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.............. 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe: Grand touring "As I was studying the Monroney label for the 2010 Genesis coupe, a piece of information caught my eye: The car’s color was called Tsukuba Red. A quick Google search revealed that Tsukuba is the name of a racing circuit, not in Korea...

G'z FT-86 Turbo in detail - Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 - Car Videos on StreetFire It was roped off and surrounded by a burly crowd, but the GT Planet crew got some great footage of G'z FT-86 Turbo when it was at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Pardon, this is the part where we throw a temper tantrum about...

Hyundai has confirmed that the rear-drive Genesis Coupe will be built in right-hand drive and will arrive in the UK towards the end of 2010. The coupe is based on the Genesis saloon, which will be built in right-hand drive as well; however, it will not come to the UK. Rather, it will be sold...

South Korea's Hyundai Motor is now a force to be reckoned with in the battered U.S. auto market. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In a year of unprecedented turmoil for the U.S. auto industry, one major car maker has emerged as a winner. And that company isn't based in Detroit, Japan or Europe...

YouTube - HKS Genesis Coupe in action Japan

Nissan hasn't posted an annual loss in nine years, but the automaker is poised to take a big hit on its 2008 earnings, and like the rest of the industry, it is scrambling to restructure. The Japanese carmaker is expected to report a $2.9 billion shortfall, prompting Carlos Ghosn and his team to...

We've been waiting for some indication that the Nissan GT-R SpecV would go on sale in markets outside of Japan, and thanks to the eagle eyes of the man at the helm of GTRBlog, there's finally proof. The latest edition of Best Motoring includes a test of the SpecV and the prototype (not a...

Filed under: Japan, Safety, Tech, Nissan Earlier this week, a 21-year-old driver got on the wrong entrance ramp to the 10 freeway in Los Angeles and ended up going westbound in the eastbound lanes. Doing up to 70 mph in the fast lane, he collided head-on with a police car and he and the officer...

2009 Tokyo Auto Salon: Blitz brings RWD, manual-equipped GT-R Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Sports/GTs, Japan, Supercars, Nissan, Tokyo Auto Salon You'd have to go to great lengths to improve on the Nissan GT-R, but judging by the number of R35s on hand at the Tokyo Auto Salon, Japan's...

JAMA says Tokyo Motor Show may be cancelled Filed under: Japan, Tokyo Motor Show Blaming the global financial crisis, and the fact that fewer non-Japanese automakers have signed up to exhibit, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association is in the midst of debating whether or not to...

Toyota plans 11-day plant shutdown in Japan Filed under: Japan, Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota Toyota execs must think they're living in the Bizarro World. Think about it: operating losses, plunging sales -- these were terms once reserved for its lowly competitors. Not anymore. Now, Toyota's...

TOKYO – Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation's top automaker as it grapples with shrinking global demand. The last time Toyota Motor Corp. halted production at all its Japan plants was...