We have the RAV4 Hybrid Excel AWD 2.5L CVT in for review and road test as Toyota’s long-running SUV remains mainstream but now comes with a hybrid option. The world is full of SUVs of every size, from very compact urban runarounds to full size SUVs like the Range Rover and XC90. But Toyota has been […]
Toyota Mirai Hydrogen EV hits 50k TROUBLE-FREE working miles
A Toyota Mirai hydrogen powered electric car, run by private hire firm Green Tomato in London, has clocked up 50,000 working miles in two years. All the talk about the future of cars revolves around a shift to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as more advanced solid state batteries look to be on the horizon. That […]
Toyota C-HR R-Tuned is a 600bhp Supercar-Bashing Crossover
The Toyota C-HR R-Tuned has been revealed at SEMA boasting 600bhp – still with front-wheel drive – and a claim its the fastest Crossover in the world. The Toyota C-HR is a properly good Crossover;, funky to look at, good to drive and a great advert for Toyota’s future direction. But when the C-HR arrived it […]
Toyota Hilux Bruiser is a TOY Hilux brought to life (video)
The Toyota Hilux Bruiser is a one-off Hilux pick-up truck created by Toyota UK to celebrate the popular Tamiya remote-controlled toy Hilux. The Toyota Hilux has been around for almost 50 years and has garnered a reputation as an unbreakable workhorse, cemented in a wider consciousness by Top Gear’s escapades with the Toyota pick-up. Not […]
Toyota WON’T share its ‘600 Mile’ EV battery technology
Toyota may be partnering with Mazda and Denso on a new architecture for electric cars, but it won’t be sharing its new Solid State battery technology for EVs. Toyota is busy working with Mazda and Denso on a new architecture for its electric cars, but despite that co-operation it has no intention of sharing its […]
Toyota to DITCH Diesels – and deliver Hydrogen for the price of Hybrid
Toyota plan to drop diesel engine options from all it new models, and predict that a hydrogen fuel cell car will be as cheap as a hybrid by the early 2020s. You might be forgiven for thinking that Toyota has never really had time for diesel engine technology, and in many ways you’d be right. […]
Toyota Fine-Comfort Ride Concept is Toyota’s vision of future luxury Hydrogen car
The Toyota Fine-Comfort Ride Concept is heading for the Tokyo Motor Show previewing Toyota’s vision of a future hydrogen powered luxury car. Toyota has revealed another concept for the Tokyo Motor Show, this time a concept which imagines a future luxury car with huge amounts of space and powered by hydrogen – the Toyota Fine-Comfort […]
Toyota Tj Cruiser Concept is a cross between a Van and an SUV. A SUVAN, perhaps?
The Toyota Tj Cruiser Cruiser will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show as a hybrid of a Van and an SUV, complete with a hybrid powertrain. You expect odd concepts to turn up to the Tokyo Motor Show as Japanese car makers look to make a statement at their home shows, and this Toyota Tj […]
Toyota GR HV Sports Concept is a GT86 with Le Mans inspiration and HYBRID powertrain
The Toyota GR HV Sports Concept has been revealed ahead of a Tokyo Motor Show debut as a GT86 with a Le Mans inspiration and hybrid powertrain. With the Tokyo Motor Show looming, Japanese car makers are starting to reveal what they have planned for their home show, including concepts. Enter the Toyota GR HV Sports Concept, […]
Toyota RAV4 updated – and with HYBRID RAV4s now available right across the range
The Toyota RAV4 has been given a bit of an update and is now available with hybrid powertrain right across the RAV4 range. Hybrid RAV4 from £29,005. As buyers start to eschew diesels (actually, it’s really old diesels they should worry about, not Euro 6 diesels), Toyota are reaping benefit from the diesel backlash with their […]