Toyota has been having a bit of a tweak of the Yaris range for the summer, and has announced an improved spec for the Yaris TR and the deletion of the Yaris SR. The changes to the new Toyota Yaris TR move it up the range towards the T-Spirit. There are ten Yaris TR models […]
Toyota Prius – sales double
As we reported last month, the Toyota Prius – the new, 3rd GEN car – took the top sales spot in Japan in its first full month on sale, knocking April’s big seller – the Honda Insight Hybrid – in to second place. For the fist time the top two spots in Japan were taken […]
Hybrid Cars are Dangerous
If we’re talking about the likes of the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, we find them a danger to our sensibilities as they are unpleasant to drive. If you simply want to get from A to B economically that’s fine, but the driving experience is none existent. Still lots of people just want transport, […]
Aston Martin Cygnet Concept – an ‘Urban’ Aston Martin
The last Aston Martin concept we saw was the big Lagonda SUV Concept at Geneva in March. It wasn’t received with unmitigated delight, but Aston Martin said it was just that – a concept – to get views and opinion on the future direction of the Lagonda marque. But now we have a concept from […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid in the UK
Update September ’09: The Toyota Auris Hybrid has now been revealed at Frankfurt and will go on sale in the second half of 2010. As we are all only too well aware, Toyota has just launched the new Toyota Prius, which is claimed to be a big improvement on the old Prius, so much so […]
New Toyota iQ3 launched
The Toyota iQ3 (known as the iQ cubed) is Toyota’s Smart Car competitor. And until now it didn’t exactly get up and go (although I suppose that’s not really the point of a little city car like this) but Toyota has now improved things significantly by introducing the Toyota iQ3. The Toyota iQ3 gets Toyota’s […]
Toyota iQ3 Press Release
New Toyota iQ3 CLEVERER THAN EVER: INTRODUCING THE NEW TOYOTA iQ3 New iQ3 (iQ cubed) powered by 98bhp 1.33 Dual VVT-i engine with Toyota Optimal Drive Toyota Stop & Start system increases fuel efficiency and reduces CO2 emissions Class-leading fuel economy and emissions – 58.9mpg and 113g/km (six-speed manual) Also available with Multidrive CVT transmission […]
Lexus LF-A UK debut at Goodwood
As we’ve mentioned before, the Lexus LF-A Supercar has been a long time coming. It is now four years since Lexus teased us with the possibility and it seemed for a while as if it was just that – a tease and nothing more. But we’ve seen the Lexus LF-A out testing in close to […]
Hybrid cars driving sales in Japan
We’ve reported before that Hybrid car sales in Japan are going through the roof, with first the Honda Insight being the best selling car in Japan, soon to be overtaken by the new Toyota Prius. In fact, the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight are the two best-selling cars in Japan bar none. And what […]
New Toyota Prius – UK prices pegged
Well it looks like all the scrapping between Honda with its Insight and Toyota with its Prius is, as we recently said, going to pay dividends for buyers of Hybrid cars in the UK. The next generation Toyota Prius will start delivery in the UK in August, and Toyota has just announced that it will […]