Four years have passed since the Toyota GR Yaris broke the internet (including PH forums) with unprecedented expectations and hype. All the ingredients for hot hatch greatness were there: an all-wheel drive chassis, homologated for a (sadly defunct) ruleset in the World Rally Championship, the most powerful three-cylinder turbo engine ever to appear in a … Read more
For as long as we’ve run MX-5 against some sort of 86 (and that’s been a while), the comparison has always been somewhat lopsided. It’s clearly a hardtop versus a roadster, but also an easy drop-top versus a more clearly focused sports car – or, as in more recent editions, the test has pitted a … Read more
Five major brands were caught up in the government investigation that rocked Japanese industry Companies have admitted to cheating on certification tests, including those for crashes Japan, a country proud of a tradition of honor, has been rocked by the biggest scandal to hit its automotive sector in years. Five major automakers are at the … Read more
Several Japanese automakers have been caught cheating certification tests, and Toyota could be the worst offender. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) said yesterday that its ongoing investigation into 85 domestic manufacturers, including several carmakers, had found that most acted in accordance with the law, but not Mazda, Yamaha, Honda or Suzuki. … Read more