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Some sad news today. Hideki Tanabe, proprietor of the world-renowned tuning and parts company Powerhouse Amuse, passed away on September 20 after enduring a long illness, leaving behind his wife, the company he founded and thousands of bereaved fans, friends and acquaintances. Responsible for the incredible R34-based Carbon-R time-attack car and the S2000 [...]
It was just a rumour yesterday, but now it’s official: Japanese parts manufacturer Trust has filed for bankruptcy after declining sales revenue pushed the company some $60 million USD into debt. Despite being one of the tuning world’s best-known tuning parts companies, Trust never quite managed to sell enough products to cover [...]
If you were planning on picking up a brand-new R35 GT-R but were simply waiting for the requisite amount of pennies and farthings to accumulate in your wallet, you’d better get prepared to wait just a little bit longer. That’s right, citing "increased raw materials costs," Nissan has decided to raise the [...]
According to Automotive News, times are getting tough for Toyota’s prestige arm Lexus. Slowing SUV sales, economic instability and an aging model line-up have reportedly spurred the manufacturer to put both the LF-A and the rumoured GS-F performance sedan on hold until conditions stabilise. The LF-A is [...]
In a recent announcement, Toyota Motor Co. revealed that two new hybrid models would be released by the automaker next year alongside the new Prius. One of those cars will be a new Lexus hybrid and the other a Toyota, however the level of mystery surrounding these new cars has given rise to speculation that [...]
North American RX-8 owners are gunna love this. In a tremendous expression of confidence in their trademark rotary engine, Mazda have decided to slap an 8 year/100,000 mile warranty on the engines of all RX-8s. And when we mean all, we don’t just mean all new-build RX-8s, but every RX-8 sold since 2004.It gets even [...]
Infiniti have begun their assault on the European market and are now accepting registrations for people interested in “reserving” an Infiniti of their own, meaning that our friends in Europe will finally be able to sample the delights of the G37, G37 Coupe and the FX50 super-SUV. Infiniti will be launched across Western and Central [...]
While the spotlight at the ADAC Zurich Nurburgring 24-hour was undoubtedly on Lexus’ LF-A racecar, there was yet another Japanese manufacturer that entered their own performance flagship into the grueling endurance race. Subaru entered a brand-new GH WRX STI which, like the LF-A, was not all that different from the road going model. It did [...]
Nissan’s dynamic CEO, Carlos “Le Cost-Killa” Ghosn announced yesterday that Infiniti will be launching a drop-top version of its G37 Coupe, finally giving JDM-loving trophy wives a choice beyond the ghastly Lexus SC430 and the awkward-looking 350Z Roadster. Nissan’s press release (which you can read below) specifically mentioned it as an “Infiniti G37 Convertible”, so [...]
When news broke late last year of the R35 GT-R’s 7:38 laptime at the Nurburgring Nordschliefe, the automotive publishing world was quite understandably impressed. Now, Nissan have one-upped themselves and tackled the fearsome Nordschliefe once again, emerging from the other end with a new personal best: an epic 7:29 lap. Without changing anything on the [...]
