Toyota
Austin Powers Jaguar up for sale
Oh behaaave! The iconic Jaguar E-Type driven by Austin Powers in The Spy Who Shagged Me is up for sale.
Toyota 86 Launch
HYPE can crush a car as quickly as it creates it. But even the extreme level of anticipation ahead of the launch of Toyota’s 86 couldn’t overshadow this driver’s car revelation.
Cars to be cleaner than trains by 2020
One of the automotive industry’s leading engineers has predicted that the most economical cars available by 2020 will produce fewer emissions than the cleanest electric trains of today.
Porsche’s fastest (and greenest) supercar on its way
Porsche has just released the crucial details on its upcoming 918 Spyder supercar. The plug-in hybrid will signal a new era in motoring with its blistering performance and Prius-beating fuel economy.
Toyota’s close call with deer
Drifting champion Ken Gushi was filming a commercial for US car company Scion to promote its FR-S (known as the Toyota 86 here), when he expectedly crossed paths with a deer.
Peter Robinson tells: “I’m in love with a Toyota”
Last week, Wheels’ Peter Robinson was the first man to get behind the wheel of the first Toyota 86 coupe to arrive on Australian soil. “Not since first driving the Boxster in August, 1996, has any car left me as thrilled, or utterly excited, as the 86,” said Robbo.
New Camry revealed
TOYOTA will be targeting private and novated lease buyers as well as the usual fleet operators in a much bigger way than it ever has before with the new Atara version of its seventh-generation Camry sedan.
Annual Fuel Costs Could Jump By $2000: NRMA
Motorists could see their annual fuel bill jump by more than $2000 as tension in the Middle East forces petrol prices towards $2.00 per litre, according to a new study by NRMA Motoring & Services.
Prius C on its way
Toyota Australia thinks it might be onto a winner with the Prius C city car
Concrete rewards for the green team
Honda hybrid drivers get parking advantages around Australia.
Ambrose claims fantastic fourth at Talladega
Aussie Marcos nails his best oval track result.
The fuel economy of the new Toyota Prius is bloody good …
… though not quite as good as the Japanese figures initially suggest.
Marcos Ambrose bags a Top 15 at Phoenix
No engine problems for Aussie Ambrose as he snaffles a boot-full of points.
Keeping up with the Raymonds
ARC Wrap: Brothers Glen and Matt Raymond take their first stage, Heat, and round win in a tough ARC Quit Forest Rally in Western Australia.
BUZZ: 2011 Yaris Hybrid?
The weapon Toyota needs to defeat the new, popular, and cheaper Honda Insight hybrid may not be the mighty Prius, but a smaller sword.
