Ben Hsu

Hagerty Insurance has announced its list of classics to buy for 2025. The “Bull Market List”, seemingly named for maximum flipper engagement, includes 10 cars plus an eleventh people's choice selection whose values are expected to rise significantly. In other words, they're good investments, if you see cars as such.

Back in March Nissan announced they were converting an R32 Skyline GT-R to run on fully electric power. The project is now complete, and will be shown at the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon in January. Ahead of the event, Nissan has uploaded a video of the car onto social media, revealing some details under the gunmetal gray skin.

It's official. After nearly a quarter of a century, the Honda Prelude will be returning to the US market. Honda will be bringing its flagship coupe stateside in late 2025. While hard core enthusiasts yearning for a VTEC kick or Type SH handling might be disappointed, a sleek coupe is something that's been sorely lacking from Honda's — or any automaker's — lineup for years, and its return is a welcome one.

At the Japan Mobility Show last year Lexus unveiled the LF-LZ, an electric flagship concept. We didn't pay much attention to it at the time because looked like any number of EV concepts developed by various automakers over the last few years, just with some sharper edges. There didn't seem to be anything relevant to classic Toyotas, but we were wrong! Recently Lexus shared a nifty feature of the LF-LZ, the ability to have its gauge cluster mimic the instruments of a number of classic Toyotas.

Happy Holidays frmo all of us at JNC . Thanks for reading and hanging out with us in this little corner of the internet. Be good to each other, and to the cars. We wish you peace and joy and petrol.

A new year is almost upon us, which means new opportunities, new perspectives, and new resolve. We don't know what the year will bring, but let's head into it with the bright-eyed optimism and energetic enthusiasm of Japan in the 1960s. There's nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it. So get out there and

For the final post of the year we wanted to end on a heartwarming story about Naoko Nishimoto, the coolest grandma you'll ever meet. Nishimoto just turned 80 years old on December 18, and has been dailying an FD Mazda RX-7 for the last 25 years. The Japanese grandmother from Nagasaki recently became a viral sensation n Japan when she announced in a TV interview that she'd be turning in the FD's keys on before her 80th birthday.

Last night as my wife, 5-year-old son and I sat down to dinner we looked out of our window and saw flames. For the last 48 hours smoke from wildfires have been billowing into Los Angeles' skies, but this was different. A couple of spots on the top of a hill visible from our backyard were glowing bright orange. Within minutes a good portion of the ridge was engulfed. It was go time.

The new Honda Prelude may not be the rousing sports car we want it to be, but at the very least it's a stylish coupe in a world where coupes are all but extinct. At the Tokyo Auto Salon that started today Honda revealed a Prelude in black, and it looks rather sinister.