Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Sedans/Saloons , Japan , Tech , Toyota Toyota's Crown Hybrid gets brownie points for good gas mileage, but it's apparently a troublemaker in the motor noise department. Instead of merely adding insulation to the bulkhead, Toyota engineered an Active Noise Control...

Filed under: Economy , Sedans/Saloons , Japan , Chevrolet , GM , Toyota A long, long time ago -- 1996 to be exact -- Toyota decided to brand engineer a GM vehicle for the Japanese domestic market. The vehicle they chose: the Chevrolet Cavalier. They even called it the Toyota Cavalier, and wanted to move...

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Japan , Plants/Manufacturing , Crossovers/CUVs , Mitsubishi The so-called 'World Engine' used by Daimler Chrysler, Hyundai and Mitsubishi as part of their Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance joint venture has given the world such gems as the powerplants in the current...

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Wagons/Estates , Japan , Subaru Click above for a high-res gallery of the Subaru Legacy STI S402. Subaru is taunting us again with yet another limited-edition model that we'll likely never see Stateside. The Legacy STI S402 will be limited to (appropriately) 402 units...

Filed under: Convertibles , Coupes , Sedans/Saloons , Japan , Mazda , Rendered Speculation Mazda's 6 is having a tough time finding love in its home market where it goes by the Atenza moniker. 7Tune is reporting that Mazda's going to flip the script and introduce three new variants of the Atenza;...

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , China , Japan , Nissan , Misc. Auto Shows Click above for a gallery of the Nissan Teana brochure. The Scoopers of Cars have gotten their hands on a scanned brochure of the production version of the Nissan Intima concept , and it seems that in addition to getting a mass-market...

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Japan , Acura , Honda When we had the current-generation Acura RL in the Autoblog Garage , we thought that its understated design was attractive enough, but opined that it looked rather anonymous in the face of competitors such as the BMW 5-series , Infiniti M35 and especially...

Filed under: Spy Photos , Economy , Sedans/Saloons , Japan , Paris Motor Show , Hatchbacks , Mazda With the Mazda2 and Mazda6 selling successfully abroad, the Zoom-Zoom crowd is turning its attention to the Mazda3, with this rendering surfacing in good company of the wealth of RX-9 sketches that were...

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Wagons/Estates , Geneva Motor Show , Euro , Japan , Subaru click above for high-res gallery of the Subaru Legacy Diesels Next month in Geneva, Subaru will officially pull the wraps off the Legacy 2.0D and Outback 2.0D, which, of course, are the first vehicles to be powered...

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Japan Click image for hi-res gallery Mitsuoka, in addition to building the sea creature-like Orochi sports car, is best known for its quirky "regular" models, which are simply rebodied vehicles that are usually made to look like British classics. Today, the boutique...