Inspired by the AE86 Corolla GTS, the FT-86 Concept will debut at the Tokyo Auto Salon next month with plans that the production model will be within dealer showrooms by late 2011.

Despite the attempt to boost the economy via auto sales and trying to protect the environment as best as possible, many folks are very much up in arms about the new CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System) program—especially those in the aftermarket auto industry.

The recent induction of the CARS program by the government has raised a few eyebrows as well as fists. The concept of the program was designed to remove gas-guzzling, high-emission vehicles from the roads and to spur sales in a troubled auto market.

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of Soldier Field. The hot sun had baked the tarmac dry and though the weatherman had predicted 85 degree weather, we knew it was going to be much hotter during Hot Import Nights.

Growing up in Milwaukee, I was not a stranger to the name Jack Safro. In fact, my parents like many other Wisconsin residents within the last forty years have come to know Jack Safro as synonymous with Toyota. Jack Safro died of a heart attack earlier this year and a large portion of his personal estate was liquidated recently at the Mecum High Performance Auctions.

It was a sunny yet breezy Saturday morning in Long Beach, California and the only thing better than the weather were the cars that were dock side to the Queen Mary. Even more tantalizing was that over half of the vehicles were Japanese classics and nostalgic models.