I barely hear this in most western media (western because BBC, DW, and AFP, those Europeans too).

Exactly. They are playing in a very conservative style. Part of it I suspect was the Japanese trying to protect its ‘advantages’. How? Take a look at JD Market, it is not only cars, but phones, cameras, console games, and the lot. I think that they want to use their domestic market as breeding ground for superior…

2001 Honda jazz (fit), Dad was impressed "a transmission of F1 car!" Well it was CVT, but from 0 to 30 mph, it is really smooth.

The original LS400 was a shocker. Mercedes-Benz reportedly bought the car and take it to their factory. They began studying it and disassemble the car down to the tiniest piece. They were amazed by the build quality and panel gap consistency. When asked, can the Germans make car this perfect at this price? All the…

Japanese companies are confused bunch of overly big organisation. If you haven’t looked into the JDM, try to look at their dealership structure. Toyota has Toyopet, Corolla, and dozens of other stores that sells different models. Even company as small as Mazda has 4 different brands at a time! You might ask, why do we…

My first car that teach me how to drive is a diesel and has a choke in it. When we took it for a vacation in the mountain resort, it had difficulty in starting the next morning. Open the bonnet, adjust carburator, push the choke, make the mixture leaner. Then as we climb, push the choke more as the air goes thinner.…

Actually ABS as demonstrated in the original Bosch promotional video, is intended to make the car controllable during the events of sudden braking. In the video, the ‘clueless driver’ slams the brake and steer left into an emptier lane to avoid ‘rear-ending’ the guy in front of him.

Have car with power windows with auto click that makes the window goes all the way up - taken for granted. Then bro bought a trimmed Hyundai Tucson / ix35. Drove it, push the power window button down and click... it winds all the way down by itself. Normal. Pay the toll fee. Then, trying to close the window while…

I nearly died when my friend accidentally downshifted from 5th to 2nd gear instead of 4th gear. In his defense, the car is early 1990s Nissan Terrano with clunky gearbox. It was in a tight climbing highway corner (highway transfer ramp), he had to downshift to compensate the climbing power requirement. But the…

Power steering is a feature that is almost standard nowadays. A lot of people complained about “the lack of feel” in most modern incarnations of power steering. But when parking a car, you’ll thank power steering.

US military couldn't afford to look weak or unsophisticated. Everything that the Pentagon fields must have overwhelming odds in all aspects of combat capability. While in pursue of these idyllic goal, they abandon common sense and practicality. That's why they hate the minimalist F-16, the rough A-10, the …

When offering the Enzo, Ferrari chose a local comedy soap opera actor and celebrity, known for his Harley Davidson enthusiasm. He embezzled government money.

He bought Chrysler. Good. If he bought GM, that is where the taxpayer money sinkhole located. To add more: should we boycott McDonald’s, Starbucks, Apple, Boeing, Ford, and GM overseas? American economies depended heavily on their global presence, but certainly not hillbillies.

That makes Camry more American... 70% domestic parts. It is even starting to smell like Twinkie.

Yes, the movie franchise is always ridiculous, but that doesn’t detract the meaning behind it: mindless entertainment like a stadium showcasing monster trucks destroying something: pointless but exhilarating.

Gotta say, that P1 is scary as hell and the test driver looked trying to restrain it. That car is alive and trying to run amok at any given moment. I would say, it requires more balls than techniques.

That is Honda's motto....was

I personally dreamed of raising a daughter to be a proper petrolhead world-class professional racing driver. But seeing my sister makes me doubt that it is going to be achievable anytime soon.

So, to ruin it:

American celebrities are either: big name Hollywood a-listers that cared too much about their public image or the rest of them. Their attempts at PR, be it humanitarian, arsehollery, philosophy, looks vain... almost like a pro-wrestling kayfabe attempts. There are cinema actors that won't play TV shows, and TV show…