Toyota Yet to Submit Appeal to the FIA on Trulli's Penalty
30 Mar 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) confirmed that Toyota are yet to submit their protest to the stewards' decision to hand Jarno Trulli a 25-second penalty at the end of the Albert P...
Jarno Trulli Handed 25-Second Penalty, Lifts Hamilton to 3rd
29 Mar 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton was promoted to 3rd place following the safety car incident he was involved in with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli. The race stewards have decided to hand the Italian driver a 25-second ...
New Toyota Crown Majesta Launched
27 Mar 2009, 09:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota launched yesterday onto the Japanese market its fifth generation Crown Majesta, the company's top sedan. The redesigned Majesta features all round modifications, with visual and interior...
Melbourne Stewards Clear All Rear Diffuser Designs
26 Mar 2009, 14:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Australian Grand Prix stewards have cleared all 2009 challengers for the Sunday race. During the Thursday scrutineering, all teams were given the go-ahead for the Aussie GP, including the three ...
BMW Announce Diffuser Protest in Australia
26 Mar 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing might have announced a potential protest to the rear diffuser designs used by Williams, Toyota and Brawn GP, but it is BMW Sauber who have confirmed it. Talking to British magazine A...
Toyota Yaris Hybrid to Take on Honda Insight
26 Mar 2009, 08:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As we reported earlier this month, Toyota is working on a low-priced hybrid that would compete with the inexpensive Honda Insight hybrid but no specific details have been released until today. Akihi...
Audi and Toyota, the New Yankees Sponsors
25 Mar 2009, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Audi and Toyota will become the official automotive sponsors for the New York Yankees, replacing GM, which will step back as part of their cost cut measures taken by the company to overcome the econ...
Timo Glock's Family Threatened by Racist Fans
24 Mar 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It took Timo Glock more than 5 months to reveal the hard times he and his family had to go through following the Brazilian Grand Prix last season. Blamed by many F1 fans for deliberately losing his ...
2010 Lexus HS 250h to Feature Enform Telematics System
24 Mar 2009, 11:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) US will feature for the first time on the Lexus HS 250h luxury hybrid sedan, set to begin sale in summer, its Lexus Enform telematics, a system designed to enhance safety an...
Toyota Urban Cruiser Excels in Fuel Efficiency, Reaches 57.7 MPG
24 Mar 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The entire automotive market slowly but sure migrates towards fuel economy-aimed technologies, so a fresh report claiming the-best-in-the-industry shouldn't surprise anybody. Japanese automaker...
FIA Announces Changes to Albert Park Circuit
23 Mar 2009, 15:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Apart from changing the original time schedule for the Australian Grand Prix next weekend – all practice & qualifying sessions, plus race, have been scheduled an hour later as compared to ...
Buick and Jaguar Produce the Most Reliable Cars
19 Mar 2009, 15:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Buick and Jaguar produce the most reliable cars in the industry, overtaking Lexus, the company that topped the overall chart for no less than 14 years, the latest research published by J.D. Power an...
Scion Badged iQ to Star in New York?
19 Mar 2009, 11:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota's young auto market segment oriented division Scion will go to the 2009 New York Auto Show determined to leave a lasting impression. The Japanese manufacturer will unveil a micro-subcomp...
Toyota MR2 Is Coming Back as a Hybrid Coupe
19 Mar 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota decided to step up its hybrid battle with rival Honda and produce a vehicle destined to take on the upcoming Honda CR-Z. The MR2 offspring was confirmed to autoexpress.c...
FIA Clears All Rear Diffuser Designs
19 Mar 2009, 08:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA's race director Charlie Whiting admitted that some of the teams have used certain loopholes in the technical rule book for 2009 when building their rear diffuser design. Continuing the cont...
VW to Develop OnStar-like System with Toyota
18 Mar 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Vast geographical distances are no match to the needs and requirements of either war or economical distress. Since war is no longer an issue, the economy is catalyst enough to make car manufacturers...
Toyota Idles Russian Operations Due to Falling Demand
17 Mar 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota today announced that it will temporary suspend operations at its Russian production facility between March 30 and April 6, citing the over-discussed economic recession and the falling demand ...
Brawn GP 001 Race Car Illegal Diffuser Allegations
16 Mar 2009, 16:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After allegations abounded last week about several teams having illegal rear diffusers, the Brawn GP 001 newbie car has also jumped on the bandwagon. The highest voice implying that the Brawn GP spo...
Toyota Hybrids Get Certified Used Program
16 Mar 2009, 13:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After nine years of hybrid sales on the US market, Toyota decided to create a used vehicle certification program for its hybrid Prius, Camry and Highlander. The program states a 3 months/3,000 miles...
Toyota Plans Cheaper Hybrid to Compete with Honda's Insight
13 Mar 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like we told you yesterday, Toyota is the first hybrid manufacturer in the United States that reached the 1 million sold units milestone and, even if this sounds like encouraging news, it'...