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Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda unveils the Lexus LC500 sports coupe at the North American International Auto Show in January 2016. | KYODO
Chunichi Shimbun Apr 26, 2021
At the North American International Auto Show held in Detroit in early 2012, Toyota Motor Corp. exhibited a futuristic concept car from Lexus, its luxury car brand.
A crowd gathered to see the beautiful design with its bright red, low-slung body.
I interviewed Seiji Watanabe, the designer of the new Mitsubishi Outlander – a great car, by the way By: Norris McDonald April 24, 2021 Comments
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In 2011, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, I listened to Akio Toyoda, president of the Toyota Motor Corp., try to speak English.
Reading from teleprompters, complete with phonetics, he talked about the Camry being the No. 1 passenger car in the United States and wanted the media present to know that the company was committed to the American consumer and the U.S. economy.
He had a hard time doing this. English is not his first language. It would be like asking
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2022 INFINITI QX55 (INFINITI)
By Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Japanese luxury brands are going back to the future to find their mojo.
First Acura time-traveled back to the 1990s to rediscover its sporty roots. The successful journey brought us the Acura NSX supercar and athletic RDX and MDX SUVs. Infiniti is using the same method to aid its SUV fortunes.
Say hello to the sexy QX55 created from the frozen DNA of an Infiniti FX found after a trip in the way-back machine. I took it to Hell (Michigan) and back.
QX55 is the first Japanese fastback to brave the compact luxe segment against the German trinity of BMW X4, Mercedes GLC Coupe, and Audi Q5 Sportback. But it s not the first fastback Infiniti SUV. Indeed, Nissan s premium brand pioneered the racy SUV concept waaaay back in 2003 with the FX. With a rear-drive layout, a long hood that arrived an hour before the cabin, and salacious looks, FX (which eventually became QX70 under Infiniti s new nomenclature until it disappeared
A recent trademark suggests that it might.
For the first time in decades, the small pickup truck market is about to be saturated with options. Hyundai just released the sharp Santa Cruz with Tucson styling, and Ford will soon release a truck positioned below the Ranger called the Maverick. It s too soon to predict how large this market could become; still, a major truck manufacturer like General Motors should consider building something smaller than the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. According to a new filing with the USPTO, it might be.
GM recently filed a trademark for the name Cheyenne. The registration is intended to cover the categories of motor land vehicles, namely, trucks. Anyone familiar with GM will likely recognize the Cheyenne name, and there are several different routes the company could take with this application.