Archive for the "Japan Car" category
Higher-than-expected demand in Japan has ‘forced’ Toyota to ramp up production of its third-generation Prius Hybrid. Toyota spokesman Hideaki Homma, told Bloomberg news that the company has increased production to 50,000 Prius hybrids a month at its Tsutsumi factory and Toyota Auto Body Co.’s Fujimatsu plant. The spokesman did not reveal how many units of [...]
Fans of Subaru will be happy to know that the Japanese firm’s STI motorsport division will take part at next month’s 24-hours of the Nurburgring endurance race with a specially-prepped Impreza WRX STI hatch that will be campaigning in the SP3T class for cars with 2.0-liter turbo engines. Among other improvements, the race-spec Impreza WRX [...]
