Archive : Toyota

Here we have images from a Japanese magazine Holiday Auto claiming that this is how the 2012 Toyota Camry hybrid will look like. There is a generous garnish of chrome on the front grill and the fog lamps. The styling at the front is very aggressive and sporty as expected. The rear reveals chunkier taillights, a thick chrome bar and a heavily redesigned bumper. In relation to the current model, the [...]

The 2012 Toyota Camry is turning out to be one of the best kept secrets in the Auto Industry. So far, Akio Toyoda has teased the JDM version, there has been a fake picture circulating on the internet and there has even been a dealer preview at Las Vegas but still nobody knows what it actually looks like. Now images of the Chinese market Camry in tease mode has been revealed on the internet. ChinaCarTimes [...]

Will the next generation Camry look this conceptish? Toyota’s styling direction is showing signs of breaking the conservative mold it earned with the previous generation Corolla and Camry sedans. The new Yaris and the more recent Prius spin-offs look very modern. More importantly they are not new and better past vehicles. They are taking off in a new direction with bold and courageous design [...]

Subaru is working hard in association with Toyota on its sports car-the FT-86. The FT-86 will carry a typically Japanese design language, with futuristic elements thrown in here and there. Spy shots reveal that an STI version is also in the works. Spy pictures also reveal the weird shape of the car from the rear, although it might just be a camouflage and not the real deal. Subaru’s are not known [...]

If Petrolhead is referred to a person who loves Petrol cars and Dieselhead is referred to a person who loves Diesel cars, then Waterhead should be a person who loves cars that are driven by water. WHAT??!! A car driven by water…..that is impossible! Well, as is with these things, nothing is impossible in this world. A professor from Middle Tennessee State University has successfully created a hydrogen [...]

The brochure of 2011 Yaris, also known as Vitz, has been leaked on the internet before its Detroit motor show debut early next year. The 2011 Yaris boasts a very aggressive new front bumper and a Camry-inspired grill. There is also a RS version in the pipes with center mount dual exhaust. Power is expected from a 3 and 4 cylinder engine, although no official word is out. The 2011 Yaris will officially [...]

Toyota has given a facelift to its hatchback- the Yaris in the Chinese market. Toyota makes the Yaris in China under a joint venture with Guangzhou Auto. The car gets minor changes to the exteriors and a redesigned centre console. Engine options remain the same with a 1.3 liter 86 BHP petrol & a 1.6 liter 118 BHP petrol. Toyota has also played a gimmicky trick and has launched a ‘sports’ [...]

More renderings of the 2011 Toyota Yaris (Codename – 830L) hit sites on the internet and the buzz on the hybrid Yaris is also intensifying. Rumor has it that the next generation Yaris will look very similar to the current model. But Toyota’s engineering division has made many changes to it that it now is cheaper to manufacture. The new Yaris, as early as December 2010, could go on sale [...]

The awards can’t stop coming for the Toyota iQ which impressed the adjudicators in Britain’s Environmental Transport Association when they were going through files to pick what they think is Britain’s greenest automobile. The ETA took into account 5,000 cars to draw to a conclusion. There were other findings that came out in this study. 42% of the 1,500 motorists who took part in [...]

The Guangzhou-Toyota Yaris has been in the Chinese market since 2002. The latest generation Yaris has been rolling out of their production line since 2005. This year, the Yaris will get a mild facelift to keep it going. The next generation Yaris reportedly hits international markets in 2011 and usually, models don’t reach China immediately after the international launch. The facelift includes [...]