Toyota Consider Abandoning KERS for Good
21 Jan 2009, 16:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota F1 team principal Tadashi Yamashina revealed that his team is considering keeping the Kinetic Energy Recovery System sidelined for the entire 2009 season. The Japanese manufacturer doesn'...
Toyota Rolls Out Major Camry, Corolla and Prius Price Cuts
21 Jan 2009, 15:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the slow sales reported in December last year, the Japanese automaker announced a major price cut for several of its models aimed at both customers and dealerships. The popular Prius is on...
Toyota F1 Future Depends on 2009 Win
21 Jan 2009, 09:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There isn't a team in the F1 paddock to begin the new season with more pressure on their heads than Toyota. The Japanese manufacturer have invested more than any other team in their F1 operatio...
Buemi Tops Second Portimao Test
21 Jan 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Buemi topped another testing session at Portimao, taking his 2008-spec car more than three seconds clear ahead of the competition. The Swiss driver used Toro Rosso's 2008 machinery on...
Toyota Announces Major Production Cut in February-April
20 Jan 2009, 15:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The difficult market conditions and the economic recession that are continuously hammering sales of most carmakers is now forcing Toyota Motor Corporation to apply a new cost-cutting measure, this t...
Akio Toyoda Appointed Toyota's New President
20 Jan 2009, 14:13 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / What's interesting about many car makers around the world these days is that apart from lay-offs, cutting down or even halting the production, a very popular move to fight the current financial...
Honda Leaves Behind 3,100 Unemployed
16 Jan 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Production is reduced or even stopped for a while, people are being laid off, advertising and marketing budget have become almost insignificant. These are a few examples of the desperate measures ta...
Toyota Reaffirm Support for F1 Programme
16 Jan 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Regardless of the economic spectrum, Toyota will always be there to battle the 'big guns' of Formula 1. The announcement was made by Toyota's boss John Howett, following rumors that t...
Toyota Deals with Crisis, Severely Reduces Production in the US
16 Jan 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Weak demand in the automotive industry has already determined car makers to cut down production in a manner they haven't done before. Facing the same problem, Toyota Motor Corp has officiall...
Toyota Hydrogen Cars are Coming by 2015
16 Jan 2009, 07:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After beginning to lose some of their hybrids'r'us street cred to the likes of GM and Honda, Toyota people are back on the greenie bandwagon with the announcement of selling an all-electri...
Toyota Sells Cars to Its Managers
15 Jan 2009, 15:55 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Since there are not enough buyers for Toyota vehicles, managers of the Japanese automaker thought of unifying their forces and buy the company cars to help it to get over the current financial crisi...
Toyota Loses Marmorini as Engine Chief, Confirms Kobayashi as 2009 Test Driver
15 Jan 2009, 15:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Shortly after unveiling their new TF109 car for the upcoming F1 season, Toyota have announced the departure of engine chief Luca Marmorini. The Japanese carmaker is yet to disclose the reasons why M...
Toyota F1 Launch New TF109
15 Jan 2009, 12:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In an effort to save some money ahead of their 2009 Formula 1 campaign, Panasonic Toyota Racing have opted for a virtual launch of their TF109 car. As expected, the new machinery features a complete...
Trulli: Winning This Season Is a Must
15 Jan 2009, 13:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has been more than 4 years since Jarno Trulli's last win in Formula One (at Monte Carlo). However, the Italian reckons that he cannot end another winless season inside the Great Circle, as t...
Toyota to Reduce NASCAR Budget
15 Jan 2009, 08:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota revealed that its NASCAR programme will undergo a series of cutbacks following the global economic crisis that has affected the Japanese manufacturer during the past few months. While expecti...
Toyota: Electric Cars for the Win!
13 Jan 2009, 16:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the recent launch of the Future Toyota Electric Vehicle (FT-EV), the Japanese automaker expresses its commitment to electric and hybrid models that could provide the two main attributes cu...
2010 Toyota Camry Makes Official Debut at Detroit
13 Jan 2009, 11:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is kind of busy these days at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show as it plans to display several new models, including the long-awaited 2010 Prius hybrid. The latest addition to Toyota's lineup i...
Toyota Introduces the Long-Awaited 2010 Prius
13 Jan 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Toyota finally rolled out the long-awaited 2010 Prius, the latest iteration of the hybrid vehicle, which is said to provide an even more remarkable fuel economy combined with very...