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Toyota Automobile Museum – picture tour

Matt Brogan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:37:52 +0000

by Matt Brogan. Nagakute, Japan. The Toyota Automobile Museum is just one of the two museums we’ll be presenting over the coming weeks as we wrap up our coverage from Japan. TAM is located in Nagakute – just outside of Nagoya, Japan – and features a wide variety of cars not just from Toyota, but from a [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Automobile Museum – picture tour

Toyota Camry Review & Road Test

Paul Maric — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:04:03 +0000

The latest iteration of one of Toyota’s best selling appliances. Model Tested: 2009 Toyota Camry Ateva; 2.4-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; five-speed automatic; sedan – $32,490 Interior space; suspension (ride); standard features Fuel consumption; handling CarAdvice Rating: Whitegoods on wheels, uninspiring, old man’s car and boring. These are all terms that have become synonymous with the Toyota Camry. For years Toyota [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Camry Review & Road Test

Toyota Corolla & Hilux top strong October sales list

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:23:03 +0000

In a positive move for Australian car sales, motorists bought more cars and trucks in October than for the same month last year – the first time in 16 months the industry has seen a year-on-year increase in monthly sales. Toyota Australia senior executive director sales and marketing, Mr David Buttner, welcomed the October-on-October increase for [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Corolla & Hilux top strong October sales list

Toyota’s US floor mat recall continues

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:06:56 +0000

Toyota has defended itself against claims that it was misleading about its floor mat-related unintended acceleration problem which may affect up to 3.8 million vehicles. On Monday, Toyota claimed that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) concluded that “no defect exists in vehicles in which the driver’s floor mat is compatible with the vehicle and [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota’s US floor mat recall continues

Toyota to withdraw from F1

Matt Brogan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:33:55 +0000

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced over night that it plans to withdraw from the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1) at the end of the 2009 season. TMC, which had viewed its participation in F1 as contributing to the prosperity of automotive culture, remained dedicated to competing at the pinnacle of motor sports, even in [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota to withdraw from F1

Toyota iQ Review

Matt Brogan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:10:17 +0000

If this is where small cars are headed, consider me a convert. Model Tested: 2009 Toyota iQ3; 1.3-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; CVT automatic; three-door hatch – $21,560* By Matt Brogan. Tokyo, Japan. This may be the shortest first steer of the smallest car I’ve yet driven, but my 20 minutes behind the wheel was enough to tell me that if [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota iQ Review

Toyota 2000 GT

Anthony Crawford — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:54:06 +0000

If you or your father has one of those James Bond box sets, and you‘ve watched all the old Bond movies, then you may have caught a glimpse of one of the rarest cars Toyota ever built, the 2000 GT in the movie You only live twice. The world got its first look at the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota 2000 GT

Toyota first with Australian made hybrid

Matt Brogan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:35:47 +0000

Toyota Australia is set to make history in just over three months when it launches the first hybrid car to be built in this country – Hybrid Camry. A limited number of pre-production cars have already been tested on public roads and closed tracks with insiders saying the Hybrid Camry out performers the standard car in [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota first with Australian made hybrid

Toyota’s Tsutsumi Plant – tour a green role model

Matt Brogan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:36:00 +0000

By Matt Brogan. Aichi, Japan. Every fifty-seven seconds a new Prius rolls off the line here at Toyota’s Tsutsumi production plant in Aichi, Toyota City. But this plant is more than a highly-automated car building machine, Tsutsumi is a prototypical plant of the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) used for promoting some of the company’s many sustainable initiatives. Tsutsumi, [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota’s Tsutsumi Plant – tour a green role model

Toyota & Lexus – Tokyo Motorshow Video

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:32:11 +0000

Following on from our coverage of this year’s Tokyo Motorshow, we thought we’d bring you some video footage from the Toyota & Lexus stands. You’ll see the FT-86, Lexus LF-A and a whole lot more. Enjoy: Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Toyota & Lexus – Tokyo Motorshow Video

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota & Lexus – Tokyo Motorshow Video

Subaru’s new sports car (FT-86 Toybaru)

Alborz Fallah — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:56:13 +0000

It was only a matter of time before someone decided to take the Toyota FT-86 concept and give it the Subaru make over. The FT-86 concept is the basis of a small and affordable rear-wheel drive sports car being co-produced by car giant Toyota and all-wheel drive kings Subaru. We’ve all had to ask whether or [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Subaru’s new sports car (FT-86 Toybaru)

Toyota local hybrid television commercial

Alborz Fallah — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:57:42 +0000

The next four years will see Toyota introduce eight new hybrid models to the Austrailan market. The first of which will be the new locally built 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid. From what CarAdvice has heard from all that have driven the car in its testing phase, it’s apparently a great package and a much better [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota local hybrid television commercial

Toyota FT-86 spied testing at Nurburgring

Matt Brogan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:56:19 +0000

While the Toyota FT-86 concept is on display at Tokyo Motor Show this week, testing for the production model has already begun with a downright bizarre looking mule lapping the Nurburgring. Identified by our European spies as a FT-86 mule, this development car appears to be one car in the front and a totally different car [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota FT-86 spied testing at Nurburgring

Toyota i-REAL Review

Matt Brogan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:57:03 +0000

By Matt Brogan at the Amlux Centre – Tokyo, Japan. This is a first steer with a difference — the one-seat i-REAL Toyota personal mobility vehicle. The i-REAL was developed to mimic closely human proportions in terms of its physical height. Standing at some 1430mm when in “Walking Mode” a seated human at the controls will see [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota i-REAL Review

Toyota Prius wins Japanese car of the year.

Alborz Fallah — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:59:52 +0000

Japan Automobile Manufacturer’s Association (JAMA) awarded Toyota’s third generation Prius Car of the Year. The final judging took place at the opening of the 41st Tokyo International Motor Show. The first Prius was also awarded Japanese Car of the Year back in 1997-1998. The Prius scored a total of 433 votes, beating its closest competitor by only 42 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Prius wins Japanese car of the year.

Toyota stand at Tokyo Motor Show

Matt Brogan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:21:56 +0000

Toyota featured a high-tech approach to its stand at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show with virtual test drives and interactive displays punctuating the traditional all-car stage. On hand to discuss Toyota’s vision for the future was Mr Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, who gave a brief introduction on Toyota’s history before introducing two new [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota stand at Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota & Honda disagree on sports cars

Alborz Fallah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:12:23 +0000

It’s always interesting when two car companies disagree with each other, but it’s even more interesting when it’s Toyota and Honda, Japan’s biggest manufacturers. Whilst Toyota has been stealing the limelight with its gorgeous new Lexus LFA, a two-seater supercar that’s powered by an incredible 4.8-litre V10 engine, Honda seems to think that’s old fashioned technology. The [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota & Honda disagree on sports cars

Toyota FT-EV II Concept

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:30:07 +0000

More and more compact city all electric vehicles are emerging, Subaru has the Stella, Mitsubishi has the i-Miev, Nissan has the Leaf and now Toyota is showing off the FT-EV II. A compact electric vehicle designed primarily to drive short distances in city environments, the FT-EV II is founded on the concept of a “future mobility [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota FT-EV II Concept

Toyota Sai hybrid sedan released in Japan

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:49:49 +0000

Toyota Motor Corp will be releasing a new petrol electric hybrid in Japan while the Prius will compete with Hyundai Motor Co in Korea. Toyota hopes to sell 36,000 of its new Sai hybrid sedan, Toyota’s goal being one million hybrid cars a year globally after 2010. The Sai is Toyota’s second hybrid-only car, this car is [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Sai hybrid sedan released in Japan

Toyota FT-86 Concept – Toybaru Sports Car

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:51:56 +0000

The long awaited hugely popular Toyota and Subaru affordable sports car was unveiled in concept form at the Tokyo Motorshow. The sport coupe is currently named the FT-86 Concept and was designed in France. Toyota fans would instantly recognise the 86 badging as a spiritual successor to the AE86 sport coupe of the 1980s, a car [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota FT-86 Concept – Toybaru Sports Car