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TOKYO — With its aggressive design and six-figure price tag, Honda Motor Co’s revamped NSX is a far cry from its “cheap and cheerful” Civic sedans, but the automaker is betting the sportscar launched in Japan this week will turbo-charge its brand image.
The new NSX, jointly develope...

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 YOKOHAMA (Jiji Press) — Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday launched its revamped Serena minivan, becoming the first Japanese company to release a vehicle with autonomous driving technology in the domestic market.
The Serena can run without steering, acceleration or braking by the h...

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TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp has started production of the RAV4 compact SUV (sport utility vehicle) at its Saint Petersburg plant, the company’s production base in Russia.
In 2015, Toyota’s sales volume in Russia decreased by 39% on a year-over-year basis to 98,100 units. The sales vol...

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TOKYO — Honda Motor Co Ltd has fully remodeled its Freed compact minivan for the first time in eight years and will release it Sept 16.
The new Freed comes in two models: one with three rows of seats for six or seven people and the other with two rows of seats for five people.
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TOKYO — Fuji Heavy Industries has unveiled the new Impreza which will go on sale in the fall. The company applied the newly-developed “SGP (Subaru Global Platform)” to the new Impreza to improve stability and collision safety.
Also, to further enhance safety, Fuji Heavy employed (1)...

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TOKYO — Honda on Tuesday said quarterly net profit slipped from a year ago, despite the fading impact of an exploding airbag crisis at supplier Takata.
The Japanese automaker blamed an income tax increase for its net profit in the April-June quarter slipping 6.1 percent to 174.6 bil...

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The taxi industry is improving its services to prepare for fierce competition with emerging on-demand ride-hailing services and other start-up companies.
Taxi companies in Tokyo have recently submitted an application to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry to ...

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YOKOHAMA — Nissan Motor Co Ltd said its all-new 5th-generation Serena will go on sale in Japan at the end of August.
The Serena was first introduced to the market in 1991, and it quickly established itself as one of the most popular family vehicles in Japan, becoming one of Nissan’s...

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HIROSHIMA — Mazda Motor Corp on Thursday released an updated Mazda Axela sports compact. The updated model is now available with two clean diesel engines, as the SKYACTIV-D 1.5 joins the SKYACTIV-D 2.2 in the powertrain lineup.
Mazda’s new-generation lineup, which is designed to off...

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TOKYO — Honda will release a new model of its Freed compact minivan in the fall of 2016.
The current model of the Freed was released in May 2008, and this will be the first time in eight years that the vehicle has been fully remodeled, Honda said.
The current model is available as (...

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