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Upon seeing a very ordinary-looking Toyota Prius on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, some people must have thought this driver missed a turn somewhere and was on the track by mistake! If the circuit is technically open to everyone, it is not really tailored for fuel economy, with its 20.83 kilometres …

Toyota just announced that the next generation of their best-selling hybrid, the Prius, will be delayed by about half a year. While production was supposed to begin sometime during the spring, it is possible that the factories may only start building the cars in December 2015. Toyota sure is taking …

What do Ford, Mazda, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan have in common (besides the fact that they all build 4-wheeled vehicles powered by gasoline engines)? Well, it would seem they all bought airbags from a manufacturer in Japan that may have quickly skipped over some important details when the …

With the recent events in automotive safety, we are no longer that surprised when thousands of cars are recalled for a safety issue. A few months ago, the news of Toyota recalling more than 840,000 vehicles because of a passenger airbag that could explode would have created a panic reaction.

One of the 351 Toyota 2000GTs, the most beautiful, most desirable and most expensive car ever made by Akio Toyoda, was crushed by a tree in the Toyama Prefecture, Japan. According to reports, the 30 meter tall beech tree fell on the poor car as it was driving underneath. The …

Life is harsh for cars in our polar region. Cold weather can do damage to certain parts, meteorologic conditions can cause accidents... But the worst enemy of vehicles is salt. This powerful abrasive can scrape paint and corrupt steel like nothing else. For minivans, this can cause a quite serious …

Toyota has really used the GM ignition switch scandal to their advantage! This morning, they announced yet another grouped recall, this time targeting 6.76 million vehicles worldwide. It is one of the larger recalls ever made by the Japanese manufacturer. The first one is for the 2009-2010 Corolla and Matrix, …

New details about the future sports car born of the BMW/Toyota union have just surfaced. The German version will be called the Z4, while the Toyota model may be called the Supra. The latest rumors talk about a 2-seater sports car, with a four cylinder of no more than 2 …

The citizens of Tokyo are used to unusual things. This spring however, a new type of vehicle will probably make them do a double take when they see it silently glide past them: The Toyota i-Road, a fully-electric personal transporter. The small 3-wheeler represents a good compromise between a motorcycle …

Toyota has just confirmed that they will pay the US government $1.2 billion dollars to escape criminal charges concerning the cases of unintended acceleration which happened in 2009-2010. These problems caused deaths, and Toyota had to recall more than 10 million vehicles. According to an agreement between Toyota and the …