Once upon a time, if you were expecting company and they drove a Toyota Land Cruiser, you’d have Teva prints in your carpet and the smell of patchouli filling your house. Their refrigerator cheese selection probably included one with the word “Whiz” in it, and if things got too warm, your guests would unzip their [...]
The well-publicized battle for hybrid sales supremacy between Honda and Toyota has taken yet another intriguing turn. According to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, Toyota is saying that it expects to take 40,000 preorders in Japan for its new 2010 Prius hybrid ahead of its official rollout in May. For the sake of comparison, the Japanese automaker [...]
The FIA International Court of Appeal has just ruled that the “Diffuser 3″ can continue on with their current shapely backsides, much to the chagrin of Formula 1 competitor Ferrari (among others). The Court had met in Paris to respond to a challenge issued by Ferrari, Red Bull and Renault, which questioned whether or not [...]
Dear readers, this is what you get when you mix some serious damage, an aversion to body shops, a lot of time, and the belief that Bondo and duct tape can fix anything. This sad-looking fifth-generation Toyota Camry was spotted in Dallas by Final Gear user Spectre, and it appears to be wearing enough Bondo [...]
Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales USA’s vice president and general manager, told our man Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com that the Toyota A-BAT is on indefinite hold. According to Carter, “We have a lot of top priorities right now, and A-BAT isn’t one of them.”
Although news of the A-BAT’s imminent arrival was circulating as early as [...]
Car and Driver’s April Fools’ Day joke about President Obama ordering the Detroit 3 automakers out of stock car racing has apparently got NASCAR officials pondering the ramifications of such a mass exodus. Suffice it to say, they are not laughing. Jeff Burton, driver of a Chevrolet-badged racecar for Richard Childress Racing, said, “I think [...]
Even though he had a long television acting career, you probably don’t remember James Sloyan - but you know his voice - perhaps better than you’d like. Sloyan has been the narrator for every Lexus commercial since the brand’s 1989 launch. Imagine the slogan “The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection,” and your mind will probably be [...]
The last report about the on again/off again sports car being developed jointly by Toyota and Subaru was that it’s on again. Today comes word from L’Automobile in France that not only is the rear-wheel-drive Toyubaru going to happen, but it will arrive bearing the Celica name sometime in 2010. If Wikipedia is to be [...]