Showing posts with label Toyota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toyota. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2011

CNN Says Toyota Prius Plug-in will Top Chevy Volt, 12 Months before the Former Goes On Sale

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If you are a GM diehard or a Chevy Volt fanboy, I suggest you cover your ears and start humming loudly to yourselves. CNN Money recently f...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Pickup Trucks Inventories Rising, Manufacturers are Worried

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It seems like US carmakers are beginning to worry about the rising inventory of their big pickup trucks . For example, General Motors has an...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Toyota Forklift Comes to the Rescue of Chevrolet Camaro Stuck on a…Curb

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It can’t get more embarrassing than this – well, that is, unless someone has footage showing us how the owner of the blue Chevrolet Camaro ...

Toyota Says Prius US Sales Will Outperform 2010 despite Earthquake Setback

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In spite of the earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Japan last March and which deeply affected the country’s automobile production capabi...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

U.K.’s Auto Industry to Young People: Be an Engineer!

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Twenty-three of the U.K.’s car and component factories have opened their doors to teachers and students alike in a renewed bid to entice yo...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Monster Toyota Celica Beats F1 Cars and Everything Else at Goodwood Recording the Fastest Hill Climb Time

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Over the past weeks we’ve been bombarding you with news about exotic cars such as the Aston Martin Zagato V12 that would participate at thi...
Monday, July 4, 2011

2012 Toyota Camry Revealed in Leaked Presentation Video?

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Last week, we told you about Toyota’s national dealer meeting in Las Vegas where the company briefed its associates on the firm’s current a...
Friday, July 1, 2011

New Toyota Yaris Wears a Sport Kit for its Australian Debut at the Melbourne Motor Show

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After its world premiere in Japan last December as the Vitz, Toyota is gradually introducing the new generation of the Yaris in other marke...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Toyota Sports Up Prius with new PLUS Package from TRD

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At last year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas, Toyota displayed a lightly modified version of the Prius Hy...

All-New 2012 Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid Coming this Fall

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Toyota officially placed the arrival of the all-new 2012 Camry sedan and its hybrid sibling (2010/2011 Camry pictured above) in the U.S. ma...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Robocarpocalypse Begins: Nevada Asks DoT to Draw Up Legislation for Driverless Cars

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I can’t remember if there were self-driving cars in the third Terminator movie, though frankly I can’t remember anything other than that re...

Toyota and Lexus Hybrids Recalled Over Stalling Issues

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A problem with the electronics of the hybrid system, which could cause certain Lexus RX 400h and Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUVs to lose power...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Scion Introduces Updated 2012 tC and New tC RS 7.0

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It’s only been eight months in the market but Scion has already announced a 2012 model year version of its latest tC sports coupe . Leaving...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Aston Martin Rapide Auction Proceeds Given to Toyota to Aid Tsunami Victims

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Last month we reported that Aston Martin’s CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez, announced that he would auction off his company car , a fully-loaded 2009 “...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Toyota Avensis Tourer to be exported from UK to Japan

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Toyota plans to add another country to the 47 that it already exports the Avensis , which is built exclusively at its UK factory in Burnasto...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Scion’s People Talk About the FR-S Concept Coupe

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While Toyota’s European engineers are putting the final touches on the production version of the FT-86 , here in North America, the Japanese...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Toyota Presents the Successor to Last Year’s MR2 Study with the New GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II

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At last year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota showcased a concept study of an all-wheel drive hybrid sports car ( see here ) loosely based on the ...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Pontiac Solstice gets an Engine Transplant from a Toyota Supra

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In the world of engine swaps, anything goes but it’s always nice to see people experimenting with different kind of builds. For Car Lounge ...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Toyota Sees North American Production Returning to 100% in September

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Toyota on Thursday revised an earlier forecast predicting that North American production would return to 100 percent towards the end of the ...

Toyota Europe Officially Presents 2012 Yaris, Sales Start this Summer

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We first brought you news on the European version of third generation Yaris hatchback on Wednesday , but today, Toyota followed up with init...