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0Tokyo: Honda N Box is done with mirrors [w/video] 1322744460
Honda is redoubling its Kei-class effort here at the Tokyo Motor Show, and the opening salvo of its new N Series is this square-rigged model, the appropriately named N Box. The N Box is actually launching in two versions, the standard model and the Custom, which includes showier head- and ...
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Tokyo: EV-STER rear-wheel drive electric sports car looks to recapture Honda's sporting spirit 1322661660
Honda has whipped the sheets off of its EV-STER, a rear-wheel drive electric roadster not dissimilar in size and scope to the late, lamented Beat kei car. If you're looking for a successor to Honda's S2000 or a Mazda MX-5 Miata rival, this isn't it – the EV-STER is significantly smaller ...
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Report: Toyota launches Pixis Space; first kei cars are Daihatsus in drag 1315599300
Toyota has announced that it will unveil its first-ever kei car to be sold under its recently launched Pixis sub-brand. The vehicle, called the Pixis Space, will make its official debut in late September. Based on the Daihatsu Move Conte, the Pixis Space will be sold at Toyota dealerships through ...
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Rumormill: O Kei, Go! Honda Beat revival rumored anew 1308594600
Rumors have swirled for some time that Honda has been looking to revive its diminutive Beat. The Japanese Domestic Market kei car was produced from 1991 through 1996, and featured a tiny 650cc (that's 40 cubic inches to us 'Muricans) three-cylinder engine that produced 63 horsepower (Japan's ...
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Videos: LS1-powered Suzuki Mighty Boy does insane snarly donuts 1302901080
The JDM kei-sized Suzuki Mighty Boy from the 1980s weighed about 1,100 pounds and typically packed no more than 30 horsepower. What happens, then, when the only extra weight you add to the mix are a pair of fat rear tires and a General Motors LS1 V8? A lot of smoky burnouts, that's for ...
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Report: Honda to abandon clean diesel development, focus on hybrids 1279312200
Regular readers know we tend to be big fans of modern diesel engines. All the past demons that had plagued oil-burners over the years have been exorcised, including rough running, nasty smells, loud operation and narrow power bands. But sadly, modern clean diesel powerplants have never taken hold ...
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Quick Spin: Mitsubishi i is a good car with a bad name 1260896160
Mitsubishi i – Click above for high-res image galleryWe're looking at a long, nearly straight, almost totally traffic-free downhill. We'd climbed up to the base of the Palm Springs to Idyllwild Ariel Tramway. Our goal was to see how fast Mitsubishi's tiny i could go. We're on the gas, and ... -
Tokyo 2009: Daihatsu's Deca Deca concept is the most popular "super box" in the world 1256217600
Daihatsu Deca Deca concept – Click above for high-res image galleryDaihatsu has a way with words: the company calls its Deca Deca concept a "super box," and we'll call it a super super box. A funky little piece of chunk, the Deca Deca has a flat floor – and a flat everything else -- ... -
Tokyo 2009: Daihatsu e:S plays small ball 1256147940
Daihatsu e:S – Click above for high-res image galleryDaihatsu didn't just bring out its big little guns, it had a couple of tiny guns there as well, such as this, the Volvo C30-esque e:S. Called "a new eco-car that reveals the future role of mini vehicles," it focuses earnestly on ... -
Tokyo 2009: Daihatsu to go little in a big way with Basket, Deca Deca, and others 1255014060
Daihatsu Basket Concept - Click above for image galleryThere 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 ...

