We all have moments when we do something that is so stupid it conjures up people asking us what were we thinking. Chrysler's moment is in trying to increase sales in Japan. Going for JDM isn't that big a stupidity but doing so with the Jeep Grand Cherokee just might be. I've said it before, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is...
Frankly, I'm still amazed this can happen but, there you go. Sometimes, info on a new car turns up in print before it does so on the Internet. What we're faced with is a brochure from Japan, telling the story of a new body shape for the Honda Fit, a new station wagon like body shape for the Honda Fit....
The Japanese Domestic Market is one of the most important in the world, features lots of cars that are only available on it and that are very, very good. However, because the JDM market tends to be exclusive and limiting, many of the great cars outside it don't get a chance to enter it. This happens often with Ferrari. To...
The Japanese over at Honda have decided to hit the JDM with a limited edition of the 2011 Civic Type R. It sounds weird doesn't it? Actually, it only sounds weird because there is some information missing. The actual limited edition of the 2011 Honda Civic Type R that'll soon be launched in Japan is something they didn't have there...
Pending a recent review of a few brochures we've got some information on the Japanese domestic market version of the subtly refreshed 2011 Lexus IS sedan. From what we can make out so far both IS 250/350 JDM versions will receive some subtle styling changes but some more things hide underneath the cover. The most easily recognizable exterior changes include...
The Subaru Legacy has always been the sort of car that was so good almost nobody understood why but apparently this isn't enough for the Japanese Domestic Market. Oh no, Subaru's in-house tuner, STi, really went to town on the latest version of the discrete sedan and estate version to wear the Legacy name. The Japanese tuners consider the 2.5...
