Toyota
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
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.
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 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
Kluger Hybrid remains on hold
Toyota to assess reaction to rival Nissan before committing to hybrid-powered Kluger
Yaris Hybrid-R Concept: Toyota’s 300kW city car
No, that’s not a typo in the headline. This Toyota Yaris – a tiny city car – has 300kW.
Mazda boss: bring on the Toyota 86 convertible!
It might be on again/off again, but Mazda says it would welcome, not fear, the Toyota 86 Convertible if it’s eventually built.
Toyota 86 Convertible axed
Toyota has shelved plans to build a convertible version of the Toyota 86, according to a new report.
FOR SALE: 1967 Toyota – $1.2M ono
Most 1967 Toyotas have long since ascended to that great car yard in the sky, but this very special 2000GT sports car recently sold at auction in the USA for more than a million dollars.
Hyundai and Kia surprise in Seoul
Overshadowed by the simultaneous New York show, Seoul still threw up two significant new concepts from the all-powerful Hyundai and Kia group.
Super Kluger!
Toyota takes the covers off its larger, next-generation, seven-seater, midsized SUV weapon.
Police to charge over $4 million crash
Japanese police are set to lay charges for the infamous supercar pile-up that totalled eight exotic Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzs and a Lamborghini.
Toyota goes turbo with 86 racer
Toyota in the UK has released details of the first GT4 racing version of the Toyota 86, due to hit the track later this month following completion of the first chassis by UK-based motorsport engineering pioneer GPRM.
Roofless Toyota 86 is go!
Toyota has confirmed it will unveil a concept convertible version of its smash-hit 86 sports car at this year’s Geneva Motor Show (7-17 March, 2013).
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.
