Disclaimer: This isn't a review of the Nissan Note e-Power but rather a glimpse at this new (for Japan, anyway) hybrid technology and its application in the real world.The electrification of cars is here to stay. Even as diehard petrolheads, it's something we all must accept whether we like it or not. Nearly every week there’s an...
The walls of the Ryogoku Kokugikan were covered in red today. It was all part of Ferrari’s ongoing 70th Aniversary celebrations they’ve been having since March this year. After a whole year of events held by various clubs and dealers it has all lead up to this celebration at one of Tokyo’s most important sumo...
Three months after its summer launch at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the McLaren 570S Spider has landed in Japan just in time for autumn. While it might not be the obvious season to launch a new mid-engine convertible supercar the milder autumn weather is more ideal for open top exotic motoring.The 570S Spider joins the 570S...
Forget the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Forget any major motor show. If you’re going to do one motoring-related trip every year I’d save my pennies and do the Monterey Car Week. It was my first time this year and I’ve been kicking myself ever since for not going sooner.What’s Monterey Car Week you ask? Well basically it’s an...
The new Honda Civic Type R has been getting a LOT of attention from the world’s motoring press, and without exception, everything I’ve read about it has been glowing with praise. So you can imagine my excitement when I was invited to the New Zealand launch at Hampton Downs Racetrack to get the chance to drive it for myself.With...
800 horsepower. Eight hundred. Think about that for a second. Go on, I’ll pause here for a bit.Done? Okay. 800 horsepower is a ludicrous amount of power for any car, let alone one that’s not labelled a ‘hypercar’. 800 horsepower is a lot for a car without any turbocharging, supercharging, or hybrid assistance. 800 horsepower...
The other day while I was out on a grey, wet, Spring day I came across the next-generation Lexus LS flagship sedan out testing in central Tokyo. It’s not a scoop or a spy shot by any means, the fifth-generation LS debuted at the Detroit Motor Show at the start of the year and more recently at the Geneva Motor Show.However, this...
We’ve all heard of rumours about a new ‘Ultimate Series’ McLaren car that’s said to be a homage to the legendary McLaren F1. A new three-seater hypercar following on from where the P1 left off. McLaren have even said this new “hyper-GT” will be their fastest road going car yet.Fastest road going car, now that’s quite a...
Last week I had the chance to take the new 2017 BMW 5-Series for a quick first impressions drive thanks to Abe BMW in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It was a bit of an unexpected drive as it was organised last minute by a BMW-crazy friend of mine.Despite being exhausted and a bit light-headed after the McLaren 720S launch, I couldn’t turn down...
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