Ford Motor Company has clawed its way to the top of JD Power’s 2024 Initial Quality Study, vaulting from a dismal 15th-place finish among mainstream brands just three years ago to claim the No. 1 spot in the influential survey.…
Lexus has officially killed the LF-ZC, its planned electric sedan concept, but the Japanese brand gave the green light to a direct successor on the very same day. The move preserves years of engineering work, including the gigacast modular platform…
Toyota has issued a safety recall for certain model year 2024-2025 Land Cruiser, Mirai, Lexus UX, and GX vehicles in North America. Approximately 82,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S. The recall addresses a software glitch in the 12.3-inch combination…
Toyota has issued a recall for 508,000 2025–2026 Camry sedans in the United States, affecting LE, SE, and Nightshade trims equipped with the 7.0-inch digital instrument cluster. The issue causes the speedometer and other vital displays to boot up blank,…
Japan’s JDM engine legacy isn’t just about the Toyota 2JZ-GTE, Nissan RB26DETT, or Honda K24. While those legends dominate the conversation, the Land of the Rising Sun built countless other powerplants that flew under the radar—engines that delivered surprising performance…
TOM’s, a renowned Japanese tuning and motorsports company, has helped develop a lightweight helmet called Protect Light to keep people safe from bear encounters. The helmet is aimed at farmers, walkers, and anyone uneasy about Japan’s growing number of bear…
The Lexus CT 200h F Sport arrived in 2011 as a posh, premium take on the Prius formula—more leather, better audio, sharper styling, and a roomier cabin than the standard Prius, without the plasticky cabin that plagued the era’s hybrids.…
Automotive design trends, like fashion, are cyclical. What was once dismissed as outdated or awkward can later be embraced as timeless or even iconic. The same goes for car designs: jellybean-shaped ’90s coupes and the gaudy excesses of the ’70s…
Lexus’s fifth-generation RX 350, launched in 2023, rides on the brand’s new GA-K platform, trading its predecessor’s familiar look for a bolder, more rigid design. While the chassis and powertrain updates didn’t transform it into a driver’s car—our 2023 first…
Modern automatic transmissions are increasingly ditching the traditional dipstick in favor of “sealed” units, marketed with “lifetime” automatic transmission fluid (ATF). But here’s the catch: there’s no such thing as a forever fluid. Servicing these sealed gearboxes isn’t a DIY…