Inside the NISMO Omori Factory
Nismo’s Ōmori Factory is in Tsurumi, Yokohama, Nissan's birthplace. The car company was established in Yokohama in 1933. In 1968 the company moved its headquarters to Ginza, an upscale shopping district in
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Datsun 240Z Rally Legacy: The Z Car That Conquered Safari And Monte Carlo
We stopped in to visit the Datsun 240Z Rally Cars at the Nissan Heritage Center in Japan; for more from our visit to Japan. In the early 70s, Nissan wanted to make
OS Giken Releases L Series Head
OS Giken was born in the early 1960s; Osamu Okazaki wanted to build a true high-performance Japanese race car to compete against the sports cars from Europe dominating the sport at the
Ken Okuyama Design opens Japanese Studio in Yamagata
Ken Okuyama Design Co. Ltd has announced the opening of its Japanese KOD Yamagata Studio, that will offer design and prototyping services for worldwide customers in the automobile, motorcycle, and other industrial
Big in Japan: Mitsuoka Galue Convertible,
Japan’s Coach-builder Mitsuoka is at it again this time with a Bentley-Caddy styled drop top based on a 2010 Mustang. We don’t quite get it but then again Mitsuoka has never been
Mitsuoka Viewt
Mitsuoka the small Japanese specialty car manufactuer that is has been making oddly retro cars based mostly on Nissans long before the MINI hit the scene has launched a new model. The
Drifting in a Smart Car! (Video)
Smart Cars have been getting a lot of guff for being slow econo-boxes (cool but still slow), so it is great to see this video from Japan where a slightly modified Smart
Suzusho Supasse V
by Michael Satterfield Nagoya, Japan-based kit car manufacturers Suzusho will be bringing their latest model to the Tokyo Motor Show. Called the Surpasse V, the Lotus look-a-like is a mid-engine sports car
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