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2015 Subaru WRX revealed ahead of LA Auto Show

Subaru's 2015 WRX model is slated to make its world debut at the LA Auto Show, but we're getting an advanced look a the enthusiast favorite thanks to a brief teaser video and what may be a leaked image of the sedan making the rounds on the Web. The Japanese automaker has kept the new WRX pretty tightly under wraps. Besides the WRX concept we saw at the New York auto show , Subaru has released little more than a seven-second teaser video.

Toyota ordered by Japan to address Prius brake complaints

Toyota Motor Corp., already grappling with recalls totaling 8.1 million vehicles on five continents, has been ordered by Japan's Ministry of Transportation to investigate a rash of consumer complaints about braking problems in its popular third-generation Prius hybrid vehicle. The Japanese carmaker has received several complaints about braking in the Prius in both Japan and North America since the end of last year, Toyota spokeswoman Ririko Takeuchi said. She did not say when the directive was issued or how Toyota would respond.

Demise of kei cars on the horizon?

The kei car has long been a staple of the Japanese automobile industry and its car culture. Too diminutive for Western markets, the tiny cars and trucks are a strong influencer of design in Japan. Now, as The New York Times reports, the Japanese government has hit kei cars with increases in sales tax, gasoline prices and has reduced the kei car tax break introduced to make the cars popular in the first place by 50 percent.