Toyota has postponed the launch of the Prius V in Japan as a result of the ongoing problems after the recent earthquake and tsunami. Really, in the big scheme of things, the news that Toyota has postponed the launch of the Prius V in Japan is of no real consequence. The devastation caused in Japan […]
Toyota Hybrid Sales top 3 Million
Toyota has revealed that they have now produced more than 3 million hybrid cars. That’s a whole 0.6% of cars produced. Who’d have thought it? Toyota has managed to sell more than 3 million Hybrid cars since the first Toyota Prius launched in Japan in 1997. Congratulations. Back then, few thought of climate change and it seems likely that the […]
Toyota FT-86 II: Now Toyota mean it. Really
Toyota have brought their compact sports car project to Geneva in an updated version – the Toyota FT-86 II, which may hit the road by 2012. Toyota has been threatening to produce an affordable sports car for quite a while. And when we first saw the Toyota FT-86 Concept at the end of 2009 (and […]
Toyota Yaris Hybrid: Previews new Yaris
Toyota has revealed the Toyota Yaris Hybrid, it’s smallest hybrid yet. The Yaris hybrid also showcases the next generation Yaris, due in 2012. Toyota are determined to shove hybrid gubbins in anything they build that moves, so we now get a hybrid version of the next generation Yaris revealed at Geneva. Just as Toyota aren’t […]
Toyota Prius+: A Party Seven Prius
Toyota reveal the seven seater Prius – the Toyota Prius+ – at Geneva. Features the regular hybrid Prius drivtrain but with Lithium-ion battery pack. On sale 2012. Toyota are bashing on with the extension of the Prius brand as well as the extension of the hybrid drive train in to their regular model range. But probably the big Geneva news […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid Review and Road Test (2011) Part 2
Part 2 of our review and road test of the Toyota Auris Hybrid. Does it really do 70mpg? And is it any good on Motorways and B Roads? No one buys a Toyota Auris and expects to go blatting round the back roads, eking every last drop of grip and handling out of the chassis. […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid Review and Road Test (2011)
This week we have the Toyota Hybrid that’s not a Prius – the Toyota Auris Hybrid – in for Review and Road test. Has the Hybrid come of age? The Toyota Auris is not one of those cars that stick in the mind. It’s just there. It’s just another well-built Toyota. A slightly odd looking […]
Toyota EV: Toyota iQ-based electric concept at Geneva
Toyota are to take the Toyota EV Prototype to Geneva, a Toyota iQ-based city car with the electric bits from the Prius Plug-in. It’s well-known we hold no truck with the motor industry trying to portray the electric car as a replacement for the ICE car. It’s palpable nonsense. But a compact electric car with a short city range […]
Hiromu Naruse: ‘Godfather’ of the LFA ‘Not Famous Enough’
We asked Toyota why they hadn’t honoured Hiromu Naruse by creating an LFA in his memory. They said it was because he wasn’t famous. What do you think? Last year we reported the death of Hiromu Naruse, Toyota’s chief test driver and a man considered to be the ‘Godfather’ of the Japanese performance car, and particularly the Lexus LFA, a […]
Toyota Throttlegate NOT Electronic
The US Congress report on last year’s Toyota sticky throttle recall concludes the problem was entirely mechanical and not software related. Last year we extensively covered the Toyota sticky throttle recall, which also extended to Peugeot and Citroen as they shared the Toyota Aygo in the C1 and 107. And as far as we can see, […]