Archive for March, 2009

Former Indy 500 and IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon took pole position for this weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring using the new Acura ARX-02a race car. Dixon’s last qualifying lap was his best, as he sped around the track in 1:45.278 at an average speed of 126.522 mph.

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation of Japan is down-scaling its European operation drastically. About 45% of its white-collar staff at Mitsubishi Motors Europe will be affected by the move.

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Two years ago Toyota unveiled the FT-HS Concept car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Powered by a 3.5-litre V6 hybrid engine, the FT-HS pointed towards an enviro-friendly sports car future. Thereafter the car went around the world appearing in other auto shows. Then things went quiet. Until now.

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Toyota will be bringing its iQ super-condensed, micro-subcompact car to the US market.

Only the iQ will come branded as a Scion.

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Nissan has done a little tweaking of the GT-R for the upcoming 2010 model and hopes that buyers in the North American market will come rushing to the selected showrooms where it will be sold.

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Now that our spy photographers have been catching glimpses of the upcoming Acura sports crossover with some regularity, the company has released an official teaser image of their new BMW X6-fighter today. Additional teaser images were reserved for release later this week, but thanks to some clever folks at Acurazine.com we can now show you all of them.

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Toyota is on the counter-offensive in its fight for dominance in the hybrid market against Honda and the competition begins at home.

According to the Nikkei, a Japanese business daily, Toyota will be offering a 2 million yen (20,510 US) gasoline-electric hybrid car in Japan by 2011.

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This somewhat-blurry photo is believed to have caught Acura’s proposed challenger to the BMW X6. Caught in the icy depths of Winnipeg, Canada, by an Autoblog.com reader, the car may be on its way to getting a public debut.

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People with disabilities are getting a new road option in Japan, courtesy of Mazda.  The company has just released a redesigned version of the Mazda AZ-Wagon i.

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With rumors swirling around the internet about a potential debut of the 2010 Subaru Legacy in April, several magazines have been releasing their own renders of the vehicle.  We would like to share three of them with you, all from Best Car magazine.

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