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Japanese November Car Sales: Up 44 Percent? Or 36 Percent? Or 18 Percent?
If you are a daily reader of the Nikkei, as we are in the Schmitto-san household, you can sometimes lose your confidence in Japanese precision and accuracy. Yesterday, we quoted the Nikkei as saying...
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Suzuki And VW Are In A Hurry
Freshly wedded Suzuki and Volkswagen are not losing any time in consummating the marriage. Joint work will start immediately, or rather on January 10, 2010 said Suzuki Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki to...
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Junkyard Find: Mitsubishi Minicab Dump Truck
Sometimes I wonder how it’s even possible for some vehicles to slip through all the steps that should stop them from washing ashore on Crusher Island. Something as useful as a kei-sized dump truck,...
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Exclusive Pictures: Honda Launches (Well …) Plus-Sized NBOX+ Into Burgeoning...
Honda lifted the embargo on its updated NBOX+, a sister-model of its bestselling NBOX minivehicle that passed our feared “from the backseat” test drive with flying colors. While the regulation NBOX...
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Demise Of Kei Cars Predicted
Japan’s minivehicles or “kei” cars could lose their (next to their cuteness) biggest attraction: The tax benefit. The Japanese government is thinking about charging the same tax for regular cars and...
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Kei Car Caper: Deep Inside Carol
If I say the name “Carol” to the average American and mention a total width of 51 inches and a curb weight of a little over 1200 pounds, they will naturally think I am speaking about a woman who looks...
View ArticleToyota Previews Sporty S-FR, Steampunk Dune Buggy Before Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota on Thursday released a preview of what to expect on its stand at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month and it’s all sorts of steampunk and futuristic weirdness, but more on that in a moment....
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