Audi and Toyota, the New Yankees Sponsors
25 Mar 2009, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Audi and Toyota will become the official automotive sponsors for the New York Yankees, replacing GM, which will step back as part of their cost cut measures taken by the company to overcome the econ...
Timo Glock's Family Threatened by Racist Fans
24 Mar 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It took Timo Glock more than 5 months to reveal the hard times he and his family had to go through following the Brazilian Grand Prix last season. Blamed by many F1 fans for deliberately losing his ...
2010 Lexus HS 250h to Feature Enform Telematics System
24 Mar 2009, 11:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) US will feature for the first time on the Lexus HS 250h luxury hybrid sedan, set to begin sale in summer, its Lexus Enform telematics, a system designed to enhance safety an...
Toyota Urban Cruiser Excels in Fuel Efficiency, Reaches 57.7 MPG
24 Mar 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The entire automotive market slowly but sure migrates towards fuel economy-aimed technologies, so a fresh report claiming the-best-in-the-industry shouldn't surprise anybody. Japanese automaker...
FIA Announces Changes to Albert Park Circuit
23 Mar 2009, 15:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Apart from changing the original time schedule for the Australian Grand Prix next weekend – all practice & qualifying sessions, plus race, have been scheduled an hour later as compared to ...
Buick and Jaguar Produce the Most Reliable Cars
19 Mar 2009, 15:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Buick and Jaguar produce the most reliable cars in the industry, overtaking Lexus, the company that topped the overall chart for no less than 14 years, the latest research published by J.D. Power an...
Scion Badged iQ to Star in New York?
19 Mar 2009, 11:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota's young auto market segment oriented division Scion will go to the 2009 New York Auto Show determined to leave a lasting impression. The Japanese manufacturer will unveil a micro-subcomp...
Toyota MR2 Is Coming Back as a Hybrid Coupe
19 Mar 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota decided to step up its hybrid battle with rival Honda and produce a vehicle destined to take on the upcoming Honda CR-Z. The MR2 offspring was confirmed to autoexpress.c...
FIA Clears All Rear Diffuser Designs
19 Mar 2009, 08:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA's race director Charlie Whiting admitted that some of the teams have used certain loopholes in the technical rule book for 2009 when building their rear diffuser design. Continuing the cont...
VW to Develop OnStar-like System with Toyota
18 Mar 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Vast geographical distances are no match to the needs and requirements of either war or economical distress. Since war is no longer an issue, the economy is catalyst enough to make car manufacturers...
Toyota Idles Russian Operations Due to Falling Demand
17 Mar 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota today announced that it will temporary suspend operations at its Russian production facility between March 30 and April 6, citing the over-discussed economic recession and the falling demand ...
Brawn GP 001 Race Car Illegal Diffuser Allegations
16 Mar 2009, 16:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After allegations abounded last week about several teams having illegal rear diffusers, the Brawn GP 001 newbie car has also jumped on the bandwagon. The highest voice implying that the Brawn GP spo...
Toyota Hybrids Get Certified Used Program
16 Mar 2009, 13:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After nine years of hybrid sales on the US market, Toyota decided to create a used vehicle certification program for its hybrid Prius, Camry and Highlander. The program states a 3 months/3,000 miles...
Toyota Plans Cheaper Hybrid to Compete with Honda's Insight
13 Mar 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like we told you yesterday, Toyota is the first hybrid manufacturer in the United States that reached the 1 million sold units milestone and, even if this sounds like encouraging news, it'...
Toyota Preps UK Cost-Cutting Schedule
13 Mar 2009, 08:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its broader campaign to reduce costs around the world and align production with the falling market demand, the UK division of Toyota Motors Corporation yesterday announced it will tempora...
2009 Aerodynamic Package Explained by Jarno Trulli
12 Mar 2009, 16:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota F1 will probably be the only team in the F1 paddock not to use the Kinetic Energy Recovery System in 2009. However, the team did work very hard through the off-season – in addition to t...
Toyota US Hybrid Sales Reach 1 Million...
12 Mar 2009, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... and keep on going. Toyota announced today, not without a touch of pride, that the company's hybrid range has surpassed 1 million units sold since it first became available for the US market...
3 Execs Steal 81 Cars from Their own Dealership
12 Mar 2009, 14:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Some people's minds work in mysterious ways, especially when they are in deep financial doodoo. In a period of time between sometime last weekend and Monday night, 81 cars and three executives ...
2009 Results Decisive in Toyota's F1 Future
12 Mar 2009, 11:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota have certainly got a great atmosphere within their technical department following the good results of their masterpiece TF109 in the off-season testing. At all times, both Timo Glock and Jarn...
Toyota Rear Seat Center Airbag, the First of a New Breed?
12 Mar 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota has developed the world's first (according to Toyota Motor research) rear seat center airbag, meant to add to passenger's safety in case of a side collision. A...