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    Tokyo 2009: Toyota Prius claims Japan Car of the Year title
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    Thirty years of the Japan Car of the Year - Click above for high-res image gallery
    For the past 30 years, Japan has declared a car of the year, an award given to newly released or redesigned vehicles released from November 1st of the previous year to October 1st of the current year. More than 60 ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Subaru Legacy B4 GT300 is pure JDM awesomeness
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    Subaru Legacy B4 GT300 - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Our jaws literally dropped when we spotted this car in the Subaru booth here at the Tokyo Motor Show. The concoction of carbon fiber spoilers, wings and widened fenders seen here is the Legacy B4 GT300 racecar that is set to compete ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Cool As Ice: Japanese architect builds full-size transparent Lexus LFA
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    Transparent Lexus LFA - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Next to the Lexus LFA display at this week's Tokyo Motor Show is a separate room displaying brand-themed art. At first, we didn't bother going in, but we went back here on day two, and we're sure glad we did.Inside, we found this ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Caterham CSR 175 makes unexpected world debut
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    Caterham CSR 175 - Click above for high-res image gallery
    It would be tempting to call this year's Tokyo Motor Show an entirely domestic affair, but that's not entirely accurate, as a few smaller specialty automakers like Lotus and Alpina took advantage of a surplus of available square footage by ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Mazda RX-500 still awesome nearly 40 years later
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    1970 Mazda RX-500 Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
    One of the coolest concept cars here at the Tokyo Motor Show isn't even new. In fact, it's almost forty years old. Originally displayed at the Tokyo show in 1970, this Mazda RX-500 Concept features styling similar to the legendary ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Nissan Fuga appears more 'M'pressive
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    2010 Nissan Fuga - Click above for high-res image gallery
    We've always thought that Infiniti's current M35/M45 sedan deserved greater consideration from American consumers than it has typically received. With a strong VQ-series powerplant and entertaining rear-wheel drive handling, there has ...

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    Tokyo 2009: 2010 Toyota Sai hybrid looks suspiciously familiar
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    2010 Toyota Sai - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Toyota has rolled out its new Sai hybrid here at the Tokyo Motor Show, and if it looks familiar, that's because you've probably seen something very similar wearing "Lexus" and "HS250h" badges. The overall aesthetic of the Sai is very similar ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Suzusho Supasse-V strives to be a Le Mans racer for the road
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    Suzusho Supasse-V - Click above for high-res image gallery
    The concept behind the Suzusho Supasse-V is a good one. Take a lightweight chassis, a Le Mans-inspired body, then stuff it with the turbocharged 2.3-liter inline-4 from the Mazdaspeed3 and a 6-speed transmission. How can that go wrong? ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Lexus reveals $375,000 LFA supercar...finally [w/VIDEO]
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    2011 Lexus LFA - Click above for high-res image gallery
    var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Tokyo_2009_Lexus_reveals_375_000_LFA_supercar_finally'; It seems like the Lexus LFA has been around forever. In reality, the first concept version was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2005, but ...

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    Tokyo 2009: Daihatsu to go little in a big way with Basket, Deca Deca, and others
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    Daihatsu Basket Concept - Click above for image gallery
    There may be a bunch of conspicuously absent automakers missing from this month's Tokyo Motor Show, but the thing about the Japanese show is that a lot of the really neat stuff comes from the hometown guys, anyway. Take Daihatsu, for ...

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