

Toyota

All-wheel drive Toyota 86 hits Oz
Toyota President shows off 86 rally car to local employees

Diesel remains a dirty word at Lexus
A focus on hybrid technology rules out a diesel drivetrain for Lexus’ new NX compact SUV

Revealed: Lamborghini Asterion LPI-910
Lamborghini previews its future with hybrid supercar concept

Nissan ponders IDx future
Born-again Datsun 1600 could be a rear-drive cross between Toyota 86 and Nissan 200SX

Lid lifted on Aston’s fastest drop-top
Sun-loving Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster makes its debut

Prius sets most boring Nurburgring ‘record’ ever
Toyota has managed to make the world’s most exciting racetrack seem deathly dull by setting a fuel economy record

Meet the world’s most fuel-efficient car
Volkswagen has confirmed it will build the world’s most fuel-efficient production car, the ultra-lightweight, two-seat XL1, that consumes just 0.9L/100km.

Oh what a freezin’
A Toyota dealer in the Russian city of Perm has created any icy version of the Landcruiser 4WD, complete with very cool interior.

MOTOR Magazine: Roofless 86
California custom car specialist Cartel Customs has wasted no time in ripping the roof off the US Scion version of the just launched Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ twins.

Toyota poised for WRC return
Testing and development of a Yaris-based WRC prototype suggests a return to the World Rally Championship for Toyota

Toyota tops taxed new-car market
Japanese brand takes No.1 sales spot, but grumbles over luxury car tax

Lexus IS to get turbo
New 2.0-litre turbo to fire up Lexus range

Toyota Australia posts $437m loss as closure looms
Shut-down costs add to financial black cloud over Australian car making sector

New turbo laws open doors for Victorian P-platers
Vulnerable drivers to gain access to more cars, including big-engined SUVs

Merc charges into the top 10
Luxury brand Mercedes-Benz makes Australia’s top 10 bestsellers list

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.