‘Cars of Japan’ Archives
Suzuki Cars / Swift becomes World Brand with VW
To be honest, we Japanese didn't like Suzuki cars so much because Suzuki targetted only to small and cheap car market, so the design and quality were rather no good ( I would not say bad ) compared to some major makers' cars like Toyota or Nissan. But the history of Suzuki recently really changed. It's because of SWIFT. SUZUKI SWIFT is a [...]
Toyota, Honda, or Suzuki ?
In 2009, the best selling car of Japan was Toyota Prius. Hybrid cars seem to be standard choice in Japan in spite that the price is still higher than normal gasoline cars. Honda used to be the most energy efficient car maker with Civic, Accord, or City. But Honda recently has few hit car brands. Toyota took place the eco car market too [...]
Good Mileage Car, Honda
HONDA seems to have been selected again as good mileage car of the USA by EPA in America. Certainly still we think that Honda's fuel efficiency is ranked on the top and when we choose a car, this cost performance is very important in decision. Honda will sure to keep this company policy in the future without which, Honda will lose their market [...]
TOYOTA PRIUS WAGON to be released in 2010
Toyota announced that they will release PRIUS WAGON type car in late 2010. That's a new plan of Toyota in Japan, and the regular retail price of Prius Wagon seems to be 2 million yen as the starting price ( UD$ 22000 - 23000 at today's rate ). Prius is a best seller car of Japan in 2009, but it's sedan type only. Now Japanese family buy more [...]
HONDA STEP WAGON sells well
Recently Honda's news is not so good. Eco cars are wanted these days, which should be Honda's time. Decades ago, Honda always led the world of Eco Cars with high cost performance of energy consuming rate. Civic or Accord were the symbol of the Eco Cars, recently, Fitz or Jazz is becoming the Honda's standard car. Today, news says that Honda [...]
SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI / TRAX for Snow
SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI added a very unique new model, TRAX. As you see in the photo, TRAX is a kind of PLUG IN type with snow caterpillars instead of using standard tyres. SUBARU says this is the fastest snow vehicle in the world. This model was released publically in the SEMA show in Las Vegas. TRAX seems to have invented by Vermont [...]
