Japanese – Aaron on Autos

Shift Wars – The Japanese CVT battle over shifting matters

Aaron Turpen October 16, 2013 October 12, 2013 TorqueNews.com

Two Japanese rivals, Nissan and Toyota, are battling it out with continuously variable transmission (CVT) technology, with the focus being primarily on whether to shift or not to shift. That is the question behind the Shift Wars. Now let’s consider the answer. Read more on TorqueNews.com

Two Japanese innovations that changed autos forever

Aaron Turpen July 10, 2012 May 27, 2018 TorqueNews.com

These two Japanese inventions changed automotive reliability forever. One of them is the sole reason nearly every gasoline vehicle made has a service life longer than 150,000 miles with proper maintenance and the other explains why your vehicle’s starter doesn’t need rebuilding regularly. Yesterday, I talked about a technology that …