2014 Toyota Sienna Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rating
12 Feb 2014, 16:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Searching for a safe van to haul your beloved ones with it? The Toyota Sienna is probably what you’re looking for. The 2014 Toyota Sienna achieved a 5-star overall safety score from NHTSA, ...
Scion FR-S Gets 5-Star Safety Rank from NHTSA
5 Feb 2014, 15:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The cheapest, most reliable and fun new sportscar you can buy now is also one of the safest around according to its 5-star ranking from NHTSA. Scion is proud to announce that the FR-S model took ...
Toyota FCV Hydrogen Tanks are Bulletproof
17 Jan 2014, 12:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Next year, Toyota is planning to release the first batch of fuel cell vehicles in California, but will the people embrace the new technology like it did with the Prius, or everyone will remember abo...
Three Toyotas and a Scion Got in IIHS’ 2014 Top Safety Pick
20 Dec 2013, 09:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After we found out yesterday that Consumer Reports put the Toyota Camry back into its top safety pick list, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has now released its Top Safety Pick awards. ...
Toyota Advertising Its Safety Technology With THULE
2 Dec 2013, 11:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you all probably know, speed doesn’t kill anyone. Becoming still suddenly is what really kills. It’s called inertia and it is directly responsible for internal injuries after a crash,...
Toyota Debuts Driver Awareness Research Vehicle at the LA Show
21 Nov 2013, 15:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota has revealed the Driver Awareness Research Vehicle (DAR-V) at the Los Angeles Auto Show, a vehicle that focuses on reducing the driver distractions before even putting the key in the ignition...
Toyota Advertising Automated Driving Technology
6 Nov 2013, 15:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Instead of focusing on self driving vehicles for the future (which will pretty much transform vehicles into household items), Toyota is developing automated driving technologies, which will let the ...
Future Toyota Safety Technology Also Focused on Pedestrians
30 Oct 2013, 14:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As car incidents involving pedestrians make up a large portion of urban fatalities, Toyota is developing a new technology that could avoid collisions between its vehicles and people on the streets. ...
Toyota Donating $150,000 for Teen Driving Course
26 Oct 2013, 17:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As a previous video with Alex Wurz showed, Toyota is into teaching teen drivers the safe way of driving, to lay off the social media on their smartphones and be responsive while being behind the whe...
Toyota Loses First Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit
25 Oct 2013, 10:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After pulling one lawsuit out, Toyota now must pay $3 million in another case claiming a malfunctioning Camry model caused an accident due to sudden acceleration, leading to a woman’s death an...
Toyota Racedriver Alex Wurz Talks About Road Safety
23 Oct 2013, 15:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The vehicle number in Europe has tripled over the last 30 years, but thanks to technology, roads are far safer now. However, the safety part of the automotive industry is still under development ...
Toyota and Discovery Education Gathering Teen Filmmakers
22 Oct 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know a teen aspiring to a filmmaking career or one that is very creative and makes nice video montages? Then steer him/her to the 2014 Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge. The challenge inv...
Toyota Corolla To Get Safety Update in the Future
21 Oct 2013, 14:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’ve seen recently what happens with a 2014 Toyota Corolla in IIHS’ small overlap crash test and word is that the Japanese automaker has already started to work on a solution. Automo...
Toyota Avalon’s Safety Inspired by Birds
14 Oct 2013, 11:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As with a flock of birds, harmoniously traveling cross-country and protecting each other, Toyota’s safety strength comes in number. Like any other Toyota vehicle, the Avalon comes standard ...
Watch How Toyota’s New Automatic Driving System Works
11 Oct 2013, 12:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We were telling you earlier about Toyota’s upcoming Automated Driving Technologies, aimed to improve road safety and also avoid traffic jams. Now you can see how these systems work in this ...
Toyota on Creating Safer Roads
27 Sep 2013, 14:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota does more than just creating affordable vehicles for the masses - it constantly searches for life and safety improvements. For example, safety is ensured as standard on all Toyota vehicles...
Toyota Hilux 4x4 Gets Five Starts in ANCAP Test
24 Sep 2013, 08:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) has recently tested the 2013 Toyota Hilux models, awarding them five-stars crash results. However, the rating applies only for single cab and...
Toyota Shows Its Lane Keeping Assist
26 Aug 2013, 16:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota says that driving is like swimming at the Olympics - “if you want to get ahead, you have to stay in your lane.” An idea that was used by the automaker to develop its Lane Keep ...
Toyota Works To Improve Crash Test Scores
26 Aug 2013, 16:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you can recall, Toyota received poor scores in the small-overlap crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety earlier this year, one of the most affected vehicles being the R...
Toyota Cartoons Advertises Blind Spot Monitoring
26 Aug 2013, 16:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Even if you have properly adjusted your side mirrors, there can be vehicles in your vicinity that you can’t see in the rearview mirrors if they get into the blind spot, especially small sized ...