Toyota
Earthquake Japan: Toyota Halts Production In Japanese Plants
All 12 Toyota plants in Japan have stopped their production, at least until March 16. Other Japanese corporations might follow their example. Toyota officials announced they will stop production in all the Japanese plants, at least until March 16. As a re [...]
New Toyota FT-86 Concept To Debut At Geneva Motor Show 2011
A new version of the Toyota FT-86 concept will be unveiled at Geneva Motor Show 2011. The Japanese have released a teaser photo of the new model. Toyota is set to unveil a new version of the FT-86 concept at Geneva Motor Show. No official details of the [...]
Toyota Recall Affects 1.7 Million Vehicles World Wide, Including Toyota Avensis
Toyota is set to recall not less than about 1.7 million cars in order to check their fuel pump, the fuel pump gasket and fuel pipelines. I looked like everyone forgot about all the Toyota recalls at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010. Now, they announc [...]
Toyota, Still World’s Biggest Automaker In 2010
For the third year in a row, Toyota stays the biggest automaker in the world in 2010, too, followed closely by General Motors and Volkswagen. Even though they didn’t had the best start in 2010 and faced endless series of recalls, Toyota manages to stay in the top of the biggest car builders in the [...]
Toyota Prius C Not Coming To Europe
The mass production version of Toyota Prius C will not be sold in Europe because of the Japanese Yen - Euro parity. But its platform brother, Toyota Yaris Hybrid, will be build and sold in Europe. According to the Brits of Autocar, the Europeans will only be able to enjoy the production version of Toyota Prius C on [...]
Toyota A-BAT Hybrid Pick-up Truck To Join Prius Family?
The Prius family, designed exclusively for Toyota hybrid models, might include a production version of the Toyota A-BAT Concept, presented at Detroit Auto Show 2011. Toyota brought this year at Detroit Auto Show the first creations derived from the Prius [...]
Toyota Prius C Hybrid Concept Revealed At Detroit Auto Show 2011
Toyota reveled at Detroit Auto Show 2011 a concept named Prius C, anticipating a future model of their hybrid family: a city car, focusing on low fuel consumptions. The Japanese automaker brought at Detroit Motor Show 2011, besides the Prius V minivan, th [...]
Detroit Auto Show 2011: Toyota Prius V Concept – The Hybrid Minivan
Toyota displayed at Detroit Auto Show 2011 the first derived of their Prius hybrid mode, a minivan with generous interior, keeping the same drive train. Just like they promised, Toyota unveiled at Detroit Motor Show 2011 the first member of their Prius hy [...]
Toyota Prius Beats Sheep In Emissions Tests
The exhaust gases of a Toyota Prius are less polluting than the emissions of a sheep. The CO2 emissions of a Toyota Prius are less polluting than the ones of a regular sheep. But who knows if is that so or not? It seems that the Israeli division of the Japanese company have made such tests and [...]
Toyota: Prius To Become US Top-Seller By 2020
Toyota plans to make their Prius a real American top-seller by 2020. The hybrid and its brothers have the mission to conquer the United Stats public in the next 10 years. The Japanese automaker has big plans for Toyota Prius and for the entire range of vehicles with the same name, deriving from the hybrid [...]