Toyota officially announces F1 departure
It’s finally done – after persistent and intense rumours over the past few days Toyota has officially released a statement saying they would be withdrawing from F1 at the end of the 2009 season, which […]
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Toyota quitting Formula 1?
Toyota F1’s race at the Abu Dhabi GP is apparently their last, as strong and intense rumours point to a Toyota board meeting to be held on the 15th of November to come to a […]
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Tokyo 2009: New Toyota Mark X
The new Toyota Mark X’s Mazda-like wheel arches are even more obvious in real life than in photos. Toyota has basically taken the existing Mark X design and litreally did a facelift on it, seemingly […]
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Toyota FT-EV II concept: Live images from Tokyo
Apart from unveiling the highly anticipated FT-86 concept, Toyota also revealed the FT-EV II concept at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. The all-electric concept features a lithium-ion battery that enables the concept to deliver over […]
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Toyota FT-86: live from the Tokyo Motor Show
Perhaps considered as one of the most anticipated reveals at Tokyo 2009, the FT-86 Concept (“86” pronounced “hachi roku”) is one vehicle many of us are eager to see on our roads. The good news […]
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Toyota SAI Hybrid officially unveiled in Japan
Just hours after showing you a leaked brochure of the Lexus HS250h-based Toyota SAI Hybrid, we now have official information about new hybrid sedan as Toyota has just officially unveiled it. Compared its Lexus counterpart, […]
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Lexus HS250h-based Toyota Sai Hybrid: Leaked brochure
What you see above is the Toyota SAI Hybrid sedan that is based on the Lexus HS250h. The SAI Hybrid is treated to a slightly different exterior styling while the interior features a different dashboard […]
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New Toyota Mark X: official details and photos
Toyota Motor Corporation has unveiled the redesigned Mark X luxury sedan. The rear wheel drive Mark X is motivated by a new 314 horsepower 2GR-FSE 3.5 litre V6 powerplant that joins the 200 horsepower 4GR-FSE […]
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Toyota FT-86: a goldmine for aftermarket parts
The business of selling cars is not so much of just selling cars but also by selling the parts required to maintain or enhance them. The aftermarket business is a lucrative one and more and […]
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Toyota and Daihatsu developing new ’emerging market’ compact car
Nikkei reports that Toyota and Daihatsu are working on a new small car that can be sold for less than US$11,000 (RM37,268) in emerging economies like India and Brazil. I’m really not sure what the […]
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Toyota Auris gets facelifted in Japan
The last time there was an update to the Auris and covered on this blog, the 1.4 litre model was replaced with the new Dual VVT-i 1.33 litre engine with auto start-stop capabilities. This happened […]
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Toyota FT-86 to feature D-4S Boxer engine
A pretty sharp reader managed to point out that the words found on the Toyota FT-86 boxer engine is actually D-4S Boxer and not C-45 Boxer. Now this makes so much sense, and also gives […]
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VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 in “Gran Turismo”-vision
Want to see the new Toyota FT-86 Concept in action? Well, you can’t see a real one on the roads in action just yet, but thanks to Gran Turismo we have this video that features […]
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Toyota FT-EV II runs on auto-pilot mode
When the first Toyota FT-EV concept car was displayed at the Detroit show earlier this year, It looked much closer to a production electric Toyota iQ than this new concept car called the Toyota FT-EV […]
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Toyota FT-86: AE86 successor finally previewed!
It’s finally here, some kind of glimpse of the new AE86 spiritual successor. It’s even got the numbers 86 in its name. The new Toyota FT-86 Concept will be displayed at the 2009 Tokyo Motorshow […]
