Toyota and Lexus are rolling out new powerplants for the hybrid cars with improved performance and efficiency with six new hybrid powertrains. Toyota has, to a great degree, eschewed the headlong rush in to diesel engines seen by most car makers, instead opting to promote and develop hybrid powertrains as a means to delivering cleaner […]
Toyota about to dive in to electric cars – have they cracked the 600-mile battery?
Toyota is planning long-range electric vehicles according to a new report from Japan. Does that mean they’ve cracked the 600 mile solid-state battery? Toyota has long been sceptical about electric cars, feeling, as we always have, that until battery technology can deliver range and refuelling comparable to ICE cars they will never be viable other […]
Toyota’s funky C-HR goes on sale in the UK starting at £20,995
[nggallery id=2281 template=customlinks] The Toyota C-HR SUV was revealed in production guise at the Geneva Motor Show, and now it goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £20,995. The Toyota C-HR is a funky Crossover/SUV/High Riding Urban Warrior revealed at this year’s Geneva Motor Show in production guise, despite which it’s taken […]
Toyota C-HR: Toyota’s funky new C-HR compact SUV FINALLY gets an interior
[nggallery id=2281 template=customlinks] The Toyota C-HR Compact SUV – revealed at the Geneva Motor Show – finally gets its interior uncovered ahead of the new urban SUV going on sale. The Toyota C-HR arrived as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, previewing an extreme take on Toyota’s vision of a a funky little […]
New BMW Z5 & Toyota Supra – built in Austria and arriving 2018 (+video)
The replacement for the BMW Z4 – presumably the BMW Z5 – will go in to production in 2018 at Magna Steyr in 2018, and be joined by the new Toyota Supra. It’s more than three years since BMW and Toyota confirmed a joint venture to build a new sports car with common underpinnings which […]
Toyota GT 86 Shooting Brake Concept revealed in Australia
The Toyota GT 86 has spawned a Shooting Brake Concept, designed by Toyota Australia and built by Toyota Japan. A new GT86 model in the offing? The Toyota GT 86 – Toyota’s ‘affordable’ sport car – has been a round for four years, so it’s perhaps surprising it’s taken this long to see a practical take […]
New Toyota Aygo x-cite – an Aygo that thinks it’s a WASP
The Toyota Aygo x-cite has arrived as perhaps the boldest take on Toyota’s City Car, with a bright yellow paint job and cosmetic titivations. It’s a couple of years since the Toyota Aygo arrived as Toyota’s take on the Citroen C1/Peugeot 108 City Car, and if we had to pick one of the three to […]
Toyota GT86 gets a bit of a facelift – on sale UK late 2016
The Toyota GT86 is getting a bit of a facelift, with mainly small cosmetic changes inside and out and suspension tweaks. Debuts at the New York Motor Show. It’s only a week until the New York Motor Show kicks off, but Toyota has decided not top wait until the show itself to reveal the facelifted […]
New Toyota Prius Model teased for New York debut
A new Toyota Prius model is being teased ahead of a debut at the 2016 New York Motor Show, with a single image showing tail lights. It’s only a few months since the 2016 Toyota Prius went on sale in the UK, but Toyota are already teasing the arrival of a new Prius model for […]
Toyota C-HR Compact SUV arrives with either hybrid or 1.2 litre petrol power
[nggallery id=2281 template=customlinks] The new Toyota C-HR Compact SUV Crossover has been officially revealed at the Geneva Motor Show with both hybrid and petrol power. The production version of the Toyota C-HR was revealed a few days ago in a set of leaked photos, but now it’s arrived officially at the Geneva Motor Show featuring […]