The early 1990s were the golden age of Japanese performance engines. Every major manufacturer was locked in a quiet arms race to produce the most advanced turbocharged engines they could sell while ...

Luke started working as a Freelance Writer for HotCars in 2020. After three years, he moved to a more permanent role with the TopSpeed motorcycle content team as a Journalist. In general, the Japanese ...

Charles has been in the industry for 19 years now, and has worked with brands such as Autocar India, Overdrive, Motoring World, CarWale, BikeWale and Powerdrift. He has more experience reviewing cars, ...

Japan's latest energy breakthrough could make the path to cleaner power much easier than many expected. Instead of replacing existing systems, this new hydrogen engine works with current ...

A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Tuesday (Nov. 26), the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing. On ...

While legendary engines like the RB26DETT, 2JZ-GTE, or 4G63T get all the credit for their innate reliability and virtually limitless tuning potential, those are not the only Japanese motors with such ...

Japan’s Japan Engine Corporation and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have begun hydrogen co-firing operations on a full-scale main engine designed for large commercial vessels, marking a step toward the ...

In September 2025, Kawasaki Heavy Industries launched what it says is the world's first commercially available large gas engine to run on blended hydrogen fuel. After nearly a year of operational ...

These five Japanese mid-engine sports cars had all the right ingredients to become iconic but ultimately slid into obscurity due to corporate decisions and the financial climate of their era. For ...