Also on that trip, I visited the prime gathering spot for gearheads in the Tokyo region: Daikoku Parking Area, a highway rest stop on the outskirts of Yokohama. I was expecting to be awed by the cars ...

The kei car (short for kei jidosha ... Based on the fourth-generation Mitsubishi Lancer rally car platform, the Jumbuck was a compact car/truck hybrid with a capacity for two passengers and ...

In Japan, love for Kei trucks runs deeper and a show car at this year’s Tokyo Auto ... red-and-white racing livery, completing its rally-inspired look. The finished truck looks fantastic and ...

Its Kei-car dimensions and agile nature would make it a perfect city sports car, blending nostalgia with modern-day performance. The Mazda 323 GTX was a rally-bred hot hatch that punched well ...

Japan's motor industry showed promise once free of the shackles of regurgitating European designs, with prescient four-wheel ...

A Kei car will be at home in Japantown ... In January last year, I was attending a rally in Northern California that started at a winery. It had everything that epitomized the wine country ...

Immigrant Food More about the episode Theme Music by Ali Schwartz and Meserole Sound Rally is more than just ... by Ali Schwartz and Meserole Sound Kei Concepts CEO Viet Nguyen takes the ...

maintaining the small displacement that characterizes Japan's kei car regulations. Despite its tiny size, the Mini Ranger echoes the spirit of the full-sized Hino Ranger, which has conquered the harsh ...

Audi’s brief three-year stint competing at the Dakar Rally surprisingly ended with a victory last year as the German ...

He was an action sports icon, a social media star and one of the world’s most famous rally car drivers, and now the late Ken ...

He was an action sports icon, a social media star and one of the world’s most famous rally car drivers, and now the late Ken Block is being honored by the Petersen Automotive Museum with a new ...

The Ioniq 5 XRT EV is a lot of fun off-pavement, if not ready for all that a rally stage or off-road trail might throw at it.