Toyota
Yaris recall is 45,000-plus cars
Toyota Australia has confirmed that it’s recalling more than 45,000 Yaris sedans and hatchbacks to rectify a potentially dangerous seat belt pretensioner glitch.
Meltdown in Motown
It was once the engine room of America and the car-building capital of the world. Now Detroit is in danger of stalling … permanently. How did it come to this and what will become of the Big Three?
2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in promises 1.8L/100km
Toyota has announced the official EU emissions and economy figures for its new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid. Prepare to be impressed.
Toyota halves production, shuts manufacturing plants
Expecting its first official operating loss in six decades, the automotive superpower has slashed production in Japan and America.
Toyota gets behind local industry
Toyota Australia recently announced that it will pour $123 million into its local manufacturing operations as it prepares to build what it says is a major facelift vehicle from 2015.
Mazda finally adds capped price servicing
Mazda has upped the ante on the customer service front and finally added capped priced servicing to its arsenal.
Holden closure: Toyota’s response
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO GM HOLDEN
Bland Aussies: Car colour preferences revealed
Car buying service Autogenie has released data that shows Australian new car buyers are conservative when it comes to colour choice.
2013 VFACTS: Winners and losers
VFACTS data for 2013 reveals the Toyota Corolla as the best-selling passenger vehicle in Australia, just pipping the Mazda 3.
Traditional cabs on the way out in New York City
New York aint Hollywood … Pete McKay sends a postcard from the steamy Big Apple.
Honda Vezel still 12 months away from Oz
Honda’s baby SUV will be offered in diesel as well as petrol variants but no hybrid
Gone! Toyota to leave Oz by 2017
Toyota has announced it will follow Ford and Holden and cease manufacturing in Australia by 2017.
US MAIL: Cash for Clunkers
Old cars destroyed, old car companies resurrected, and the same old faces re-appearing to run them. Wheelsmag’s US correspondent John Lamm reports on the latest from Detroit.
Wheels World news: Mazda hooks up with Toyota, Aston seeks suitor, F1 driver immortalised on own T-shirt
Aston Martin for sale for $800million, Toyota to share next Mazda2, Raikkonen immortalises own phrase on T-shirt
Toyota’s Total Recall
Three days after announcing it’s quitting local production, Toyota has recalled two million Prius Hybrids
Toyota can’t guarantee staying to 2017
Toyota could leave Australia before its 2017 deadline, with the company refusing to guarantee it won’t shut its factories early
Mitsubishi stacks its hopes in the trayback and hatchback
Lancer and Triton help one-time punching bag to notch a profit.
Toyota plans Mazda killer
This sketch might look harmless, but what you’re looking at could be the death of the mighty Mazda MX-5.
Toyota FT-86 G Sports Concept
THE DRIVING force behind Toyota’s aggressive Salon stable is Akio Toyoda, the company’s new petrolhead CEO
Toyota 86 gets racy
Toyota has built a GT4 racing version of its hugely successful 86 coupe. The stripped-out racer is powered by a 300kW 2.0-litre turbo four, developed especially by Nicholson McLaren Engines.
New Supra to get 300kW hybrid
Details of the eagerly awaited Toyota Supra successor are beginning to leak.
Shinari concept heading to Melbourne
Mazda has confirmed its stylish Shinari concept will headline the Japanese carmaker’s stand fresh from appearances overseas
Toyota Oz recalls 300,000
Massive global recall impacts popular HiLux and Yaris models in Australia
Telemetry takes Toyota 86 to the virtual track
Data logger system replays real-world hot laps inside a virtual race circuit
