Turkey Auto Exports Fell 62 Percent, Ford and Toyota in Trouble
11 Mar 2009, 13:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With new car sales shrinking all over the globe, Turkey's auto exports fell 61.6 percent to 69,445 units in January-February from a year ago, the Turkish Automotive Industry Association (OSD) s...
Raikkonen Not Interested in Losing Weight
11 Mar 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he reportedly took on a diet during the off-season in order to counteract the weight effects of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System this year, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen revealed he was n...
Toyota is Japan's Number One Brand
11 Mar 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota is Japan's number one brand, not in the automotive industry alone, but compared to giants from other fields, such as Sony, Toshiba or Panasonic. The second ranking brand on the Japanese ...
Hyundai Green Baby, First Photo of the iQ Challenger?
11 Mar 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The supermini segment of the market becomes more and more appealing for car manufacturer. There is no doubt, seeing the Toyota iQ running for the 2009 World Car title, that small size, combined with...
J.D. Power and Associates: Mercedes No. 1 in Used Vehicles Satisfaction
8 Mar 2009, 09:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2009 New Zealand Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study unveiled that Mercedes is the number one automaker when it comes to ownership satisfaction among...
Vijay Mallya Explains Mike Gascoyne Layoff
6 Mar 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Force India's owner Vijay Mallya has revealed the reasons why he decided to eliminate both Mike Gascoyne and Colin Kolles from team's management ahead of the 2009 season. Well, it was actu...
Toyota Debuts Verso and the New Pure Hybrid Prius
6 Mar 2009, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's unveiling week for Toyota at the 2009 Geneva Auto show, as the Japanese manufacturer gives us the world premier of the Verso MPV and the European premiere of the Prius Hybrid. The two mod...
Swedish Harbor Packed with Unsold Cars
5 Mar 2009, 15:56 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Apparently, the land is not enough for Toyota's unsold vehicles in Sweden... Because parking lots are packed with unsold cars at the Swedish Port of Malmoe, the Japanese car maker had to rent a...
Toyota-Subaru "Toyobaru" Still Alive
4 Mar 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rumors surrounding a potential collaboration between Subaru and Toyota are again spread on the web, with new information claiming that so-called "Toyobaru" may be still on track. Recent sp...
Glock Tops the Charts at Jerez on Day 3
3 Mar 2009, 20:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Timo Glock posted the fastest time of the 3rd day of testing at Jerez, this time on dry conditions. After topping the charts during the wet session yesterday, the German driver showed everybody just...
New Prius to Produce 70 Percent Fewer Smog-Forming Emissions
2 Mar 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already knew that the third generation Prius was going to be one of the most advanced models ever produced but Toyota simply wants to refresh our memory every once in a while. So today the Japan...
Toyota Yaris and RAV4 Get Auto Salon Mascara
2 Mar 2009, 13:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota took advantage of the 2009 Melbourne Motor Show and chose not only to present its tuxedo dressed-for-the-occasion vehicle line-up, but also to introduce Aussies to what they call "cuttin...
Toyota Prius to Feature Battery-Powered Air Conditioning, Pre-Collision
2 Mar 2009, 11:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota Prius is surely going to be one of the most advanced models ever released by the Japanese automakers and not only thanks to the hybrid system it sports, but also due to a number of features u...
Toyota Pre-Crash Safety Upgraded with Radar, Pre-Crash Seatbacks
2 Mar 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese car manufacturer Toyota recently announced it has added two new systems to its Pre-crash Safety package, namely a radar system to detect front-side collisions and electronically-controlled ...
Third-Gen Toyota Prius Shows Its European Face at Geneva
27 Feb 2009, 14:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The third-generation Toyota Prius will be officially introduced in Europe at the Geneva Motor Show next week, the Japanese automaker announced today in a statement for the press. The Prius achieves ...
Toyota iQ 1.3-liter to Debut at Geneva
27 Feb 2009, 11:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In addition to the numerous high-performance, the less-polluting or fuel-efficient models to be launched at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show, the event will also witness the public unveiling of a new Toyot...
Williams Expect Half of Teams to Copy Diffuser Design
27 Feb 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Due to their intelligent approach on the 2009 rear diffuser design, both the Williams F1 and Toyota teams have had to pass a thorough investigation from the FIA to be able to actually use the revise...
Toyota iQ-ould do Better than smart...
25 Feb 2009, 20:48 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... or can it? The newly-launched Toyota iQ has filled its creators with a lot of expectations, since technically, this is the first Japanese kei-car specifically designed for the Europe market. Fir...
Toyota US to Rely on Hybrids More Than Ever
24 Feb 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Still under the strong pressure of the economic recession, the world's number one automaker Toyota confirmed today that it plans to rely more on hybrid models in the United States, as collapsin...
Toyota Displays Three Hybrid Vehicles in Melbourne
23 Feb 2009, 13:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While the whole automotive world can't wait to see the models prepared for the Geneva Motor Show in March, Toyota fights to conquer every inch of the market in different countries across the gl...