2010 Toyota Auris Facelift Detailed
21 Jan 2010, 15:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota will bring a slightly revised Auris at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March but, unfortunately, boring is still the best way to describe the "fresh" face of the car. However, the bes...
Toyota Secures Lithium Deal in Argentina
21 Jan 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japanese carmaker Toyota has secured a lithium supply contract in Argentina through one of its business arms, Toyota Tsusho Corp., as Reuters writes. Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading company partial...
Lotus to Launch 2010 Car in London, Test at Silverstone
21 Jan 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lotus F1 Team announced last week that they will unveil their 2010 challenger on February 12. And that's a fact. However, during the same press release, the team also stated that the place wher...
Toyota Sienna Enters Production
21 Jan 2010, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced yesterday the production debut of the US styled, developed and assembled Sienna, at the carmaker's TMMI plant in Pricenton, Indiana. This marks an important e...
Toyota Receives the Zayed Future Energy Prize
20 Jan 2010, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a somewhat uncommon achievement for a carmaker, the Japanese from Toyota received the Zayed Future Energy Prize during the four-day Future Energy Summit being held these days in Abu Dhabi. Create...
Panasonic India to Step into the Auto Sector
20 Jan 2010, 14:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The well known Japanese electronics producer Panasonic’s Indian arm, Panasonic India revealed its intentions to enter the country’s automotive market by 2012. The company said that it...
U.S. Cars Now Allowed in Japan’s Cash for Clunkers Program
20 Jan 2010, 13:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japan has modified its scrappage scheme conditions in order to allow U.S. cars to enter the program properly, subsequent to the United States’ complaints, Reuters noted. In a statement from...
JLR Appoints New Financial Services Director
19 Jan 2010, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / David Betteley, former Vice President with responsibility for financial services in the UK, Europe and Africa for Japanese carmaker Toyota has moved to Jaguar Land Rover, as the British manufacturer...
Toyota Cuts Prices in Australia
18 Jan 2010, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Battered last year by the severe financial crisis, Japanese carmaker Toyota released a full list of prices to be modified in Australia, with overall savings ranging in between AU$350 and AU$2,770. T...
Scion Still Pondering Compact Pickup
18 Jan 2010, 11:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although owned by Toyota, Scion is one of the brands that continue to rely on the same old models, revised every year with only minor upgrades such as special trim levels or exclusive features. Stil...
Drive to the North Pole in a Toyota Hilux
18 Jan 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After in 2007 Tops Gear's Jeremy Clarkson took a Toyota Hilux to the Magnetic North Pole, making the truck in the process the first car to achieve such a fit, Reykjavik-based Arctic Trucks is o...
Toyota Adds "G Sports" to the Lineup
18 Jan 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota took advantage of the Tokyo Auto Salon and previewed its upcoming sports conversion car series, the so called G Sports. Meant to offer customers some taste of its GAZOO Raci...
Toyota Prius, Made in the USA
15 Jan 2010, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced today it will build the hybrid Prius at its Blue Springs, Mississippi in the US starting from an yet undecided date. Most likely, production of the Prius, currentl...
Toyota Supports US Cars for Japan's Clunkers
14 Jan 2010, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following an amazing performance of Japanese carmaker Toyota under the US Car Allowance Rebate System last year, the manufacturer said it would welcome the competition of American made cars, should ...
Polk Automotive Loyalty Winners Announced
13 Jan 2010, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Automotive information provider Polk announced during one of the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) events the winners of its 14th Annual Automotive Loyalty Awards. For this edition...
Toyota to Offer Brake Override Systems as Standard
13 Jan 2010, 09:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese manufacturer Toyota might have found the solution to fix its largest recall ever: installing brake override systems on all Toyota, Lexus and Scion models. Basically, such a system could...
China: Daihatsu Dissolves Joint-Venture with FAW Jilin Auto
12 Jan 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japanese carmaker Daihatsu is facing new economic difficulties on the Chinese Market. The company has announced its withdrawal from the joint business with its Chinese partner, FAW Jilin Automobile...
Toyota Will Continue Big Marketing Spending in 2010
12 Jan 2010, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the record $1 billion marketing push in the fourth quarter of 2009, Japanese carmaker Toyota announced plans to continue spending big time on advertising its products, in the hope the sale...
NAIAS: Toyota FT-CH Compact Hybrid Concept
12 Jan 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Just as expected, this year’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) marked the debut of several innovative concepts, from manufacturers coming from around the world. In Toyota's ...
2011 Toyota Sienna Auto Access Seat Debuts at NAIAS
11 Jan 2010, 15:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At this years NAIAS, Toyota is debuting their new Auto Access Seat, designed for the 2011 Sienna minivan. This will make Toyota the first carmaker in North America to offer a factory-installed, rota...