17 Jul 2014, 17:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mazda has unloaded quite a bit of information through US and European media outlets today, letting the whole world know the new Mazda2 has been officially revealed. However, many of the things we re...
11 Jul 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case you haven’t been living under a carbon fiber rock or something, you know that opening the engine cover on a Porsche 911 nowadays won’t actually reveal the flat six at the back. S...
25 Jun 2014, 09:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda's Vezel remains an interesting concoction of design elements that can only be sampled in its domestic Japanese market. However, all signs point towards a European debut in the next year u...
10 Jun 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are quite a few family men in America who think they are not well catered to, and that's because there just aren't enough wagons on offer. More of them are coming this year, like the...
26 May 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Whenever a well-known Japanese model fails to meet a certain target, buyers outside Japan tend to blame it all on... the Land of the Rising Sun. Seriously, people usually blame the engineers that bu...
23 May 2014, 17:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda is very unlikely to keep the CR-Z around for vary long. Rumor has it that it's going to be dropped when the current model year expires, together with the Insight. We think it's a sha...
9 May 2014, 13:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota is largely known as a maker of boring sedans, but in Japan they have a lot of fun with their lineups. Just take this special edition Auris hatchback, called the "Blackish Lounge". T...
7 May 2014, 18:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When Toyota launched the new Yaris, the company and the public alike found quite a lot of stuff to say about the vehicle. Nonetheless, we’re pretty sure nobody regarded the Japanese sub-compa...
2 May 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Micra is no Ford Fiesta when it comes to handling. Small, soft and not equipped with powerful engines, it's among the least inspiring city-sized cars out there. That's not the c...
29 Apr 2014, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The way in which people in Japan handle their cars once they pass away is different to the large wrecking yards we are all used to. We’ve brought along a video that showcases the way in which ...
10 Apr 2014, 16:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Have you ever wanted a brand new Jaguar Mark 2 from the early 60s but a bit smaller and easier to park. That's not really a problem if you live in Japan, since a company called Mitsuoka makes a...
4 Apr 2014, 12:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A new minicar that hit the Japanese market is not a big deal if you look at it objectively, but from the "oh my god this looks like a box on wheels" point of view, the significance is quit...
20 Mar 2014, 11:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As a company, Nissan is known for totally different things depending on where you live. If it's Europe, it has to be crossover, America equals cheap sedans and Japan… In the land of t...
13 Mar 2014, 18:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody knows about Hello Kitty. It's on toys, food, clothes, sexy underwear and of course cars, lots of strange cars. We here at autoevolution think being mainstream is bad, really bad, whic...
10 Mar 2014, 10:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There’s always been some sort of fascination around the illegal street racing in Japan and now there’s a short documentary that takes us straight into the heart of that world. The crew o...
9 Feb 2014, 21:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It might seem trivial to show you guys a Ford Fiesta supermini sold in Japan, but it’s really not. You see, people often don’t understand why a car like this can end op costing the equiv...
3 Feb 2014, 18:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Remember the days of "Japanese imports", when the Civic and Accord actually came from the land of the rising sun and not some factory in Ohio? The owner manuals were unfathomable and you c...
3 Feb 2014, 00:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Even though some might say that Pokemon is a stupid cartoon that’s been overhyped, it’s still a smash sensation around the world and has netted millions through all sort of gimmicky fran...
13 Dec 2013, 14:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In the US, Nissan is this sort of budget car maker, offering an endless slew of uninspiring cars. But back in Japan, its range is crowded with luxury models, really small city cars and really cool s...
29 Nov 2013, 10:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You know how they say we know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean? Well, Japan is a little bit like that. The country has one of the biggest auto markets in the world, bu...