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Edmunds data suggests Honda Crosstour buyers don't know what it competes against either
Fitting every car into a neat categorical box is a fool's errand, but the Crosstour is apparently making everyone wonder just where it belongs. According to early Edmunds' data, buyers seem to think the Crosstour competes most closely with the Toyota Venza, with ToMoCo's wagon-on-stil...
Tuesday, Nov 17
Ford Fusion wins Motor Trend Car of the Year award
Like MT, we're big fans of the Fusion here at Autoblog, and even have high hopes that one day it could be the domestic car that knocks the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord from atop their perches as the best selling cars in the States. That said, this Ford still has a long way to go. Toyota has sold nea...
Monday, Nov 16
REPORT: Toyota Prius wagon, SUV in the works
As we saw with the Hybrid X (above) unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2007, Toyota has been thinking about a Prius wagon for a while. Green Car Advisor speculates that the the Venza could be a good candidate for the production wagon, while any of Toyota's JDM wagons could also make the trans...
Friday, Nov 13
STUDY: Cash for Clunkers helped Japanese way more than Detroit 3
According to the study, nearly 85 percent of the trade-ins were from General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, yet they only sold 39 percent of the new cars moved off the lots. On the other hand, 8 percent of the trade-ins came from Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, manufacturers who accounted for 41 per...
Tuesday, Nov 10
Renault-Nissan vows to build world's cheapest car? Nano-nah-nah-nah-nah!
Carlos Ghosn, the lovable star of his own Japanese manga comic and the CEO of Renault-Nissan, is claiming that his company will produce a car that costs less than the $2,500 Tata Nano, making the as-yet-to-be-named car the cheapest in India, and therefore the least expensive in the world....
Friday, Nov 6
VIDEO: With F1 program scrapped, where will Toyota Motorsports land next?
As Toyota president Akio Toyoda announced the withdrawal of his company from the Formula One World Championship, he reiterated Toyota's commitment to motorsport competition. But while this may have been pure lip-service, the Japanese automaker has a long history in racing, leading t...
Thursday, Nov 5
LA Auto Show Design Challenge reveals Youthmobile 2030 design entries
Nissan's vision for the future includes cars that get their power from an electrically-charged roadway called the GRID, and the vowel-challenged V2G UNLMTD is quickly hacked into an OFF-GRID transportation device by the next breed of young hackers. Lastly, we have the Toyota Link. Acco...
VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 sure doesn't sound like a boxer
Toyota garnered a lot of attention at this year's Tokyo Motor Show with the debut of the FT-86 concept. And they weren't about to let it slip past them, either. As part of the spectacle, they played the sounds of the prototype supposedly rounding the Nürburgring.
Wednesday, Nov 4
BusinessWeek calls out 50 Ugliest Cars of Past 50 Years... with questionable results
And what of the car that's most commonly associated with the green movement? Of course, that would be the Toyota Prius, and we know that some happen to find the car rather attractive... whether that's for its slip-through-the-wind styling or fuel mileage - made possible in part by that styli...
Officially Official: Toyota confirms departure from Formula One
The buck's got to stop somewhere. Toyota has been pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars into its Formula One racing program for seven years now and has little to show for it. Now after both Honda and BMW have mothballed their F1 teams, Toyota has confirmed longstanding speculation by do...
Oh, Canada! Great White North journos pick their cars of the year
Also shut out - somewhat surprisingly we may add - are the Honda and Toyota brands, although the Lexus Lexus RX450h was voted the top crossover/SUV over $60,000. The 2010 Canadian International Auto Show begins February 12. Hit the jump to view the rest of the winners.
Monday, Nov 2
All four new Nationwide Series cars tested at Talladega
We've already shown you the new Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger cars that will soon be running in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, but Chevy also introduced a new Impala car and Toyota a new Camry. All four new cars were out at Talladega Superspeedway today for some test runs, which gives us o...
Toyota plans to trim trucks, focus on hybrids, improve quality
In addition, Toyota will focus on the North American market, giving U.S. engineers a larger say when it comes to new vehicle design and the choices of which models make the overseas trek. To speed up the new model renaissance, Toyota will hold back on mid-cycle refreshes, instead working to g...
Contradiction in Terms: Green in NASCAR equals 5 mpg
Part of the problem is that NASCAR fans don't want to give up what they've become accustomed to. Lee White, president of Toyota Racing Development, told USAToday that, "Doubling fuel mileage means half the horsepower, and putting fans in the stands requires a show." Driver Sam Hornish, Jr....
Friday, Oct 30
Dodge Challenger NASCAR Nationwide Series racer unveiled
NASCAR's rollout of its new Nationwide Series race car design has garnered buzz already with the introduction of the first-ever Mustang-branded stocker, and it got another shot in the arm yesterday at Talladega when Chrysler pulled the wraps off its brand-new Dodge Challenger Nation...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Stealing Current: LoJack goes no-power for hybrids
The system will come to market next year, which might give the auto industry time to make enough hybrids that need to be tracked. Last year's IIHS list of top ten most stolen cars only had one car on it - the rest were SUVs - and at number eight on the list of least stolen cars was the Toyota Prius. Be...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Autoblog Podcast #150 - Tokyo Motor Show Edition
A review of the Tokyo Motor Show starts things off, and then we drill down to talk more specifically about both ends of Toyota's sports spectrum: the Lexus LFA and the Toyota FT-86 concepts. Other Tokyo standouts like the Honda CR-Z and Subaru Hybrid Tourer concept weave into the conversat...
VIDEO: New Toyota Prius ad channels Vishnu to explain hybrid tech
What do you want from me... I've only got two hands?! Wouldn't we all be a bit more productive if we were blessed with another set of upper appendages, complete with opposable thumbs? Toyota apparently thinks so, and the Japanese automotive giant is using the point to prove that two drivetrai...
Monday, Oct 26
Toyota Celica or Scion tC? Toyota reportedly deliberating over production FT-86 nameplate
Sources: Autocar and The Detroit Bureau]Toyota Celica or Scion tC? Toyota reportedly deliberating over production FT-86 nameplate originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Friday, Oct 23
VIDEO: Lexus LFA hotlap at Miami-Homestead Speedway
Hiromu Naruse is Toyota Motor Company's "master test driver." He's the man responsible for honing our favorite ToMoCo sports cars - from the MR2 to the Supra - and he's one of four drivers that ran the 24 Hours of Nurburgring (along with several other races) in two Lexus LFA prototypes, join...
Posawatz: Volt range-extended mileage to be "better than any conventional car." But what about hybrids?
To put that figure into perspective, we'd imagine that means the Volt would fall somewhere between the 32 mpg rating of the Toyota Yaris and the 50 mpg rating of the Toyota Prius when running under charge-sustaining mode with an otherwise depleted battery pack. Whatever the case, don't ex...
Tokyo 2009: Toyota FT-EV II concept features funky looks, zero emissions
Toyota has revealed its latest plug-in electric concept car here at the Tokyo Motor Show. The FT-EV II is a followup to the iQ-based FT-EV that we saw in Detroit earlier this year but appears to be a ground-up design that takes advantage of the electric drive architecture. The iQ is promoted a...
Tokyo 2009: Where's the history?
But no. The only historic machine at an automaker's booth was a vintage Suzuki Alto near the new Alto Concept. Otherwise, nada. The other vintage machinery - a 1917 Mitsubishi A, a Toyota GT HYBD (a Sports 800 gas-turbine hybrid), and a Honda Accord CVCC - were in the "motor lounge" seating are...
Tokyo 2009: Toyota Prius claims Japan Car of the Year title
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota Photos copyright (C)2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.Tokyo 2009: Toyota Prius claims Japan Car of the Year title originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Thursday, Oct 22
Tokyo 2009: Autoblog samples quirky Honda U3-X unicycle and other assist devices
Mobility, of course, is about a lot more than just driving. Just moving around is important and when people find themselves unable to move or having difficulty, it plays havoc with the psyche. A number of automakers are researching ways to expand mobility beyond the automobile and the resu...
REPORT: Nissan's Ghosn rules out hybrid-only models like Toyota Prius, Honda Insight
Filed under: Hybrid, Nissan, Alternative Fuel Source: Automotive News - Sub. Req'd]REPORT: Nissan's Ghosn rules out hybrid-only models like Toyota Prius, Honda Insight originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Tokyo 2009: Nissan Fuga hybrid to arrive in Japan late 2010, U.S. in 2011
Unlike the electronic CVT systems used by Toyota, Ford and General Motors, Nissan has opted to configure its system using a conventional automatic transmission - in this case, a seven-speed unit. The electric drive is provided by a single motor sandwiched between the engine and the tran...
Tokyo 2009: The motorsports cars and bikes
The Tokyo Motor Show doesn't have as much going on in the way of cars as we'd like, but there are still a few gems among the pack - especially in the area of motorsports. The Japanese are as keen about their sports as they are their motors, and when the two are combined, you get some pretty tasty ki...
Tokyo 2009: Rear-wheel drive Toyota Mark X had us at "mite-suppressing agent"
Remember back when Toyota actually offered rear-wheel drive cars? Sure, a production version of the FT-86 concept is on the way, and yes, you can get a Toyota-branded truck or plump for a Lexus that routes its power out back - but when was the last time Americans could get a proper rear-driv...
Tokyo 2009: 2010 Toyota Sai hybrid looks suspiciously familiar
2010 Toyota Sai - Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota has rolled out its new Sai hybrid here at the Tokyo Motor Show, and if it looks familiar, that's because you've probably seen something very similar wearing "Lexus" and "HS250h" badges.
Wednesday, Oct 21
Tokyo 2009: What you missed this morning - Day 1
Tokyo 2009: Toyota unveils FT-86 Concept, keeps mum on details We got a sneak peak of the FT-86 earlier this month, and now Toyota has just officially revealed its new 2+2 concept here at the Tokyo Motor Show. It's been a while since the Japanese automaker has offered anything resembling a s...
Tuesday, Oct 20
Tokyo 2009: Toyota unveils FT-86 Concept, keeps mum on details
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota Photos copyright (C)2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.Tokyo 2009: Toyota unveils FT-86 Concept, keeps mum on details originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of...
Tickled pink over the Lexus LFA configurator
This appears to be the week of the Lexus LFA, with tons of new images (both live and press), videos, and details spilling out about Toyota's new supercar. While the car itself is on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, those who want to get up close and personal with the V10 wonder can do so today, at...
Role Reversal: Toyota launches in South Korea to battle Hyundai
Against the whopping 72% share which Hyundai and its Kia subsidiary enjoy in their domestic market, Toyota is bringing over the Camry, Camry Hybrid, Prius and RAV4, joining the luxury offerings from Lexus that have been in South Korea for the past eight years. Gallery: 2010 Toyota Camry
Tokyo Preview: Toyota launches HS-based SAI hybrid in Japan
We're starting to develop a bit of a complex. Why is Toyota holding out on us? Yesterday we showed you the handsome second-gen Toyota Mark X, the Lexus GS-based rear-wheel-drive sedan that seems a perfect fit for buyers on these shores. But no, Toyota says that model isn't coming Stateside. I...
Monday, Oct 19
Tokyo Preview: Toyota Mark X enters second generation
Here in the U.S., if you want a rear-wheel drive sedan from Toyota, you'll have to buy a Lexus. That's not the case in Japan. There the motor buying public can opt for the Mark X, the second generation of which will be revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show this week. Based on the same rear-wheel-drive pla...
REPORT: Toyota adding 850 jobs in San Antonio truck factory
The assumption of Tacoma duties will put the San Antonio plant on a schedule of two shifts per day for the first time since last year's plant idling. When the $100 million retooling is finished, the plant will be able to produce 200,000 Tacomas every year. Toyota engineers are preparing the a...
Sunday, Oct 18
VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 runs the 'Ring, sounds awesome
We know what the Toyota concept looks like, but we're not exactly sure which version we see on the 'Ring in the video. It could be the FT-86 from Toyota or Subaru's version. However, if Toyota's version goes like the car in the video, when it finally does arrive, Toyota will truly be able to say i...
REPORT: Toyota sued for pranking woman to sell Matrix
If you're trying to sell cars, perhaps it's best to not alienate or scare the daylights out of potential customers. Toyota has tried a few new approaches lately, and agency Saatchi & Saatchi may have thought it out-clevered itself with a faux-stalker effort for the Matrix, but it's la...
Friday, Oct 16
Ford may pass Honda as second best hybrid seller in U.S.
In other words, Ford, led by its Escape Hybrid and new-for-2010 Fusion Hybrid, is gaining on Honda at a very rapid pace. Moving on down the line, General Motors slots in at number four with 12,556 total hybrid so far this year and Nissan's 7,713 units make it the number five hybrid seller in th...
STUDY: Ford owns brand loyalty in 2009; Scorned Saturn, Pontiac buyers will look outside of GM
Other vehicles making up the top 10 include the Toyota Prius (52 percent), Chevy Impala (51.7 percent), Toyota Camry (47.8 percent) and Toyota Corolla (47.56 percent). This brings up an interesting question: With the closing of automotive brands like Saturn and Pontiac, where are those bu...
Feds release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, Prius still most miserly
Rounding out the top 10 vehicle platforms are the Civic Hybrid and Insight from Honda; the Lexus HS 250h; the Nissan Altima Hybrid; the Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute and Mercury Mariner hybrid 'utes; Smart's Fortwo coupe and cabriolet (the only non-hybrids in the top 10); Toyota's Camry Hy...
Thursday, Oct 15
200 mph supercars featured at the 2nd Annual Caruso Concours
This year's gathering focused on supercars - in particular, supercars capable of 200 mph. Not meant to be an exhaustive showing of double-century barrier breakers, it nonetheless attracted an impressive array of cars capable of close to, if not over, the magic mark. The fun part was just s...
STUDY: Men can't help but enjoy fast cars - it's that testosterone thing again
Filed under: Convertible, Sedan, Performance, Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Porsche, Toyota, Canada Source: CBC]STUDY: Men can't help but enjoy fast cars - it's that testosterone thing again originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for us...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Autoblog Podcast #149
Episode #149 of the Autoblog Podcast, the first frost edition, has arrived. The Tokyo Motor Show is coming up, and there have been a couple previews of what to expect there. The Toyota FT-86 concept has had everyone abuzz with its heralding as the spiritual successor of the much-beloved AE8...
Motor Trend announces SUV of the Year contenders
As Motor Trend Editor-in-Chief Angus McKenzie points out on the magazine's blog, there is only one traditional SUV on the list, and it takes the size and shape of the Toyota 4Runner. The rest of the vehicles are crossovers, with seven of the 11 candidates sporting luxury badging, three com...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Rendered Speculation: Subaru's 250-hp FT-86 coupe in STI trim
According to the report (and a heaping helping of common sense), the Japanese rumormongers expect the STI version of the coupe to debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show (after the standard model is revealed next year), complete with Subaru's 250-hp EJ25 2.5-liter boxer. Similar to the dual-in...
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 10.13.09
Spy Shots: Toyota-Subaru coupe prototype caught ringin' der Nürburg Less than a week after the Toyota FT-86 concept was revealed, a camo-clad prototype has been spotted at the Nurburgring. But is it the Toyota version or Subaru's variant?
Rumormill: Subaru planning to revive SVX with coupe version of Sports Tourer
Might Subaru's Hybrid Tourer concept point the way forward to a revival of the iconoclastic SVX from the Nineties? According to AutoExpress, that's a definite maybe. The British motoring mag suggests that the conceptual Hybrid Tourer that's just about to get its debut at the Tokyo Motor...
Spy Shots: Toyota-Subaru coupe prototype caught ringin' der Nürburg
Toyota's FT-86 concept, which will be officially unveiled at next week's Tokyo Motor Show, combines attractive, aggressive aesthetics, rear-wheel drive and a Subaru-sourced boxer engine with the hopes of injecting a bit of passion into the Japanese automaker's admittedly sterile...
Sunday, Oct 11
VIDEO: 24 Hours of LeMons: Toyota MR2 dicing with a Buick LeSabre at The Lamest Day
Despite all that, the one thing you might not know about the 24 Hours of LeMons is that it's real racing. Some of it pretty good, too. The cars might look a little off, and the drivers might not know a racing line from a fishing line, but what takes place on track is about as real as wheel to wheel rac...
Saturday, Oct 10
Toyota Highlander production commences in Indiana
The 2010 Highlander is now officially Toyota's 12th North American-built vehicle, with the midsized crossover rolling down the line at the Japanese automaker's Princeton, Indiana plant. Toyota has also streamlined its worldwide production in the process, as building the Highlande...
Friday, Oct 9
VIDEO: Walk around of Toyota FT-86, Honda CR-Z ahead of Tokyo show
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Crossover, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota Source: YouTube via Carscoop]Continue reading VIDEO: Walk around of Toyota FT-86, Honda CR-Z ahead of Tokyo show
Thursday, Oct 8
VIDEO: Production spec Lexus LF-A opens the taps outside the 'Ring
The Lexus LF-A supercar has been a long time coming and Toyota has finally confirmed (in an ambiguous press release) that the production version is headed to the Tokyo Motor Show next month. The LF-A (or LF-L) is a lock for production and rumors have the Japanese supercar going on sale in the...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Aston Martin Cygnet (nee Toyota iQ) to hit European city streets next year?
News of the car's development broke a few months ago, but the latest reports now indicate that the Aston-badged city car could begin shipping as early as next year. Although no mechanical changes are expected to take place, the pre-assembled units are expected to be shopped to AM's plant i...
Friday, Aug 28
Opinion: Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.28.09
Thanks to a reader tip, we've obtained documentation confirming rumors that the nearly-here 2010 Toyota 4Runner will get both a four-cylinder model and an optional third row for added utility. Mini Roadster leaks out ahead of Frankfurt debut
REPORT: Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio
Now that Toyota has decided the fate of the NUMMI plant, the company has to decide where to move production of the Tacoma and Corolla models built there. The Corolla hasn't been spoken for yet, but Toyota is confirming that its Tacoma line is moving to the San Antonio factory that currently m...
Thursday, Aug 6
Opinion: REPORT: Toyota Corolla passes Ford Focus as top C4C car; program extended thru September
To date, 180,000 new cars have been sold as a result of the C4C program. So far, the program's total government expenditure amounts to just over $775 million. Late Wednesday, the Senate reached an agreement that would pour an additional $2 billion into C4C coffers. Additionally, consumers...
Friday, Jul 31
Rumormill: Toyota/Subaru coupe drops 40 hp, loses weight, marketed to your dad?
Toyota is also banking on the fact that previous AE86 owners will view the new car as a nostalgia purchase. As such, they've changed the cars demographic from the coveted, if not fanciful, 18-35 year-old range to the more-likely-to-actually-buy-stuff 30-50 year-old male range. Most of t...
Opinion: REPORT: Honda Insight sales withering in face of competition from Toyota Prius
Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Hatchback, Honda, Toyota Source: Los Angeles Times]REPORT: Honda Insight sales withering in face of competition from Toyota Prius originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Monday, Jun 29
Opinion: GM execs to reportedly meet with Toyota regarding hybrid sharing
Rumors that General Motors may get access to Toyota's proprietary hybrid technology just won't go away. Today, Bloomberg cites two unnamed sources in reports that Toyota President Akio Toyoda and GM chief Fritz Henderson will meet this August in Michigan to discuss the possibility of a...
Monday, Apr 27
Opinion: Pontiac Vibe to be replaced with another shared Toyota model
There are a lot of questions left unanswered after General Motors announcement this morning that its Pontiac division was not long for this world. One of those is what will happen to GM's joint venture agreement with Toyota to produce models at the New United Motor Motor Manufacturing Inc....
Wednesday, Apr 22
Autoblog Podcast #124
Chris, Sam and Dan kick it again for Episode #124 of the Autoblog Podcast. This time, we touch on Toyota's competitive Prius price posturing, the Shanghai Motor Show, where Chinese automakers are finding their design footing, and Chrysler Financial's flap over executive compensation...
Monday, Mar 16
Toyota's residual values seen falling more than competitors
Now, like the rest of the industry, Toyota is starting to get hit by falling residuals on both cars and trucks. Some of that is surely due to the general market conditions right now, but some critics suggest that the fact that Toyota's residuals are falling faster than other companies could...
Saturday, Jan 24
2010 Toyota Corolla, Matrix get standard stability and traction control
Filed under: Car Buying, Economy, Sedans/Saloons, Crossovers/CUVs, Hatchbacks, ToyotaIt's not every day that you get more for the same money. Yet that's what Toyota is offering with the 2010 Corolla, which will come with traction control and vehicle stability control and no price inc...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Opinion: GM strikes out with Yankees, Toyota and Audi trot in from the 'pen
As for the Yankees, there's no need to break out the Kleenex for Team Steinbrenner. They are replacing GM as their official automotive sponsor with both Toyota and Audi. Hey, maybe it's time to bring back an old tradition. R8 bullpen car, anyone? Thanks for the tip, Jack!
Thursday, Oct 23
Consumer Reports releases 2008 Reliability Survey
You may recall the shock from last year's survey in which three Toyota models - the Camry V6, Tundra V8 4WD and Lexus GS AWD - all fell below average in predicted reliability. Consumer Reports says that those three models have clawed their way back up to average reliability scores, while eve...
Tuesday, Sep 23
The gauntlet is thrown: VW Jetta TDI vs. Toyota Prius
Clean diesel or hybrid drive? It's an intriguing question, and one that's not quite so easy to answer. There's the price of diesel fuel to consider, which runs a few dimes over that of regular gasoline. Then there is fuel mileage. Does the Volkswagen Jetta TDI have a shot at dethroning the Toyo...
Tuesday, Jun 3
Subaru Impreza coupe coming in 2010
As previously reported, both versions will be sporting separate sheet metal to differentiate the two coupes from one another. We'd suspect that the Toyota version will be fitted with a traditional trunk, while the Subaru version will get a hatch similar to that found on the WRX/STI. The im...
Tuesday, Dec 18
Opinion: Toyota Tundra named Motor Trend 2008 Truck of the Year
Our money was on the F-450 for this award, as the truly super truck from Ford is rather peerless in the market. But we're not the editors of Motor Trend, and it's their award to give to whomever they choose. We're sure they're ready for the onslaught of armchair automotive journalism that's co...
Monday, Jun 4
Opinion: AutoblogGreen for 06.05.07
Sure, blogs are all about getting you the freshest news and analysis as quickly as possible. But sometimes, it's worth our time to take the long view. Yesterday was one of those days on AutoblogGreen. First, we had a look way back to when cars got pretty good gas mileage and no one had ever heard o...
Tuesday, May 15
Autoblog Podcast #66
Filed under: Podcasts, Chrysler, DaimlerChrysler, GM, Saab, Toyota The last couple of days, we've all been inundated with news of Chrysler's sale to Cerberus, and that's what we lead Podcast #66 with. As much as it makes analysts and pundits foam at the mouth, news about the sale is a prett...
Monday, Mar 26
Rendered Speculation: 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Spy Photos, SUVs, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota With news that Lexus will be debuting its new LX 570 at the New York Auto Show, we know a redesign for the venerable Land Cruiser from Toyota can't be far behind. Motor Authority expects the new Cruiser to officially s...
Tuesday, Feb 20
Toyota announces Camry Hybrid 50th Anniversary Edition
Toyota will be producing only 3,000 of these celebratory cars, which will carry a base MSRP of $31,680. That's a fair sized chunk of change more than a standard Camry Hybrid that starts at $26,200, but hey, you gotta pay the man if you want to party with Toyota. Source: Toyota]
Tuesday, Apr 4
Toyota to add another North American plant
Filed under: Trends, Plants/Manufacturing, ToyotaAn Automotive News report suggests that we can expect another Toyota assembly plant in North America sooner than later. Toyota, which already has five North American assembly plants with two more under construction, will run out of c...
