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But when you swing a leg over the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR, you go all-in on that history. Rather, Honda’s motorcycle department swiped the blueprints, locked a handful of bike engineers away i…
Taking a kart for a spin on public roads is a fantasy of pretty much any kart owner—it was mine before my family got rid of its old Briggs & Stratton-powered Tony kart. fbevol…
If you're lucky enough to race a Toyota 86, Nissan GT-R, or Skyline GT-R, and you're in need of a pro-built racing engine, you're in luck, because HKS just announced tha…
Last month, Toyota debuted the company’s GR Yaris, a hot hatch reminiscent of the Group B rally homologation specials manufacturers were ordered to build to compete. Retweeting a story by our fr…
On Tuesday, Nissan announced that it will reduce its U.S. workforce of 20,000 employees by offering buyouts to workers across its core and luxury brands. Nissan doesn't specify the number o…
Less than a year after beginning production on the revived Supra, Toyota may already be working on a high-performance GRMN version if a new report out of Japan is to be believed. According …
Honda will reboot the S2000 in 2020, but not in the way everyone wants. Instead of building a new generation of its rev-happy sports car, Honda has come up with what the S2000 could look li…
I have been bombarded with questions from readers today regarding a Powerpoint slide that has leaked depicting a drastically refitted Japanese Izumo class helicopter carrier with a pair of catapults …
Nissan 2013 Nissan IDX Nismo ConceptLike many concepts that never come to fruition or overseas models that aren't available Stateside have proved, hype doesn't necessarily mean there's…
When the Datsun Fairlady Z—called the 240Z in the United States—exploded onto the market in 1969, it played a major role in changing attitudes about Japanese cars internationally. Even with the …
