that is about precision and optimization rather than output. 

Fun Times

A plea for more silliness and less seriousness.

RUCKUS TRUCK

Toyota’s stripped-down IMV Origin concept truck isn’t finished, on purpose.

Minima

What may have been and will never be for Nissan's sportyish sedans.