Cars Coming Soon->Should We Look to Tokyo??

Cars Coming Soon->Should We Look to Tokyo?

The future of Honda minivans?

The Tokyo Motor Show is under way right now.
Normally when a major international car show is happening, I'm overwhelmed with news of what hot new cars might make it to the U.S. soon. This time, the news is a bit… underwhelming.
First, Honda is showing a concept called the Skydeck. While there are no production plans whatsoever on this design exercise, it could be a peek into what future Honda minivans will look like. This concept has scissor Lambo-style front doors and wooden seats inside. Exciting, huh?
Tokyo is at least bringing some sexy to the party, with the super hot Lexus LF-A (which we brought to you yesterday) and the FT-86 Concept, but other than that, we're not getting a lot of drool-worthy material. There are lots of "green" cars and electric concepts, which my fellow blogger jgoods will cover soon, but not much that offers real driving excitement and horsepower.
For that we need to look elsewhere, and we'll start in Italy.
MSN reports that the Alfa Romeo 159 Sedan, Brera Coupe, and Spider will make it to the U.S. for 2010. Frankly, I have my doubts that is true. I'd bet that any Alfa making it to these shores will be at least two years away and then come to us wearing Dodge clothes, courtesy of Chrysler's new Italian overlords at Fiat. But maybe MSN's Bill Gates and Fiat's Sergio Marchionne had dinner and made some arrangements. Who knows?
Okay, now lets get to some serious business, in the form of 487 horsepower. Mercedes-Benz has revised its C63 AMG with a new package called the Performance Package Plus (PPP). The PPP increases pony output over a "standard" C63 AMG by 30 to the aforementioned 487 and reaches 62 miles per hour in 4.4 seconds. MB hasn't said whether or not this animal will come to the States, but as long the company isn't saying no, we'll latch onto the possibility that there's still a chance.
If you need to race across a desert anytime in the near future, or just impress the heck out of your friends and neighbors, take a look at the newly available Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. The word "beast" is often used to describe a truck, but this one earns the label. What other truck comes direct from the factory with racing shocks, massive 35-inch tires, and a 320-horsepower, 5.4-liter V8?  This ain't your neighbor's F-150. This is the truck he wants his F-150 to be. And at under $40,000, it's actually a pretty good deal.