Toyota Recalls 1.67 Million Vehicles for Three Separate Issues

Toyota has been hit with a new significant recall involving  1,67 million vehicles worldwide for three separate defects including a faulty brake master cylinder that could affect braking performance.
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Honda Reveals its Turbocharged F1 Engine [w/Video]

Not only is Honda hard at work finalizing development (and testing) of its first ever turbocharged VTEC engine, for use in the upcoming Civic Type-R, but it’s also working on a very different force-fed unit for F1.

We knew about the collaboration it announced with McLaren back in May of 2013, and now we get to lay eyes on the turbo V6 for the very first time.
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Nissan's New JDM Note Nismo is the One You Might Want

In the US, the Versa Note is a no-frills sub-compact with a 109hp 1.6L engine and a fairly low starting price of around $15k, but in Japan, Nissan has given buyers a livelier option with the Nismo badge.
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Toyota Invents Sports Utility Cruiser Segment with 520PS Ponam-31 Boat [w/Video]

Collaborations between automakers and boat manufacturers are not new, but for Toyota such a move would be pointless, since the Japanese company has been building boats since 1997.
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Mazda2 Wins Japan's Car of the Year Beating Mercedes C-Class and BMW i3

Mazda snatched the "2014-2015 Car of the Year Japan" today with its new "2" supermini (called Demio in Japan), edging the Mercedes-Benz C-Class by 19 votes.
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Tuned BMW i3 EVO Looks the Part [91 Photos]

Unless we've missed something, in which case you should go ahead and tell us, this is the first tuned BMW i3 we've seen in real life and not on paper.
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Mazda to Showcase Advanced LED Headlights, Self-Driving Car in Tokyo

Mazda says it will be the first Japanese automaker to launch its own version of the adaptive LED headlight idea. It will be an advanced system that monitors oncoming traffic and adjusts accordingly, while at the same time being able to light up the sides of the road that were difficult to see with conventional setups.
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BMW Gives Japan an ActiveHybrid 7 Individual Edition

The not so-popular ActiveHybrid version of BMW's 7-Series saloon has gained a limited production 'Individual Edition' for Japan.
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This is How the Japanese Pronounce Local Car Brands

After decades of debates on whether Porsche is pronounced "Porsh-e", "Porsh-ah", "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh-oh", the internet is now interested about the correct pronunciation of Japanese brands.
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