(November 30, 2025) At the Japan Car of the Year awards ceremony inside Zepp Diver City on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay, Mazda’s all-new CX-5 posted 363 votes to win Japan’s coveted Car of the Year prize.

Surprisingly, the expected close battle between this year’s two most highly anticipated cars — Mazda’s CX-5 and the Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ — did not materialize as the SUV from Hiroshima pulled away from the jointly developed GT86/BRZ sports car to triumph by some 45 votes.

(November 30, 2025) TORRANCE, Calif. — The 2013 Honda Civic debuted Thursday at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show sporting extensive interior and exterior design upgrades, enhanced dynamics, and a host of new standard features.

Honda also announced that the 2014 Accord Plug-In Hybrid earned a class-leading EPA-certified 115 MPGe rating and will go on sale in New York and California on Jan. 15 with an MSRP of $39,7801.

(November 29, 2025) LOS ANGELES — Ever since the type 15 convertible from 1949, the Beetle has been one of the most popular open-top cars built. More than 330,000 examples of the first Beetle convertible were manufactured over a 32-year span, while another 234,619 New Beetle convertibles were produced in an eight-year period.

(November 29, 2025) LOS ANGELES — Acura took the wraps off its all-new 2014 RLX luxury-performance sedan — the most powerful, spacious, and technologically advanced Acura sedan, ever. In keeping with the Man-Machine Synergy direction of the Acura brand, the RLX utilizes an all-new direct-injection engine, lightweight body structure, and the first-ever application of Acura Precision All-Wheel Steer to deliver a new and dynamic driving experience unlike that of any other luxury performance sedans.