Today in Automotive History: September 24, 1948 — Honda Is Founded With 1 Million Yen and a Bicycle Engine
Honda was founded on Sept. 24, 1948, with 1 million yen and a bicycle engine. The company born that day…
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Nissan Says The Rogue Hybrid Starts At $37,065. Good Luck Finding One That Cheap.
Nissan put numbers on the 2027 Rogue Hybrid this week, and the one it wants...
Today in Automotive History: September 22, 1985 – The Plaza Accord That Moved Japan’s Car Plants to America
On September 22, 1985, five finance ministers walked into New York’s Plaza Hotel and agreed...
Nissan Says It Wants a Million Cars a Year From Japan. It Said That in 2015, Too.
Nissan’s Japanese reorganisation revives a one-million-unit target it first announced in 2015, at the same plant, on the same export…
Nissan Says Business Is Growing — Its Own Spreadsheet Says Sales Just Crashed 16.5%
Nissan put out a press release this week with a headline built for good news:...
Hiroshi Okuda’s Real Legacy Isn’t the Prius. It’s Teaching Toyota to Build Where It Sells
Hiroshi Okuda died this week at 93, and most tributes will lead with the Prius....
Japan’s Earthquake Barely Touched Honda’s Closest Factory. A Plant 600 Miles Away Still Can’t Build A Civic
Honda’s factory in Ozu, Kumamoto, sits close enough to the epicenter of Japan’s July 28...
Toyota And Nissan’s Kyushu Plants Just Got Hit By A Killer Earthquake — Again
Toyota builds its most profitable SUVs in a corner of Japan that keeps shaking itself...
Final Nissan GT-R R35 Rolls Off the Assembly Line After 17 Years of Production
It’s the end of an era.
Big Three Throw Hissy Fit Over Japan Trade Agreement
It really doesn’t make sense.
Ferrari 458 Spider Reduced To Ashes In Japan
The owner seems to feel he’s cursed with bad luck.
The Honda Vamos Embodies Japanese Kei Quirkiness
It looks like something out of a cartoon but is all too real.
A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Wheel Manufacturing
This is better than any ASMR video.