JDM stands for “Japan Domestic Market.” For many overseas enthusiasts of Japanese cars, particularly those in the U.S. and the U.K., the acronym has a special meaning, one that is synonymous with the culture of customizing Japanese export models to emulate JDM specifications or importing JDM cars from Japan. In the 1980s and 1990s, a… Continue reading @Toyota: “What’s JDM? – The Timeless Allure of Japan’s Rad Era Cars.” Opens on 3 October 2025 at the Toyota Automobile Museum
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SMMT International Update September 2025
Visiting China and the USA Matt Smith, Head of International, shares about upcoming activities for the September edition of the SMMT International Update. Over the next five weeks, SMMT will be taking member companies to the world’s two biggest vehicle producers and markets – China and the USA. Both these visits are rare opportunities to engage… Continue reading SMMT International Update September 2025
Cupra goes radical with 489bhp range-extender sports SUV
Cupra’s new Tindaya concept car shows how the Spanish brand will emphasise driver engagement in its next cars – and uses a radical new range-extender (REx) drivetrain that enables it to go further and faster than current Cupra EVs. At 4.72 metres long, it’s the largest car Cupra has built – and with a 0-62mph time of just 4.1sec,… Continue reading Cupra goes radical with 489bhp range-extender sports SUV
German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009938
The jump of the Japanese stock index Nikkei by 3.5 percent and 15 percent of Mazda and Toyota on Wednesday shows who the stock exchanges for the big winners of the “deal” between Japan and the USA. It is not America and not Ford or GM either, it is Japan and his auto industry. Now… Continue reading German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009938
Mazda informa resultados de ventas de agosto
IRVINE, California, 4 de septiembre de 2025 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Hoy, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) informó ventas totales de agosto de 38,140 vehículos; una disminución del 7.6 % en comparación con agosto de 2024. Las ventas en lo que va de año ascendieron a 293,495 vehículos vendidos; un aumento del 3.5 % en… Continue reading Mazda informa resultados de ventas de agosto
Customers Can Now Buy the 2025 Mazda3 Hatchback in San Juan, PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Shoppers looking to purchase the versatile and sporty 2025 Mazda3 Hatchback in San Juan, Puerto Rico, should visit Flagship Mazda. San Juan drivers have a new reason to get excited as the 2025 Mazda3 Hatchback is now available at Flagship Mazda, bringing refined style, advanced tech and… Continue reading Customers Can Now Buy the 2025 Mazda3 Hatchback in San Juan, PR
German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009890
The jump of the Japanese stock index Nikkei by 3.5 percent and 15 percent of Mazda and Toyota on Wednesday shows who the stock exchanges for the big winners of the “deal” between Japan and the USA. It is not America and not Ford or GM either, it is Japan and his auto industry. Now… Continue reading German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009890
BMW, I am so breaking up with you
I want to be clear from the outset. I’ve never been a car enthusiast. My driving history includes a hand-me-down Volvo with a hole in the floorboards and a series of aggressively practical vehicles, including a VW Golf and a Mazda SUV in which I hauled my family around for 12 years. Then I leased… Continue reading BMW, I am so breaking up with you
German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009878
The jump of the Japanese stock index Nikkei by 3.5 percent and 15 percent of Mazda and Toyota on Wednesday shows who the stock exchanges for the big winners of the “deal” between Japan and the USA. It is not America and not Ford or GM either, it is Japan and his auto industry. Now… Continue reading German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009878
SUVs won the battle, but hatchbacks can still do it all
It was at once an unsatisfying and actually a very satisfying verdict for a group test. When I put the revised Volkswagen Golf against a pair of rivals in the Toyota Corolla and Peugeot 308 last August, the overarching conclusion was that all three were thoroughly recommendable. There were a bunch of alternatives that I didn’t… Continue reading SUVs won the battle, but hatchbacks can still do it all
