Toyota 86 makes TV appearance on 6th Toyota DORAEMON ReBORN commercial!

TOYOTA 86 starred in the 6th Toyota DORAEMON commercial!

As suspected, the TOYOTA 86 (GT86 to Europe and Scion FR-S to the North Americans) made its first TV appearance via the 6th Toyota DORAEMON ReBORN commercial starring actor Jean Reno as Doraemon, Satoshi Tsumabuki as Nobita, idol Tomohisa Yamashita as Suneo, and MMA fighter Naoya Ogawa as Gian.

You wouldn't expected to see a TOYOTA 86 appeared on Japanese televisions, right? That was the first! That was the first time to see the TOYOTA 86 on Japanese televisions!

Scoop: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-17/film-star-jean-reno-returns-as-doraemon-in-6th-live-action-ad

The DEADLY 720 from Top Gear Festival in South Africa

During Father's Day weekend in Durban, South Africa, TOP GEAR FESTIVAL kicked in with the ultimate stunt that is highly impossible to attempt and that is the DEADLY 720.

Here's the article from TopGear.com:

Top Gear break a world record!

Yes, for once something we’ve done has gone right: the first ever double loop the loop in history…

Posted by: Our Man in South Africa , 16 June 2012 Back to Car News 

Avid TopGear.commers will have noted a foolhardy boast appearing on the site earlier this week. During our Top Gear Live show in South Africa this weekend, we said, we're going to break a world record. Specifically, be the first people in the world, ever, to do a double loop the loop in a car.

Those familiar with the world of Top Gear no doubt assumed the whole thing would be a catastrophic failure, ending in smoke, fire and recrimination.

Jeremy was suitably impressed: “It was quite remarkable. As anyone who has seen Top Gear either live or on TV will know, we are much more famous for mucking about and breaking other things like caravans – certainly not for breaking world records! I’m just glad no one asked me to do it… ”

“We’ve pulled off some pretty outrageous stunts in the past but this was by far the most audacious yet,” Top Gear Live’s Creative Director, Rowland French, said: “We were all holding our breaths as the buggy approached the first loop knowing that there were virtually no margins for error – not least as we’d tried this stunt three times pre-event practice and failed on all three attempts. The maths, though, said it was possible to twice defy gravity… but only if we got everything exactly right. Thankfully, we proved our meticulous calculations were right and, having successfully pulled off this crazy Deadly 720, we’ve now made some more history.”

Staged in one of the venues that hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals to a wildly enthusiastic capacity crowd, our stunt required pinpoint precision. To defy gravity not once but twice, the buggy had to enter each loop at between 24mph and 26mph. Too little speed and the buggy would fall out at the top of the loop, with fairly grim results. Too much speed would have resulted in an extra G of force on the driver and could have caused him to black out. Again, a fairly grim outcome.

Fortunately, none of this happened.

Scoop: http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/top-gear-live-world-record-double-loop-2012-6-15

Here's the clip:

Verdict: CONGRATULATIONS to Top Gear for achieving that world record! You guys are ambitious and SUCCESSFUL!

Hyundai Veloster does HOT WHEELS!

HOT WHEELS Hyundai Veloster

Wow, never thought I say this but a Hyundai Veloster gets a HOT WHEELS treatment and wow, this can drove through walls on episode 4 of TEAM HOT WHEELS web series! Check it out!

Scoop: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/17/hyundai-veloster-gets-the-hot-wheels-stunt-treatment/

Welcome Back: HKS Time Attack Evolution

This car destroyed every Japanese race tracks' lap times
but is it possible to destroy the Power Lap Boards?

This car was showcased at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon and this tuned Evo was made to break every single record known to Japanese racing circuits. It's first steps was on April 2, 2006 when it recorded a lap time of 55.063 seconds at Tsukuba Circuit in Shimotsuma, Japan. Later on, the CT230R lapped a 1:42.37 round the Fuji Speed Way and soon afterwards, it destroyed every single lap record in Tokachi Circuit, Central Circuit (Hyogo), Okayama International, Sugo, and Suzuka Circuit.

On December 2006, the CT230R returned on Tsukuba and set an impressive 53.999 seconds and a year later, the record was beaten again in a manly 53.589 seconds. This record breaking tuned Evo was piloted by Nob Taniguchi, based on the Lancer Evolution, and most of the parts were from HKS, while the 2.0L 4G63 engine was upgraded to 2.3L. It comes with HKS' GT3240 turbo that provides 552HP of power and 470.1 ft-lb of torque. For weight loss, most of the body panels are replaced with carbon fiber.

This car is listed as a unicorn car.

2012 24 Hours of Le Mans

So, the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans became a hot topic on the whole Father's Day Weekend. It was 24 hours of slash, crash, and bash until Audi won again. Sadly, I'm short on words so here's an article found from Autoblog.com:

With Peugeot's withdrawal from the world's greatest endurance race, everyone was looking to the rookie Toyota team and its two petrol-hybrid TS030 race cars to provide some kind of worthy competition for the two diesel-hybrid Audi R18 e-tron quattros and two Audi diesel R18 Ultras. And they did. Five hours from the drop of the green flag, Nicolas Lapierre in the No. 7 Toyota passed Benoit Treluyer in the No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro on track to take the lead.

At almost the same time, Anthony Davidson in the No. 8 Toyota was getting launched into the air when a GT Pro-class Ferrari turned into him heading into Mulsanne Corner. Both drivers had massive impacts with the tire barrier, ending their races, and Davidson is now lying in the hospital with two fractured vertebra. Worse yet, the second Toyota had fallen to second due to a pit stop during the safety car period, and on the restart it crashed into the Nissan DeltaWing. That DeltaWing's race was ended after a solid run in its experimental class – its biggest issue appeared to be that other drivers couldn't see it. The Toyota returned to the pits for repairs and got back on track, but retired with engine failure about 12 hours in.

That left the four Audis to box for the victory, and they took the boxing seriously, making contact with tire walls, with other cars and with each other before the No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro driven by last year's winners Treluyer, Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler took the win, the first Le Mans win by a hybrid-powered car. Second was the No. 2 R18 e-tron quattro of "Mr. Le Mans" Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Dindo Capello, then the two diesel-powered R18 ultras in third and fifth. Nicolas Prost, son of four-time F1 champion Alain Prost, took fourth in a Lola Toyota, breaking up the Audi family.

The LMP2 class win was snagged by Ryan Dalziel in an HPD-Honda, pursued heavily by the Oreca-Nissan team. Giancarlo Fisichella took the AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia to victory in the GT Pro class after having crashed the car so badly on Wednesday that the team had to start the race at the back of the pack; the GT Am Corvettes were beset by mechanical trouble and on-track incidents. Redemption for the home team came from Pedro Lamy in the Labre Corvette C6.R, who claimed GT Am honors ahead of the Imsa Porsche team.

Scoop: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/17/24-hours-of-le-mans-delivers-something-old-something-new-spoil/

About the YD25DDTi engine

Nissan YD25DDTi engine

What you're looking up here is a diesel engine newly developed by Nissan for the recently-launched NV350 Caravan. Designated as YD25DDTi, this new diesel engine is incorporated with clean diesel technology that achieves the class-leading fuel economy of 12.2 km per liter based on Japan's JC08 mode test cycle.

Okay, now tell me, how does this new YD25DDTi engine work?

The YD25DDTi engine adopts clean diesel technologies such as controlled variable nozzle turbocharger and electronic 2000bar high pressure common rail system, was also significantly improved fuel economy while increasing power performance, 2.5-liter diesel engine is.

In NV350 caravans are in compliance with (exhaust gas regulations, 2009) post in the new long-term regulations to adopt Lean Nox trap catalyst of the first commercial vehicle, equipped with large capacity and high efficiency DPF.

And that's how the YD25DDTi works.

URL: http://www.nissan-global.com/JP/TECHNOLOGY/OVERVIEW/yd25ddti.html

Honda to stop producing Legend and Accord Inspire

2012 Acura RLX Concept

2012 Honda Accord Coupe Concept

Breaking news! It appears that Honda Motor Co., Ltd will stop producing two luxury sedans by next month to allocate compact cars and minivehicles. Says here that Honda will stop producing the Honda Legend (known as the Acura RL in the States) at the end of June and the Honda Inspire (known in North American and Asian markets as the Honda Accord) this July! This is bad news, folks, this is bad news. We won't be seeing the Honda Legend or that CP3 Honda Accord Inspire again because they'll be dead. Yep. They'll be dead.

What about the production version of the Acura RLX? Some say that Honda has yet to decide to produce a production version of the Acura RLX sedan to its North American facility when a remodeled version is introduced next year.

Scoop:  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120617b1.html 

Scoop:  http://carview.co.jp/news/2/167625/

So, what do you think? Post your comments below!

That's all for Top Gear Korea Season 2!

So, Season 2 of XTM Top Gear Korea is finished but most TGK fans have a lot of memories from Season 2 such as the introduction of a new presenter named Jo Min Gi (which replaced Kim Gam Soo from the first one) while retaining Yeon Jang Hoon and racing driver Kim Jin Pyo, a Corvette ZR1 vs. the Cobra attack helicopter, Porsche 911 (991) Carrera S, turning budget cars into remote-controlled cars, Audi S4 vs. snowboarders, Ferrari FF, Volkswagen Scirocco R-Line vs a sprinter, reattempting Chevrolet Sonic's first skydiving, Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG, Hyundai Veloster Turbo, Rolls-Royce Ghost, three executive premium hybrid sedans (Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid, Porsche Panamera S Hybrid, and Lexus LS600hL), Lamborghini Aventador in Yeongam, new Chrysler 300, a Ferrari-only race, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X in a real vs. virtual race, a Mini Cooper converted into a car boat, Volkswagen CC, car football, and the Kia K9 vs. BMW 7.

Yep, the Kia K9 was featured on the final episode of 2012 Top Gear Korea.

Guests who pushed the Volkswagen Golf round the XTM Top Gear Korea Test Track include Lee Sung-Jae, Song Sun-Mi, Shinji and Bbaeka from Koyote, Ryu Soo-Young, Denny Ahn, Ga-Yoon and Hyun-A from 4MINUTE, Son Ho-Young, Lee Chun-Hee, Bak Jun-Gu, and of course Bora and Da-Som from Sistar.

On that bombshell, that concludes season two of XTM Top Gear Korea.

Lokomoko goes boxing....

So, Iwa Moto, Princess Ryan, Ritz Azul & Patani guested on the June 17, 2012 episode of Lokomoko U ANG KULIT, eh? Let's see what just happened....

- Boxing gags

- Tanong Ko Lang Kulang...Kung ang taong natatakot ay dinadaga, ang daga bang natatakot ay tinatao?

- VIOLENTE...VIOLENTE...Sumasagot ng telephone...VIOLENTE....VIOLENTE...

- Father's Day Messages from the Lokomoko U gang

- Behind the scenes interview gags

- Tanong Ko Lang Kulang...Ang gagambang bahay ba ay pwedeng tumira sa apartment?

- Some Bird Talk in THE AWESOME SHOW

- Tanong Ko Lang Kulang...Marunong bang manahi ang tutubing karayom?

- Gags for the dads

For the dads and soldiers....

On the June 17, 2012 episode of Goin Bulilit...

- Sundalo chant

- Sundalo gags

- Like Father Like Son

- OA Family 

- Two girls chatting

- Like Father Like Son...again

- Ready Get Set Goin in Limburak

Lancia Flavia

2012 Lancia Flavia

The Flavia name has been resurrected as the Italian cousin of the Chrysler 200 Convertible. If you were wandering what is the difference between those two, I'm afraid that both of them are the same thing when you look at these two, except the fact that it has Chrysler badges thrown away and replaced with Lancia badges. That's not all because the Pentastar V6 engine is not offered on the Lancia Flavia as well because...well, nobody knows why they didn't fit it in.

You still have the class-exclusive retractable roof, most ample rear legroom of its class, some black and chrome accents, dramatic LED lighting on the cluster, Uconnect, Bluetooth connectivity, and that's about it. Even it its convertible body, it still looks sexy on the outside and a bit more premium on the inside but don't get so easy on this one.

The only engine available on the Lancia Flavia is the 2.4L 16v engine that produces 170PS of power and it is mated with a standard 6-speed automatic transmission. It's not made to be focused on performance but it was made for some cruising through the world's best driving roads. Yep, with the roof off, you'll enjoy the wind hurling you around while driving the Flavia.

Two colors are available; Bright White (Bianco Pastello) and Mineral Gray.

My comment;
Those Lancias imported from Chrysler such as the Lancia Voyager and the Lancia Thema were became a minor flop because sales couldn't achieve its target but with the Flavia, do you think it would work? I'm afraid not because in today's economy, this car doesn't work at all and wait, this car is not made for English-speaking Lancia fans because it was only sold for European markets only where they don't speak English. Sadly, this car won't make it to the UK market because both the Chrysler 200 Convertible and the Lancia Flavia will always be left-hand drive and it would be highly impossible to make it right hand drive. Yep, the Lancia Flavia is not made for English speaking drivers but if you're speaking English, get yourselves a Chrysler 200 Convertible...in the USA.

Photo: Lancia

Welcome Back: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

Trust us on this...the CTS-V Coupe
was bred for the Pirelli World Challenge

When Eagles Dare

If the sedan version of the CTS-V is made to compete against the E63 AMG and the BMW M5, then the CTS-V Coupe is made to compete against the BMW M3, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe, and the Audi RS5.

It has the same features as the sedan version, a 556HP Eaton-supercharged 6.2L V8 engine, and dual-mode Magnetic Ride Control, but because this is a 2-door coupe version, it's lighter. All that power and all that torque is channeled either an available TREMEC® 6-speed manual shifter or Hydra-Matic 6-speed automatic. As for cornering, the CTS-V Coupe does well thanks to its Nurburgring-tuned suspension with Magnetic Ride Control. Race-inspired Brembo disc brakes are equipped to deliver a powerful stopping power.

This coupe version of the CTS-V was now heavily involved in the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge series after Cadillac's four year absence and it was built by Pratt & Miller.