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WITH THE NEXT GENERATION of Mercedes-Benz A and B-Class small cars in the planning stages, there is mounting speculation that the next generation of small cars to wear the three-pointed star may be spawned from an unlikely alliance.
German publication Auto Motor und Sport, believes that Daimler could make use of a Toyota platform for the [...]
NEW TOYOTA PRESIDENT Akio Toyodo, the 53 year-old grandson of the company’s founder, has something of a speeding problem. Thankfully, he keeps his need for speed to the race tracks, with his most recent outing being behind the wheel of one of two Lexus LF-A test cars during the Nurburgring 24 Hour Race.
However, unlike [...]
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA announced this week that it has extended the warranty on the hybrid battery of the Toyota Prius, covering owners of the popular hybrid with an eight-year/160,000km warranty.
The extended warranty applies to more than 12,700 cars sold since the Prius’ Australian launch in 2001, as well as all new Prius cars sold from [...]
TUESDAY SAW THE swearing in of new Toyota president Akio Toyoda - grandson of the company’s founder - and in a speech to the number one carmaker’s shareholders, Mr Toyoda acknowledged the trials the manufacturer is facing.
“The new Toyota sets sail in very stormy waters,” Mr Toyoda said. “But right now we’re working at [...]
AKIO TOYODA, the man responsible for the Lexus LF-A supercar and the M3-rivalling IS-F sports sedan, begins his job as President of Toyota today, after 25 years with the company.
Grandson of Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota, 52-year-old Akio Toyoda takes over from 66-year-old Katsuaki Watanabe, who has been Toyota chief [...]
As the adage goes, you take the good with the bad - something that Toyota is experiencing at the moment.
In the wake of Toyota’s first loss in 71 years, reports are trickling in that Toyota has received a whopping 180,000 Japanese orders for the third-gen Prius within the space of a month - a good [...]
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA has released its financial year figures for the 12 months to March 31 2009, and, while profits have been halved, it is still in the black. And that’s something very few auto manufacturers can claim at the moment.
Certainly things could be worse; in the current global circumstances, turning a net profit of $123.4 [...]
AS AUSTRALIAN CAR BUYERS gradually warm to the idea of diesel engines, and Peugeot, Citroen and Volvo forge ahead with their plans to bring diesel-electric hybrids to market, Toyota, the world’s current hybrid-car leader, has reportedly nixed the idea of an oil-burning hybrid.
Toyota currently produces a diesel hybrid truck for the Japanese market, but it [...]
Touch Tracer is the first display system in the world to allow steering wheel controls to read out on the instrument panel. (Overseas model shown)
THE ALL-NEW TOYOTA PRIUS features a clever new piece of technology Toyota has named Touch Tracer, allowing the driver to view important vehicle information on a heads-up display, requiring the minimum [...]
THE CHEVY VOLT isn’t too far away from the showroom and Volvo has just announced that it’ll be bringing out its own plug-in hybrid in 2012. They’re not alone either, as Volkswagen is already trialing its plug-in tech and high consumer interest in plug-in hybrids has prompted Honda to revise its no plug-in stance.
Not to [...]
TOYOTA MOTORSPORT PRESIDENT John Howett has revealed the manufacturer is prepared to commit to Formula 1 until 2012 if the FIA scraps its plan to introduce a budget cap next year.
As Vice-President of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), Howett has been vocal in his opposition against the proposed changes to the 2010 regulations, stating [...]
IT MAY BE dark times for the likes of Chrysler and GM, but Toyota US is expecting new car sales to boom there in the near future. Accordingly, the manufacturer will be ramping up production of its most popular models, with the Corolla, Camry, RAV4, Tacoma, Tundra and Sienna at the top of the list.
Total [...]
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION of the Camry Hybrid isn’t scheduled to begin until early next year, but petrol-electric Camrys are already being churned out at Toyota’s Chachoengsao plant in Thailand.
Destined to be sold throughout the South-East Asia region, the Thai-built Camry Hybrids wear the same headlights, tailights and sheetmetal used by the Aurion, although under the skin [...]
THANKS TO HUGE demand and a surge of interest in the car ahead of its US launch, Toyota will be increasing production of the 2010 Prius at the two Japanese plants that produce the car.
Initial sales forecasts were pegged at 100,000 cars for 2009, but after 80,000 people pre-ordered a Prius before it even launched [...]
TOYOTA MOTORSPORT BOSS John Howett has rubbished suggestions his team will withdraw from Formula 1 regardless of the outcome of the budget cap dispute.
After Toyota issued its quit threat earlier in the month, rumours began to emerge from the Formula 1 paddock hinting the Japanese manufacturer was simply using the controversy as a means to [...]
TOYOTA MARKS 50 years of Australian sales this year, and to celebrate the milestone the company has wheeled out a special-edition variant of its Aurion large sedan.
Based on the Aurion AT-X, the Toyota Aurion Touring Special Edition comes packed with a range of added equipment, effectively endowing it with $2700-worth of gear at no extra [...]
IT’S ONLY JUST gone on sale in Japan, but already Toyota has wheeled out a few of its own aftermarket parts for the 2010 Prius.
Sold under Toyota’s Modellista brand, the bodykits range from the super-mild Modellista Version 1 and Version 2, to the slightly outrageous Aero Tourer S kit. All three of them lend the [...]
THIS WEEK MARKS the launch of Toyota’s third generation Prius in Japan. After a long and teasing lead-up of information, photos and specifications, the new Prius looks set to build on the 1.25 million sales amassed to date for Toyota’s hybrid warrior.
Boasting a ‘90 percent-new’ hybrid drive system, with a larger 1.8 litre petrol [...]
If you’re a Toyota nut but not the biggest fan of the upcoming Prius’ style, you’ve got a problem. If, on the other hand, the look of the new 2010 Toyota Prius hits the spot for you, then the local Toyota showroom offers a rosy future.
In a recent presentation at Toyota’s design studios, global design [...]
It’s been one hell of a ride for Toyota in the last couple of years. Prior to ‘the great economic unpleasantness’, the Japanese automaker had positioned itself securely as the number one car company in the world and the poster-child for profitability.
Toyota, however, hasn’t managed to avoid the global recession and massive shake-up in world [...]
Toyota has warned the FIA it is prepared to withdraw from Formula One unless significant changes are made to the 2010 budget cap.
The Japanese manufacturer is opposed to the two-tier championship planned for next year, and is preparing to shift its investment elsewhere unless an amicable solution is found.
Speaking to Autosport, Toyota Team President John [...]
It seems Toyota Australia and Fiat’s Sergio Marchionne are of a similar mind when it comes to the state of the automotive industry. Toyota Australia’s Senior Executive Director for Sales and Marketing, David Buttner, has echoed Marchionne’s view of the world market, declaring that the new-car market in Australia is set to improve through 2009 [...]
Toyota has announced that the Australian-market 2010 Prius will boast two high-tech safety systems when it lands here in July, systems that until now have been the exclusive domain of Toyota’s luxury arm Lexus.
Dynamic Radar Cruise Control is the primary system, and the one that keeps you out of trouble. Pre-Crash, on the other hand, [...]
I almost knew a bloke who ate a car. Details are sketchy but I expect it took him a while, and it was probably a small car like a Fiat 600, or maybe even a Volkswagen. Why? Well, that was never explained.
Maybe he just woke up one day and said, “It’s about time someone around [...]
As far as pace cars go, we’ve got to admit that the Toyota Hybrid Camry is a pretty unlikely candidate for the job. The Camry nameplate isn’t exactly one that’s storied in motorsport history and people usually associate hybrids with fuel-sipping thrift, not fast-paced sprints.
But that perception may change. Toyota has decided to throw its [...]
It was only last week that we learnt that the ‘always in development never on sale’ Lexus LF-A was heading back to the ‘Ring to compete in the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race in May.
The latest news is that incoming Toyota President, Akio Toyoda (grandson of the company’s founder) will be enjoying some wheel time during [...]
Word is spreading around the interwebs that Q1 of 2009 has been a ‘quarter horribilis’ for Toyota. A record breaker in fact, but not in a good way.
Official Toyota figures are yet to be released on that score, but the news is not all doom and gloom. Toyota has recently entered the top 10 of [...]
With Volkswagen duking it out with Toyota for the title of world’s largest automotive manufacturer, you’d have to think things are all roses for the German marque.
However, a 74 percent drop in profits for the first quarter of this year might just take some spring out of Volkswagen’s step. Of course, it’s the same story [...]
Japanese tuning house Impulse - specialists in tuning the the enthusiast-favourite AE86 Toyota Corolla - recently posted this footage of a one-make race that sees one poor ‘Hachi’ literally punted off the track. In backyard cricket terms, we’re talking ‘over the fence and out’.
Loved for its light weight and excellent balance, the ‘Hachi Roku’ (Japanese [...]
If you’re looking to replace your second-gen Prius but aren’t quite sure which way to go, Toyota would like to help. Toyota Motor Sales USA has just announced pricing and specifications for the five-model range of the new third-generation Prius.
Due to go on sale in late May, the new Prius will start from USD$21,000 (AUD$29,610) [...]
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