RevzZ- Motor Blog

The ninety’s were the best years for the Japanese sports cars. Move forward to today and the true Japanese sports car has become a rarity, with only the Nissan GT-R being the most noteworthy example of late. Japanese automotive powerhouses Toyota and Honda have both been found lacking in this area, Honda having had no real sports car since the S2000, with the Integra and Civic Type-R completely lacking the caliber of Honda sports cars of the past. Honda is now planning to revive its famous nameplates from the past, the CR-X based. This should make an appearance in late 2009. The car’s development is apparently already 90% complete and will be an exciting prospect mixing both sports and hybrid ideologies. Power figures are still yet to be decided but rumors of 250hp+ seem to be likely.

First came the airbag for a motorbike fitted on the Goldwing and now Honda launched the sequential manual and automated transmission bike the DN-01, which Honda Claims it is a crossover bike. Why CROSSOVER? A bike which can be what you want it to be. It looks like a sport bike with its sharp design but it has front controls and a comfy seat and handles so you can't call it a sport bike or a cruiser especially since it can zip thru traffic like a scooter but even if it has an F1 type synchronized automatic transmition which Honda calls Human-Friendly Transmission (HFT) and it's as easy to drive as a scooter, but then again you can't call it scooter so my def is A SPORT CITY CRUISER... ' Honda Motor, Co., Ltd. announced that sales of the DN-01 larg e sports cruiser will begin in Japan on Friday, March 7. The unique, low-styling body features a liquid-cooled four-stroke 680 cc OHC V-twin engine that resonates power and a new automatic transmission, the Human-Friendly Tran

Who can resist to the fascinating pairing of Rolex and Pagani, united together for such an emotional spot. And the question is which machine ran out of fuel? Is it the V12 AMG Mercedes of the Zonda F Roadster that needs a fill up?

After the massive success in Turin, Berlin and London , the major city’s turn to host an original celebrations for the introduction is Tokyo. Japan has always been very attentive to the Made in Italy products. The launch will be march 15th the day of the “Sakura” the cherry tree’s blossom when almost all Japanese people celebrate this occasion by doing picnics beneath the cherry trees for around two weeks. The ultimate gossip/curiosity is that the new 500 will also be cast as the new car of the famous cartoon character which will turn 40 this year Lupin the IIIrd in the new animated feature called “Lupin the IIIrd, Green vs. Red”. In some of the older episodes one could see Lupin IIIrd driving the old 500.

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Meet the most practical Maserati ever – it’s an estate version of the Quattroporte. But it is a case of now you see and now you don’t , as the car is a one-off project that’s been commissioned by a Middle Eastern businessman whose identity is a secret. Italian coachbuilder StudioM was handed the task of constructing the Maserati wagon, which is dubbed the ‘Cinqueporte’ on account of its rear hatch. The project is still at the quarter-scale model stage, but the design is nearly finalised – and it’s clear extensive work will be needed to turn the saloon into an estate. Lengthening the roofline, repositioning the fuel tank and redesigning the rear seats so they can fold flat are just some of the alterations required. There is no word on the cost, but a previous customer paid StudioM €360,000 just to get a specially made interior for their Quattroporte – so it’s not likely to be cheap!

The official launch is for the 20th of february but this are some pictures which have leaked on the internet before that day. The reason why I put it here is that it is my dream car and it has been since Volvo decided to build a smaller sister to the VOLVO XC90...enjoy and as for me I keep dreaming...