Big news after Toyota teamed up with Tesla and announced future electric models. They were not kidding and this is why. Toyota announced an electric version of the RAV4 SUV, an environmentaly friendly vehicle scheduled for the Los Angeles Auto Show. Here is the first result of the collaboration between Toyota and Tesla Motors. They joined the forces in order...
The first images of the Toyota Avensis NGTC (Next Generation Touring Car), a competition model prepared by people at GPR Motorsport for the British Touring Car Championship. James Thompsion will sit behind the steering wheel of the Toyota Avensis NGTC, in the last stage of the British Touring Car Championship, a stage that will be held between 9 and 10...
Cars and pedestrians don't mix and both categories are more or less annoyed when they have to go near one another, but this is especially true to car owners. Didn't you just get annoyed when someone was walking casually down the alley and you had to drive closer and closer to the person in order for him or her to...
In the past days we talked about many models confirmed to debut at the Paris Auto Show, the French Auto Show that will open its gates in the late september. Toyota's Yaris Verso model was the last MPV of the Japanese manufacturer, since 2006 when the model quitted production. The new Japanese MPV, Toyota Verso-S, is based on the Yaris...
The Japanese manufacturer Toyota is facing another big recall involving more than 1 million units. More exactly, 1.13 million Corolla and Corolla Matrix units may create problems due to defective engine control modules. Americans at NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) said that the engine of the models told below might stall and not start anymore. Toyota specified that the...
The Japanese manufacturer Toyota is hit by another recall, this time regarding steering problems. The recall affects the models sold in U.S., two models being in disscusion: Toyota Avalon, just the models manufactured between 2000 and 2004 and Lexus LX470, the models manufactured between 2003 and 2007. We can see that the Japanese manufacturer is still hit by recalls, a...
Toyota has had a series of recall issues which seem rather problematic to get rid of. This is because another two recalls have been announced by the Japanese manufacturer: one regarding the Lexus LX 470 and another the Avalon model. Toyota engineers discovered a problem with a snap ring found on Lexus LX 470 SUVs dating from 2003 to 2007,...
The Japanese officials admitted that around 270,000 vehicles sold globally including Lexus models, reported engine trouble. The engine may stop while driving the car. After being hit by a massive recall earlier this year, when they had to recall about 8 million vehicles due to acceleration problems, now, the Japanese at Toyota are facing a new problem. This time Toyota...
As most of you very well know, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is less then a week away and most manufacturers will try to get a piece of publicity over there. Toyota, for example, will be coming in and they will be refreshing our memories of what sort of rally heritage they have. The highlight of Toyota's participation will be...
Confirmation on this situation is awaited but since the rumor had been killed off before you never know what might happen with this one that's just been revised and revived. According to this rumor we can hear some interesting things, namely that Toyota is working on a new MR2 and a Supra, most importantly a hybrid option. The Toyota MR2...
The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen. The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around the world had the difficult task of rating the engines and ranking each of them in...
Toyota have just announced that they will recommence construction on its Mississippi plant about the same time they are going to begin producing the Corolla there late next year. With the Corolla being produced at this particular plant once again a major shift in production will occur due to the current climate. The plant in question was built with an...
May seems to have become hybrid awareness month as sales of these cars soared the past month and have been the best since last August. As always, leaders of the market have been the Toyota Prius and the Ford Fusion hybrid. Last August hybrids got a boost when gas prices went up to $4 per gallon and as a result...
You may remember the announcement made yesterday that made it clear that Toyota have sold out all 500 units of the Lexus LFA. This hasn't stopped them from releasing a commercial they must have been preparing for some time and I have to say I'm glad they didn't decide to drop it. While I'm not a fan of the LFA,...
It would appear that the recent fuss about Toyota's high performance creation entitled the Lexus LFA being sold out may have been slightly out of context. There's also been a major change in market placement as the original cap of 150 LFA's which were registered for Stateside consumption has increased to a total of 171, although it's unclear where they...
Skeptics, among who I count myself, looked at the Lexus LFA and said Toyota have definitely lost its mind to do such a thing as the car is definitely not worth the asking price. We were wrong, we were badly wrong, Toyota have just announced that it has already booked orders and taken down payments of all 500 units of...
The title pretty much says it all as a recent report of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Toyota vehicles were involved in unintended acceleration accidents that have totalled 89 deaths since 2000. This figure is a worryingly increase compared to the previously reported figure of 52 fatalities due to the issue. The NHTSA issued a report which confirmed the...
Yes, I am aware of how weird it sounds, after all a diesel commercial vehicle isn't the primary target for tuning companies is it? In fact, there is quite a bit of sense and logic behind it when you consider that the "tuning" is only limited to a new map for the car's ECU. Electronics expert Unichip Europe has now...
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Company has recently stated that the scrutiny his company has undergone has been "a good lesson" and it will only be followed by Toyota emerging from this affair stronger than ever. He went even further, to quote an old Japanese proverb which goes something like this "After the rain, the ground hardens" and then...
The recall Saga continues as Toyota Motor Corporation has just announced that it plans to call in 11500 Lexus LS worldwide spread over four models in order to fix some issues related to the steering wheel system of the car. The models in question are the LS460, LS460L and the LS600h, LS600hL hybrids, all equipped with the Variable Gear Ratio Steering...
