Toyota Prius wins Japanese car of the year.

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 [...]

Toyota Sai hybrid sedan released in Japan

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 [...]

Toyota to cut production 10 per cent

Toyota Motor Corporation, the world’s biggest carmaker, will cut its global production capacity by 10 per cent, or 1 million vehicles, according to a report in the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei.

Reuters Newsagency quotes the newspaper as saying the production cut will come as early as this financial year in an effort to increase the use [...]

Subaru announces WRX STi Spec C

Subaru has launched an uprated model of its iconic WRX STi for the Japan market, the Spec C, which is certain the get the hearts of fans racing, although currently there are no plans for the model to come to Australia.

Subaru said the Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C, a new addition to the current [...]

New Toyota Prius production nears full capacity

A new Toyota Prius is put together in 66 seconds on Line No 1 and in 57 seconds on Line No 2 of Toyota’s Tsutsumi plan in Japan, even at that rate, it’s still not enough.
Toyota says that its Japanese factories making the third-generation Prius are reaching full capacity just to fulfil the orders for [...]