Here in Tokyo, we were hanging around with some American Honda Motor Co. officials when they got their first up-close look at the Freed. The Freed is a compact minivan/MPV based on Honda’s Fit architecture. For reference, the six-seat, three-row Freed is about 15 inches shorter than a Mazda5 and... 

Toyota has revealed its latest plug-in electric concept car here at the Tokyo Motor Show. The FT-EV II is a followup to the iQ-based FT-EV that we saw in Detroit earlier this year but appears to be a ground-up design that takes advantage of the electric drive architecture. The iQ is promoted as... 

After several years of selling small volumes of its Altima sedan using Toyota’s hybrid drive system, Nissan is finally ready to roll out its first gas-electric model using technology developed in-house. The first model to be so equipped will be the new Fuga sedan, a car sold in North America... 

Daihatsu has a way with words: the company calls its Deca Deca concept a “super box,” and we’ll call it a super super box. A funky little piece of chunk, the Deca Deca has a flat floor – and a flat everything else — along with pillarless doors that render the interior absolutely... 

We’ve always thought that Infiniti’s current M35/M45 sedan deserved greater consideration from American consumers than it has typically received. With a strong VQ-series powerplant and entertaining rear-wheel drive handling, there has always been a lot to like from behind the wheel, but... 

Toyota has rolled out its new Sai hybrid here at the Tokyo Motor Show, and if it looks familiar, that’s because you’ve probably seen something very similar wearing “Lexus” and “HS250h” badges. The overall aesthetic of the Sai is very similar to that of its premium... 

The Suzuki Alto concept is The Kei You Would Never Suspect: unassuming looks belie the fact that this is car Suzuki is going to use to reach a wider audience. The exterior – which, frankly, looks like a ton of other itty bitty already plying on Japan’s streets — has been subtly tweaked... 

A “tanto” is a short Japanese sword or dagger, which means the only thing it has in common with the Daihatsu Tanto Exe and Tanto Exe Custom is the descriptor “short” and the additional epithet, “light.” Both the Tanto Exe and Exe Custom are “lighter and more... 

Daihatsu didn’t just bring out its big little guns, it had a couple of tiny guns there as well, such as this, the Volvo C30-esque e:S. Called “a new eco-car that reveals the future role of mini vehicles,” it focuses earnestly on environmental impact and “embodies the roles... 

You can make anything bigger and better if you just add a hump, and that’s what Mitsubishi has done to its i-MiEV to create the i-MiEV Cargo. For those who find Ford’s Transit Connect simply too monstrous and don’t want to pay for gas – like, oh, a commercial concern in Tokyo... 

The concept behind the Suzusho Supasse-V is a good one. Take a lightweight chassis, a Le Mans-inspired body, then stuff it with the turbocharged 2.3-liter inline-4 from the Mazdaspeed3 and a 6-speed transmission. How can that go wrong? Well, we wouldn’t say the Supasse-V is a failed attempt... 

Most people we talked with don’t seem to understand the point of the Subaru WRX STi Carbon unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show – but it’s a JDM-only car, and frankly, there are a lot of things that outsiders don’t understand about the Japanese market. The carbon-roofed A-Line will...