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Touge with Nissan GT-R 12YM vs 11YM By Keiichi Tsuchiya

  Japan’s Best Motor TV scheduled to deliver an in-depth comparisons review of Nissan GT-R 09YM, 11YM and 12YM. Refer this earlier post about: Japan’s Best Motor TV 2012, 2011, and 2009 Nissan GT-R Comparison   In latest video that uploaded on Jan 02, 2012, Tsuchiya さん did a test by touge(峠)with Nissan GT-R 12YM vs 11YM. It is undeniable that the ...

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More Than Two Million Mercedes-Benz SUVs Delivered to Customers

More than 2 million of Mercedes-Benz G-Class, M-Class, R-Class, GL-Class and GLK-Class models have been delivered to customers since the launch of Mercedes-Benz’s first SUV (G-Class) over 30 years ago.       Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars: “Our entire SUV family is extremely popular among our customers, particularly in the USA and in ...

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Next Generation Subaru Impreza WRX to Receive FA20 Turbo Engine

There are reports circulating in the internet that the next generation of the Subaru Impreza WRX will receive a 2.0-litre turbocharged flat-4 engine with estimated 270hp instead of the current 2.5-litre engine.     The report was sourced by Motor Trend from a spokesperson from Subaru of America. The new engine will be a turbocharged version of the latest FA20 engine ...

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Hyundai Motor Group Aims To Sell 7 Million Cars in 2012

  Hyundai Motor Group announced that the South Korea’s largest automaker aims to sell a record 7 million cars worldwide in 2012 by strengthening production and sales abroad to outpace competitors amid the global slowdown.   Group chairman Chung Mong-Koo, in a New Year’s message to employees, said the world’s auto industry would see growth stagnate this year and competition ...

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Porsche Panamera & Cayenne Police Cars Parade in Qatar

As one of the oil & gas nation in South East Asia, the Polis Di-Raja Malaysia (PDRM) in Malaysia only owns the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X as their top and fastest highway patrol cars.     Inversely, the Qatar’s police in Middle East have a fleet of Porsche Panamera and Porsche Cayenne SUV. The fleet are physically ‘show off’ during ...

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Renault Sport Megane 265 Trophy Vs Nissan 370Z by Fifth Gear UK

The Renault and Nissan are alliance since March 1999. It is the first industrial and commercial partnership of its kind involving a French and a Japanese company. What if we were to compare the two breed?      Do you think the 265ps 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, front wheel drive quicker than the 3.7-litre V6, rear wheel drive Nissan 370Z with 331ps? ...

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Proton Extends Free Installation of Rear Center Lap Belt

Today, Proton announced an extension of free installation of rear center lap belt to 31 January 2012, as part of its ongoing Rear Center Lap Belt Campaign.     Since the Government first announced in June 2008 a new ruling to make it compulsory for vehicles to be fitted with the safety device, Proton had been installing rear center lap ...

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EV Charging Services in Japan under Testing at Gas Stations

As part of the process of introducing the Electric Vehicles (EV) in Japan, 4 Japanese oil wholesalers are currently testing fixed-fee EV charging services.     JX Nippon Oil, Idemitsu Kosan Co, Cosmo Oil Co. and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK are collaborating to test a fixed-fee EV charging service at 27 of their affiliated gas stations in Tokyo and Kanagawa ...

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