The Hiroshima-based automaker plans to introduce the CX-60 in Europe and Japan. It will be the lead-off model for a line of four crossovers built on a newly developed architecture for large vehicles that can accommodated inline 6-cylinder engines and rear-wheel drive setups.

The Ariya, Nissan's second EV-only model after the Leaf hatchback, will now go on sale on May 12 in Japan.

The rollout makes good on a promise to resurrect the blade-twirling powerplant after retiring the technology with the discontinued RX-8 in 2012.

The product surge comes as Mazda repositions its lineup toward the hot-selling utility vehicle segment and tries to move upmarket with bigger, more powerful offerings.

The Nissan Ariya electric crossover has been a long time coming to market. But Automotive News finally got a test drive in Japan.

Subaru, citing the advent of electrification and other environmental regulations, said it will not produce a WRX STI with an internal combustion engine based on the recently launched WRX platform.

Honda has said the next Civic Type R, like the redesigned Civic Si, will be manual-only.

The 2023 Toyota Crown, built in Japan, will feature a hybrid powertrain and replace the large Avalon sedan in the brand's U.S. lineup.

The crossover, on sale in U.S. and globally in mid-2022, will kick off a wave of seven bZ-badged EVs planned by 2025.

Toyota's new concepts include a sleek GT3 racer, a rugged plug-in hybrid Lexus NX crossover, a hydrogen-powered Lexus recreational buggy and a sporty GRMN Yaris hot hatchback.

The Solterra, Subaru's first global EV, offers the brand's trademark all-wheel-drive setup. But on the outside, it shares a lot with Toyota.

Toyota is expected to begin selling a Crown sedan in the U.S. this year, replacing the Avalon, and will bring a hybridized SUV to the U.S. under the nameplate in 2023 to replace the Land Cruiser.

The Outlander crossover is emerging as Mitsubishi Motors' hero vehicle, helping drive incentives down and sales and profits up.

When Honda rolled out the redesigned subcompact crossover for global markets last year, it left out the U.S. This year, a more rugged North American version will launch.

Alpina, based near Munich, was founded in 1965 and develops and sells high-performance versions of BMW vehicles.

Toyota boss Akio Toyoda had a big hand in testing and vetting his new namesake GR Corolla hot hatch, which will be go on sale this winter in Japan and be available on U.S. dealer lots next year as a 2023 model.

The Toyota bZ4X will be superior to anything similar in Toyota's lineup in terms of torque, acceleration, rigidity, interior space, grip, safety and styling — but not sales potential.

Toyota’s next-gen rally racer features a manual-only transmission as well as a powertrain that allows the driver a choice of front/rear power distribution biases — 60-40, 50-50 or 70-30 — to best suit driving conditions.

Lexus cars will "express the evolution of the automobile brought about by electrification," the brand's president Koji Sato said.

Acura said the five-door liftback coming next year will have a turbocharged 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine, but power was not revealed.

The RZ will have an all-wheel-drive system that can switch between front, rear wheel drive or all-wheel-drive to improve cornering and road holding.

Toyota's new EV will be slightly bigger than its compact Corolla, the world's best-selling car of all time. One source told Reuters that the vehicle is like a "Corolla with bigger back-seat section."

The new RZ crossover propels Lexus into the all-electric age as a driver's EV that focuses on responsive driving dynamics as well as everyday utility.

Toyota executives say it was a slam dunk to leverage the venerable Corolla nameplate in fielding its first subcompact crossover.

Toyota says it will only sell 7,000 of the Japan-built bZ4X crossover EVs in the U.S. by the end of the 2022 calendar year, with pricing starting at $43,215 and a range of up to 252 miles, depending on configuration.