The third-generation Toyota Yaris officially entered the assembly line of the French plant of the Japanese manufacturer from Valenciennes. As mentioned in the title, the small Japanese model reached its third generation bringing a more aggressive approach and also increased dimensions. The Valenciennes plant is responsible of producing the model since 1999 when the first generation entered the market. At...
Toyota released the official details for the 2012 Hilux, the pickup truck following to receive some modifications for the 2012 model year. According to the information available at the moment, the Japanese pickup truck receives both aesthetic and performance upgrades, the latter being quite important considering the purpose of the vehicle. In terms of aesthetic improvements, the Japanese company fitted...
Toyota is adamant that their infamous Prius hybrid motorcar will considerably outperform something this year. Don't get locked in at the edge of your seat because the 2011 Toyota Prius isn't getting enhanced performance in any way shape or form. What the Prius will actually top is the 2010 sales figures it had. If this turns out to be as...
Toyota Racing Development (TRD) decided to reveal the new PLUS Performance Package for the current Prius, the best-selling hybrid in America as Toyota claims. The new accessory package dedicated to the American hybrid model has been previewed at the 2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show. To begin with, the Japanese manufacturer prepared a styling package with new exterior colors,...
Is true that our previous articles about the Japanese manufacturer were mostly concerning problems which led to recalls or production halt but fortunately, Toyota has some good news for us as they are expecting to return to the normal production capacity by November this year. According to Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, the global production is expected to resume to...
We have some good news for people owning a Toyota Corolla manufactured between 2009 and 2010 and being worried about possible steering problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that the steering wheel of the Japanese model has no problems and confirms it works properly. More than one year ago, the American organization started an investigation as people...
Toyota just came forward with quite the surprising announcement, the Japanese company has launched its very own social network, a service called Toyota Friend. Deemed to be the perfect online hang-out place for people who are fans or, more importantly, owners of Toyota vehicles, Toyota Friend is the result of quite the partnership. The partnership Toyota signed with Microsoft would...
Toyota's very hyped up sports coupe, the FT-86 or the FT-86 II, or the Scion FR-S or whatever else it may be called when it's actually produced was just spotted outside the Nurburgring. The on track testing of this very special of Japanese sports coupes means that whatever company is putting it out on the market first is clearly making...
Most of us barely remember the natural disaster that happened in Japan just two months ago but despite being the nation who experienced it first hand, Japan seems to have put it well behind. Saying things like this may be a bit of an exaggeration but Toyota is just one of the many enterprises that quickly shook itself back to...
Toyota is facing another unexpected problem, an issue which will stop the production for an undetermined amount of time at the Indaiatuba plant in Brazil. More exactly, the Japanese manufacturer has problems with some components coming from Japan due to the problems caused by the massive earthquake and the following tsunami which happened this year. The disaster caused by the...
We're still trying to understand why Toyota have been telling us about the FT-86 for so long and we don't really have any hard facts on it. We just might have some now though, as the Japanese have finally pushed through for us and confirmed some of the speculated components going into it. The short list includes a confirmed engine,...
I'll probably never forget the mess Toyota got into with all those unintended acceleration/floor mat and such problems but it does feel nice to see them constantly working on it. One of their latest efforts will be this just announced voluntary recall that concerns the 2011 Toyota Tundra pickup. There's a number of 51.000 Toyota Tundra trucks that are going...
The Japanese people from Toyota, or namely the biggest automotive manufacturer announces that a new partnership of $12 million has been signed with Microsoft. Through this collaboration, Microsoft follows to provide an innovative software for the electric and hybrid models bearing Toyota's badge. Thanks to the cutting edge technology provided by Microsoft, the Japanese models will offer optimized performance and...
Due to the updates within the 2011 BTCC regulations every single of the teams running in this competition have had to make significant changes to their cars. Toyota's efforts at the competition are handled by the privateer teams Dynojet Racing and Hughes Motorsport/Speedworks. Their latest of creations sports a new engine, turbocharged of course as is fashionable these days with...
Due to today's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, several big car manufacturers had to suspend the activity of their local plants. During this day, Japan has been hit by a devastating 8,9 magnitude earthquake and other several replicas. This major earthquake caused damages of hundred million dollars and has different consequences such as threatening tsunamis. All these incidents caused confusion,...
The biggest manufacturer in the world, Toyota, announced that a very important milestone has been reached last month. The Japanese people from Toyota managed to sell more than 3 million hybrid vehicles starting 1997 when the first eco-friendly model from Toyota was introduced. At that time, Toyota introduced Coaster Hybrid together with the better known Prius, the first generation. Slightly...
How much more suffering can you get from the same problem? I'm not sure, but the guys at Toyota definitely have proper knowledge about it. In a recent announcement of the unintended acceleration recall the Japanese are back to visiting the court room. The latest struggle Toyota had with a lawsuit in America (where else) saw them losing out another...
Automotive recalls weren't something special until the Japanese at Toyota re-wrote the stat book on the whole affair last year. In what's a bit of a surprise, Toyota has now announced us they are recalling yet more cars for the same problem with pedal entrapment. I'm sorry about the pedal entrapment situation, you may actually know the recall as a...
I guess Toyota really needed something to gloss over the soon to happen recall situation on the Toyota Highlander Hybrid. I guess that after people saw through the whole new plant in Japan plot, Toyota came up with this, they ended the wild goose chase of a Toyota Prius' plural. The Japanese have announced officially what the word for a...
This is the sort of news that gets mixed responses, mostly because it's difficult to understand why would somebody do what Toyota just did. The Japanese have decided to open a new plant in their homeland, something that hasn't happened in nearly 20 years of Toyota activity. The long period between coming up with new factories in Japan is somewhat...
