In the olden days, in good quality movies it was impossible to kill the baddie. In present times however, things have slightly changed. For Toyota at least, the baddie was their enormous and unrivaled recall for unintended acceleration problems. While they have “killed the recall off” some problems it generated keep cropping up.
Ah Toyota, it’s the car company that’s almost always been named in the same sentence as the word “recall”. And what do we have here, Toyota has just issued a voluntary recall for one of their models, the Sienna minivan. Now that’s a surprise.
I’ve always referred to the Toyota Prius as the “Darling of Hollywood” but it seems that I’ve been doing it wrong. The little Japanese hybrid is actually the darling of… Japan.
A recent report from Japan tells us that Toyota has planned for a change in directions as far as future car production is concerned. The “star” of the biggest and most troublesome recall in history has decided to cut back on production plans for 2011.
It’s no longer news that the Asian market is in a state of booming sales. That’s what China has been for for just over a year. India on the other hand has just started attracting major manufacturers to it. The latest of them to develop a car specifically for the Indian market is Toyota.
I’ve been banging on lately about Hyundai and their coming from behind to overtake Toyota as Europe’s largest Asian car manufacturer pretty much proves me right. Kia isn’t yet best manufacturer overall but overtaking Toyota is quite an achievement.
The Japanese people from Toyota are planning to launch an electric version of iQ in order to cover the segment of the electric small models. Struggling to cope with the rivals, Toyota plans to launch in the near future an electric version for the small iQ model. The electric Toyota iQ is expected to debut
After a spot of bother with a teaser, Toyota finally revealed their RAV4 version that’s powered by Tesla. Being one of the goodies of the Los Angeles Motor Show that’s nearly a production version there’s quite enough reason to be excited.
Toyota and Tesla managed to join the forces in order to give birth to the first electric version of Toyota RAV4 SUV. The Japanese from Toyota revealed two teasers in order to remind us that an EV version of the RAV4 SUV is under development. For now, the details are limited but once with the
Ok, so there’s this thing called the United States Environmental Protection Agency and it got together with this other thing called the Department of Energy. When they got together they came up with something called the Fuel Economy Guide for 2011. And apparently the highlight of this here guide is the 2011 version of the
After about 50 years since the Japanese manufacturer entered the European market, a very important record was just set. Toyota proudly announces that no less than 20 million units where sold in Europe. The Japanese manufacturer managed to celebrate the event in Madrid, where the 20.000.000th vehicle, a Toyota Verso, was handed to the Spanish
Thanks to the ADAC professional drivers, Toyota Auris HSD Hybrid succeeded to enter the well-known Guinness Book of Records managing to obtain a fuel consumption of just 3,46 l/100 km, the 30 kilometers circuit was made several times by three ADAC drivers. The test lasted 24 hours and by the end of it the Guinness
The Japanese people from Toyota Racing Development decided to create a performance package for the Prius hybrid, a package able to improve some features of the model. What’s new? Well, the Plus package brings a new front bumper, new side sills, a rear air diffuser and 17-inch alloy wheels fitted with 215/45 R17 tires. An
The Japanese people from Toyota announced that a new plant will be made in Thailand in order to produce the Prius hybrid model. Toyota wants to increase the production rate of the Prius model and they will build a plant in Thailand. However, the Toyota Prius hybrid manufactured in Thailand will be sold just in
We all know the Germans can be kinky at times but I never would have imagined that they like their retinas burned when looking at a car. I’m sorry to be so blunt but I can’t imagine finding any other explanation for why the German division of Toyota would turn a normal iQ into an
According to it’s own Facebook page, the Toyota Prius will soon feature a bigger lineup than the traditional hatchback we’re getting used to. In actual fact the lineup will expand as when you go to a Toyota dealership you will be offered a choice as opposed to being asked about the color of your Prius
It seems that sales figures really make for celebration reasons these days, and why not because when troubled times hit and words like financial crisis, economy and other stuff like that come along selling a car is slowly turning into a bit of a miracle. So after Mazda celebrated sales figures of their iconic MX-5
Few weeks ago we announced that the new Toyota Verso S will make its debut at Paris and now we get the photos and new details regarding this new Japansese model. The Japanese MPV comes with a 60:40 seats split capability that makes the load capacity to reach almost 1.400 liters but also with few
The Japanese manufacturer at Toyota announced that they are preparing an affordable plug-in hybrid model based on the Prius model and expected to debut on the market by 2012. The electric model from Toyota promises a low acquisition price of about $28,000 being more affordable than other zero-emission models available on the automotive market. People
