Seat belt airbag to be fitted on Lexus LFA

The Lexus LFA will be the first car to come equipped with seat belt airbags, developed by Takata (タカタ). The airbags are inflated in the case of frontal or side collision and aim to reduce the forces applied to the occupants' chest. In the event of a side collision, the airbag helps to control the movement of the head.

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A Toyota Supra rendering from the past...

Back in 2005, a Japanese magazine published a rendering of the future Supra. Well, I don't think a new Supra will come out, but in any case it's a funny approach as this rendering is something between the last-gen Supra (A80) and Toyota's legendary 2000GT...!

Nissan slightly upgrades Cube and adds Party Red Selection

It seems that it's the time when manufacturers announce slight changes for their models and this time, it's Nissan Cube's (earlier post) turn. Also, the 15X / 15X Four Cube Party Red Selection (15X／15X FOURパーティーレッドセレクション) was released.

The Cube features now as standard an "ECO mode" function to support economical driving under starting and acceleration. Also, gear shifting is now optimised according to the size and distance of the corner by using information from the road navigation system.

Besides those changes, a new color "Shiny bronze (シャイニーブロンズ)" has been added to the available body colours, and now customers have a choice between nine colours.

The 15X / 15X Four Cube Party Red Selection features velour interior upholstery, in red of course, and other popular equipment as standard, such as a three-spoke leather steering wheel, intelligent key entry and a start/stop button.