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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.
6 articles about Japan
For about five years, the global car industry has held a deeply earnest, often shouty, occasionally tearful debate about whether the future is electric or whether the future is petrol. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent, tens of…
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Nismo, to be clear, stands for Nissan Motorsport. It is the performance sub-brand responsible for the GT-R variants…
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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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