Toyota has set a new lap record for an electric car at the Nurburgring with a lap of 7m 47.794s in the Toyota TMG EV P001 EV. Every car maker wants a lap record at the Nurburgring, and Toyota is no different. What is different this time is that Toyota has taken a non-production car […]
Toyota to build Tesla-powered RAV4 EV in Canada
Toyota has confirmed that the RAV4 EV will go in to production at the Toyota plant in Woodstock, Ontario. There was a bit of a kerfuffle last month when a Toyota man went on record to say that Toyota would not be making an electric RAV4 that you and I could buy and that instead the […]
Toyota Prius Plug-In is practically perfect in London
Toyota has been running 20 Prius Plug-ins round London, and the interim findings are that they are more economical than a diesel and perfectly suited to urban driving. We though we ought to do Toyota the courtesy of a non-disparaging headline after the first interim results of trials of the Prius Plug-in in the hands […]
Toyota RAV4 EV: Electric Toyota SUV not for sale
A Toyota manager has revealed that the electric Toyota RAV4 EV which is being built by Tesla will not be sold to the public. Note: Update to this story at the end. When we reported back in 2010 that there were plans afoot for an electric Toyota RAV4 (and a Lexus RX EV too, for that matter) […]
2012 Toyota Yaris: The UK stuff
Toyota UK has revealed details of the 2012 Yaris, offering 3 engine and 3 gearbox options, four trim levels and starts at £11,170. We’ve been trailing the 2012 Toyota Yaris since the end of last year when Toyota in Japan unveiled the JDM Toyota Viz ( the Japanese version of the Yaris) and again a month ago with the […]
Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II – the new Toyota MR2?
Toyota are to reveal the GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II – a 295bhp MR2-like Roadster – at the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race this weekend. The New Toyota MR2? Probably not. But the Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II is certainly in the same mould as the MR2, and does show that Toyota hasn’t forgotten how to make an […]
2012 Toyota Yaris: New European Yaris revealed
The 2012 Toyota Yaris has been revealed with sharper looks, a revised interior and new instruments. No one can argue that Toyota hasn’t given us plenty of notice of the 2012 Toyota Yaris. They have. All we had to do was take a look at the new Toyota Vitz that was revealed by Toyota at the end of […]
Toyota FT-86 to get Subaru 2.0 litre Boxer engine
Toyota has revealed that the FT-86 – as a Toyota, Subaru and Scion – will come with a 2.0 litre Subaru Boxer engine, 6-speed manual ‘box & limited slip diff. It’s actually starting to look as if Toyota – and Subaru, for that matter – are really going to finally get their respective fingers out […]
Toyota Hybrid Challenge: How Slow Can You Go?
Toyota has launched the Toyota Hybrid Challenge to encourage Toyota hybrid owners to go as slowly as possible and get the best mpg. We’ll be the first to admit it: Toyota hybrids can achieve some pretty remarkable feats of economy. Trouble is, only if you’re happy to drive like you hate it with a passion. And that […]
Toyota FT-86: The Glitz +video
Toyota is still dragging out the Toyota FT-86 Concept, and now we get some all new studio photos of the FT-86 MK II and a video of the photo shoot. It really has been dragging on for far too long. The Toyota FT-86, that is. October 2009 was when we first ran a story about the Toyota […]