Peter Lyon

In a career spanning over 30 years, Peter has written about automobiles, innovation, games, luxury lifestyles, travel and food. Based in Tokyo since 1988, he hosts a globally broadcast TV show on Japan’s NHK World network called ‘Samurai Wheels’ with ex-F1 racer Ukyo Katayama, and authored a book in 2014 in Japanese about car culture. Over the past 3 decades, Peter has written for publications including Car and Driver, Edmunds, Top Gear, Autocar, Auto Express, Evo, Quattroruote, The Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun, Motor Magazine, Forbes, The Japan Times, GQ Japan, Newsweek Japan, Forbes Japan, Yahoo Japan and Yanko Design. He has raced cars and created his own race teams since 2000, culminating in a class victory in the 2009 VLN 4-hour race at the Nurburgring as well as a 4th-in-class placing in the 2010 Nurburgring 24-hour race, and a 2nd place podium in the 2011 Mazda MX-5 Media 4-Hour race in Japan. Peter is a juror for the Japan Car of the Year and Best Cars of the Year panels.

A Fleet Of Vehicles Fit For A King

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First Deliveries of 440-Mile Fisker Ocean Start In Denmark

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Waymo Expands Driverless Taxi Service In Phoenix And San Francisco

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Here Is The Best And Beefiest 4WD Toyota Ever Launched In Malaysia

Launched in Malaysia in February 2023, the GR Corolla is by far the best and most ballistic 4WD 5-door Toyota …

Tesla’s Cybertruck Spied Testing At Fremont Track

The claimed 1.6 million people who eagerly put their names down to buy a Tesla Cybertruck will be happy to …

Special Drones Aim To Ease Disaster Relief

Yes, it’s an ambitious project. It’s called “ProDrone” and it aims to realize a disaster-resistant mobility society by 2030, in …

The New Toyota Supra Will Get Electric And Gasoline-Hybrid Versions

Since late last year, a source close to Toyota had been telling us that the next-generation Supra, due out in …

Daihatsu Admits Wrongdoings In Crash Tests For Popular Makes

Daihatsu car shipments have been suspended after it admitted wrongdoings in crash safety tests this week. The Japanese small car …

Self-Driving Trucks Will Soon Appear on Highways Using Continental Tech

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Here Are Details On The Malaysian-Spec Chery Omoda 5 EV

At the Shanghai Auto Show last week, major Chinese automaker Chery unveiled their Omoda 5 electric vehicle (EV) to high …

Toyota, Honda CEOs Announce New EV Plans After Shanghai Shock

Talk about rude awakenings. What Toyota and Honda’s executives saw at Auto Shanghai last week shocked them far more than …