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.

China’s Entry Into Europe Causes Concern–Things You Should Know

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Will Jeep’s First-Ever EV Come To America?

Debuting today at the Paris Auto Show, the 2023 Jeep Avenger is the brand’s first fully electric model. Pure electric …

GM Sets Sights On Tesla’s Energy And Battery Tech Dominance

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Porsche Macan EV Delay Explained By Volkwagen’s Tech Glitch

It was to be the most important debut from Porsche in a generation—an electric Macan. This was to be the …

Made In America Takes On Whole New Meaning With The Inflation Reduction Act

In the American EV manufacturing world now, it’s all about whether your electric cars and their batteries, qualify for the …

Honda And Sony To Produce Jointly Developed EVs In North America

As previously reported on Carlist a couple of weeks ago, Honda and Sony are joining forces to cash in on …

Tesla Rivals Share In Bigger Slice Of EV Pie As Sales Soar

Ford Mustang Mach-E sales surge 62 percent from last year. The Hyundai group will launch 4 new EVs by end …

Honda Celebrates Civic’s 50th Birthday Of Affordability And Fun With Rare Collection Of Past Models

This folks is Carlist’s 50th article. And we thought we’d acknowledge our half-century by celebrating the 50th anniversary of one …

U.S. And Japan Combine Resources To Develop Flying Car Infrastructure

SkyDrive and Volatus announce collaboration to create viable flying car network. SkyDrive’s latest SD-05 flying car just received Japanese government …

Toyota Announces Solution For Its EV Wheel Hub Recall

After a four-month course correction in which Toyota was forced to hurriedly engineer a recall solution to an embarrassing wheel …

Electronics Giant Foxconn Reveals Model B To Challenge Tesla

Taiwan-based Foxconn, maker of Apple iPhones, will enter the EV world with the Model B, directly targeting Tesla. The Model …

Japan’s F1 Pre-Race Hype Creates Fertile Launchpad For Unveiling New Products

Luxury Fuji Speedway Hotel and 40-car museum opens to public. Tokyo Governor signs letter to permit Formula E race in …