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The guys over at Temple of VTEC have received some photos of a JDM-spec 2011 Honda CR-Z brochure.

Since its introduction to the U.S. market in 2007, the Honda Fit has endeared itself to small car lovers with its economical engine and flexible interior.

Fresh off from the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda will bring a U.S.-designed personal mobility vehicle called the Personal-Neo Urban Transport, or P-NUT, to the Los Angeles Auto Show next month.

First off, let me say that Honda's highly efficient, entry-level hybrid sedan is more refined operationally than I expected. It's also remarkably roomy, not to mention miserly when it comes to fuel consumption.

For quite a while now, automakers have shied away from the term, "station wagon." Such vehicles, it is felt, imply too much practicality and not enough style.

In the same way that you don't want to bring a knife to a gunfight, you don't want to show up at the Nürburgring with some floppy old commuter car.

Deep concerns in Japan that the global credit crisis structurally shifted the market in North America towards smaller and less-expensive vehicles led Honda to make major changes in its product plans late last year

Here is the question: why do you need 617 horsepower in your everyday commuter car?

The answer: To hit 338 km/h (210 mph) in a handful of seconds.

Those with a sense of history - Ford Motor history - might be disappointed to learn that the 2010 Taurus SHO does not have the deliciously free-revving Yamaha V-6 of the original 1990 SHO. Don't be. Twenty years on, Ford has discovered a new SHO formula and it's at least as hot-rod cool as the factory-built sleeper that baby boomer gearheads embraced in their 20s.

It's easily the most expensive Civic yet, costs a wallet-withering £38,599 and in one sense is an absolute bargain. Why? Because each of these tuned 240bhp Type Rs costs about £190,000 to build, netting creator Mugen a £150,000 loss for every example sold.