Japan's top economic site, Nikkei.net reports that Japanese cars are becoming less popular…in Japan anyway. Domestic sales in the country for cars, trucks and buses fell 3.6% on the year, the second month in a row that sales declined. For the first six of months this year sales were also down almost 1%, the third straight such [...]...

It has been said that a well maintained vehicle speaks volumes about the owner. Not only will the vehicle reflect characteristics, neatness etc…but will provide many benefits to the owner, driver, other road users and even the community! What are the benefits of effective vehicle maintenance? • Saving fuel and money – mechanical systems of the [...]...

Indus Motors Co. Ltd is a Pakistan auto company. Toyota just purchased a 12.5% stake in the company for $53.3 million. Quick mater = makes the company worth about $425 million, right? For someone like Bill Gates, that's pocket change. Gosh, some sports figures could pony up that much. Can you say Tiger Woods? Toyota is [...]...

Volkswagen is testing a new electric-engine car that it hopes will be available for consumers in about two years. The electric engine - TwinDrive - can be powered by gasoline to get more miles out of a charge, um, fill up. And this is different from a hybrid how? So far, the car is good for about [...]...

  India's Tata Nano will soon be the cheapest (disposable?) car on the market. Suzuki,  not Toyota, not Honda, does the best business of any Japanese car maker, make that any car maker in India. Suzuki  sells the Splash and Splash VDi Diesel. The Splash will likely replace the R-Wagon and they Hyundai i10. The A-Star will [...]...