Toyota Prius to Be Launched in india
8 Jan 2010, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota debuted this week its Prius hybrid on the Indian market. Despite a somewhat low sales expectations (some 200 units are believed to be sold this year), Toyota says India is w...
Toyota to Fight Back at NAIAS
7 Jan 2010, 13:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After in 2009 Japanese carmaker Toyota went through one of its worst years in the US, the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) may prove to be the perfect ground for the manufacturer ...
Audi Design Chief to Address Students in Detroit
7 Jan 2010, 11:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker Audi announced yesterday their Head of Design Stefan Sielaff will address students at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit on January 10, before the 2010 NAIAS event kic...
LTE Connected Car, Prius-Based
7 Jan 2010, 10:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / GameStreamer and Alcatel-Lucent will demonstrate the first streaming delivery of a video game to an in-vehicle entertainment system over a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network at the Consumer Electroni...
Toyota's December Sales Leave Room for Hope
6 Jan 2010, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the worst years in the Japanese manufacturer's history ended a few days ago, in a somewhat cheerful note. Simply put, Toyota gained 22.9 percent over the same period last year in its big...
2010 European Toyota Yaris Details Released
6 Jan 2010, 08:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / First launched in 1999, with the second generation model introduced in 2005 and further improvements brought in 2009, the Yaris is Toyota's best selling model in Europe. The carmaker recently r...
Glock Began Virgin Talks After Suzuka
5 Jan 2010, 10:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / German driver Timo Glock admitted that he had taken the decision to leave Toyota F1 Team prior to the Japanese carmaker's announcement that it will leave the series by the end of 2009. In an in...
Toyota Etios Officially Launched
5 Jan 2010, 10:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like we told you yesterday, Toyota was getting ready for the debut of its new Etios, a model that will initially become available in India and then in several emerging markets around the world....
Toyota Etios to Be Revealed at New Delhi Show
4 Jan 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota will unveil at the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo the company's latest contraption for the emerging markets, the so-called Etios. Initially aimed at the Indian market, Toyota's Etios will...
Premiere: Toyota Sells Better in Asia than in Japan
4 Jan 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not sure whether we should blame this on the booming Chinese market or on Toyota's sinking in the domestic market but, for the first time ever, sales of its vehicles in Asia will exceed, for 20...
Guangzhou Toyota to Bring Camry Hybrid in China in 2010
30 Dec 2009, 11:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The recently-revealed Toyota Camry hybrid will also be launched in China in 2010, with production to be handled by Guangzhou Toyota, the Chinese joint venture established by Toyota. The alliance is ...
NHTSA Investigating Toyota Prius Faulty Braking Reports
29 Dec 2009, 15:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received a few dozen complaints from owners of the current generation Toyota Prius accusing defective braking, The Detroit Bureau (TDB) reporte...
Todd Tracy Backs Down in Toyota Lawsuit
29 Dec 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Remember the frenzy stirred by former Toyota attorney and his lawyer, Todd Tracy back in September, when they accused the Japanese carmaker of covering-up roll-over accident evidence and threatened...
2010 Toyota Prius Tuned by Tommy Kaira
29 Dec 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Japanese have another proof that tuning is sometimes incredibly stupid: the eco-tuned 2010 Toyota Prius. The project was developed by the Tommy Kaira tuning house and seems to be just in time fo...
Venezuela to Drive Toyota Out, Bring China In
28 Dec 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the last sectors of the Venezuelan industry still untouched by president Hugo Chavez's 21st century revolution, the auto sector, got a blow in the groins last week when Chavez asked Japa...
Toyota Cuts Ties with Volkswagen in Japan
23 Dec 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has already announced its enthusiastic plans to become the world's number one manufacturer in the next decade so its rivals have already started developing new market strategies to c...
Toyota May Close Altona Engine Plant
22 Dec 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota, one of the most battered (on several fronts) carmakers of 2009 is reportedly considering two options for its Australian Altona engine plant: either retool it and get it rea...
2011 Toyota Sienna US Pricing Announced
22 Dec 2009, 08:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Toyota announced today pricing for the 2011 Sienna model, which will go on sale in February with the arrival of V6-powered Sienna grade, LE, XLE and Limited models. Fo...
TMMI Lives Again, Sienna on the Way
22 Dec 2009, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI) is getting ready to receive production of the third generation Toyota Sienna and the Japanese carmaker is now confident that the worst has passed. Severely ...
Toyota Announced Three Exec Retirements for 2010
17 Dec 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The American branch of the Japanese carmaker Toyota announced today that three of their executives will retire in early 2010, with the reassignments of their responsibilities to be announced in the ...