Toyota Yaris Gets UV Protective Front Windows
15 Dec 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota announced that the front door glass in its redesigned Yaris (Vitz in Japan) reduces ultraviolet (UV) penetration by approximately 99% and claims its use is a world first. The new model is sch...
Toyota Gained a Bad Reputation Among US Customers
15 Dec 2010, 08:48 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Americans are not too confident that Toyota is a manufacturer of quality, reliable cars lately, mostly because of the series of recalls that the Japanese manufacturer had to make in the past year. N...
Toyota Prius Qualifies for £5,000 Government Grant
14 Dec 2010, 08:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota’s efforts to bring the Prius Plug-in Hybrid to the mass market have just received some important help from the British government. The Department for Transport and the Office for Low Em...
Toyota Recalls Brand New Sienna
13 Dec 2010, 19:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What would 2010 be without another important recall from Toyota, the carmaker which dominated the charts for the biggest number of units and models recalled this year? The year which started with th...
VW Sells Great in 2010
10 Dec 2010, 13:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The year isn't quite over when it comes to sale days, but this doesn't mean there are some who haven't already begun celebrating; especially the brands of the Volkswagen group, the on...
Toyota TogetherGreen Grants Announced
10 Dec 2010, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lagging behind when it comes to developing new electric vehicle technologies (a strange approach, considering the fact that Toyota has practically invented the hybrids with the Prius), the Japanese ...
Toyota, Daimler, BMW Turn to Tesla-inspired Laptop Battery Solution
8 Dec 2010, 19:37 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota Motor Corp, Daimler AG and BMW AG are looking at laptop batteries to power their electric cars, following an example set by California-based automaker Tesla Motors. The three aforementioned a...
Toyota Unveils Solid-State Battery in Japan
7 Dec 2010, 16:08 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Today's battery technology is in an incipient form that cannot sustain the emerging eco-friendly car industry. Fortunately, Toyota takes matters into its own hands and proposes a solid state ba...
Toyota Lowers 2011 Production Volume by 200,000 Units
6 Dec 2010, 15:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota decided to cut its 2011 production plans by 200,000 units, which means the Japanese manufacturer will roll off the assembly lines a total of 7.8 million vehicles next year. This would be the ...
Volkswagen Leads European Fleet Sales
6 Dec 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The largest car maker in Europe and at the same the biggest competition Toyota has for the number 1 spot in the world announced today the sales figures for the continent. The car maker says it manag...
Toyota Dismisses Lithium Ion Batteries for 10 More Years
6 Dec 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The leader in hybrid technology, production and sales, Toyota Motor Corporation, says it will stay with nickel-metal batteries for at least 10 more years. This comes as a surprise, as most of Toyota...
Spyshots: Toyota Corolla Hatchback Hybrid
6 Dec 2010, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota promised a while back that in a few years’ time, each model in its lineup would have a hybrid version. By all intents and purposes, the Japanese carmaker seems determined to keep that p...
Toyota Etios Liva Comes in April
6 Dec 2010, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The hatchback's got a name... Soon after the introduction of the Etios model on the Indian market, Japanese manufacturer Toyota is already planning ahead and has announced a few details surroun...
Toyota Etios Sedan Looks to Conquer Indian Market
4 Dec 2010, 17:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The world’s largest automaker has it’s eye on the ever-growing Indian car market. The production version of the 2010 New Delhi Show Etios Concept is available at launch as a four-door se...
2011 Toyota Corolla and Matrix Facelift Pricing Announced
4 Dec 2010, 15:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The North American division of Toyota has announced the retail prices for the US market facelift Corolla and the 2011 Matrix sedan. The Corolla receives some minor exterior changes and interior...
Toyota Reveals LMP1 Engine Supply for Rebellion Racing
3 Dec 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota confirmed its return in the sportscar racing world earlier this week, announcing it will become engine supplier for Rebellion Racing in the LMP1 class of the Le Mans Series. Starting from the...
The Big Apple Meets Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
3 Dec 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of Toyota's efforts to promote its upcoming Prius Plug-in Hybrid model, the US division of the Japanese carmaker signed a partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation...
Japan Auto Sales on a Downward Spiral
2 Dec 2010, 16:34 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Japanese automobile sales experienced a dramatic fall in November, according to a report by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. This is due to the ending in early September of a popular govern...
Cooper Tire Ready for 2011 Dakar Rally
2 Dec 2010, 15:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Cooper Tire announced that it will support and expanded team in the 2011 edition of the Dakar Rally, as it plans to climb higher than it managed with its 2010 debut. This year, the Toyota Cooper ...
Toyota Hopes to Double Its Sales in India by 2013
2 Dec 2010, 16:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / India is one of the world’s fastest growing car markets, one that every manufacturer seems to want to take a ‘slice’ of. So it comes as no surprise that Toyota is expecting its sal...