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Japan built its automotive reputation on reliability, engineering precision, and a willingness to play a very long game. Toyota is still the world’s largest car manufacturer by volume. Honda still makes engines that people write articles about. Nissan is still trying to work out what it is. Cars & Code covers Japan’s automotive industry — the current moves, the strategic pivots, and the occasional engineering story that reminds you why this country matters so much to the car world.
5 articles about Japan
Nismo, to be clear, stands for Nissan Motorsport. It is the performance sub-brand responsible for the GT-R variants that hold lap records, the Z cars that people put on bedroom walls, and the Skyline GT500 race machines that howl around…
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In an automotive year defined by GM, Ford and Stellantis quietly rebuilding their combustion-engine factories, Honda has just…
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This is what happens when an EV strategy goes badly wrong. The Accord turned 50 on 8 May,…
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The small electric car has had a difficult few years. Not because nobody wants one, but because the…
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Honda just killed three electric cars that were, quite literally, months from rolling off the production line. Somewhere…
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