MAZDA HAS RELEASED its first start-stop equipped model in its Japanese home market, debuting its i-stop technology in the all-new 2010 Mazda Axela (or Mazda3, as it’s known in the rest of the world) today.

Start-stop systems such as Mazda’s i-stop conserve fuel by automatically shutting down the engine during times when it would normally be [...]

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It may well be a sign of the times, but Honda would have to more than happy with the sales results of its Insight hybrid.

For the month of April, Honda’s new cut-price eco-warrior topped the sales charts in Japan. The success of the Insight marks a place in the history books for Honda, being the [...]

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Sales figures for Japan have just been released for the month of February and the news is not good. Overall figures for the month are down 32.4 percent on last year with only 218,212 new cars, buses and trucks sold.

All car makers suffered from the drop with market leader Toyota among those hit hardest. Toyota sales [...]

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Honda has announced that from the middle of 2009 it will have a new President and CEO in Mr Takanobu Ito, currently Honda’s Senior Managing Director. Ito was selected as a result of his broad experience within the Honda corporation

The 55 year-old Ito, who has been with Honda since 1978, will assume control in June after [...]

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Japanese carmakers typically lavish their home market with countless special versions of their regular offerings, and Nissan is no different. In that spirit, Nissan now offers a range of dealer-installed accessories as part of its ‘Stylish Package’ for the just-released sports coupe.

The changes aren’t that dramatic though, with a front under-spoiler, rear decklid spoiler, clear [...]

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