At first I thought that picture was a Subaru BRAT / Brumby  

This jumping around is exactly what the navy pilots who saw the first tic-tac ufo described. ‘Yugo’ also sounds a lot like ‘UFO’. Mere coincidence? I think not.

That’s awesome. His tweet says it was found in a coin parking lot in Inazawa city (just outside Nagoya). He’s thanking everyone for spreading the news. Good result.

It’s generally super safe in Japan. Only high end cars have car alarms and I’ve almost never seen a steering wheel lock. Even leaving stuff in your car is usually safe- except at the beach. If cars are stolen in Japan it’s usually organized gangs going after particular models. Landcruisers, Hiluxes and Hiace vans get…

Mazda: “focus on becoming more mature and upscale”

Omologata : Homologation ?

Came here for this. Not disappointed. 

Dana was born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

I sometimes wonder, if a car performs better in a head on collision test than it does in the small overlap test, is it then better to hit something square on (with the added structural protection) than to try to avoid it?

Traffic sucks, but not as much as Wind of Change

>Being from New Zealand myself, I’m already feeling a connection with it.

Thats an emergency flare. All cars in Japan have to have one. It’s usually fitted to a bracket in the footwell.

The Levorg has a launch mode like the WRX CVT. Put it in S or S#, stand on the brake and floor (really floor) the accelerator. It will stay at 2500 rpm or so and launch when you take your foot off the brake pedal. The CVT will then accelerate in one smooth (and I assume efficient) run instead of interrupting…

Brock’s rival Dick Johnson said that for $480 they should have made the crystals out of sugar becasue then at least you could eat them.

Yes, it’s basically a WRX wagon with the same 296 hp engine.

But can it keep up with a tic tac?

Silly driver. Trying to do a Scandinavian flick in Texas. 

Young designers with their fancy curves. Back in the day all you needed was one of these.

Put it on eBay while it’s still new