Archive : Toyota

Update (4th June 2010) – The 7-seat Toyota Prius MPV is expected to be priced in Japan below 2.5 million (around $27,700). It is based on the Prius platform, but the big change would be the switch to Lithium ion batteries. The 5 seater version will stick with the Prius’s nickel metal hydride pack though. Combined mileage is expected to fall short of 50mpg. With capacity to seat seven, the [...]

Codenamed 830L, the 2011 Toyota Yaris debuts in Japan in the coming months and could reach European shores as early as January 2011. The car is less than four meters in length and retains its existing dimensions. The design of the model, as Woody’s rendering suggests, could use styling cues found on the Toyota iQ. As the Yaris is extremely popular in Japan, Toyota will offer the 2011 Yaris with [...]

Toyota’s plans with the Prius seem to be interesting, as always.  Toyota might make the Prius an exclusive brand, very soon. An SUV, station wagon, Coupe and a convertible to come under that? We’re just guessing. If you were wanting to know how one of those would look, here is a rendering of the Toyota Prius Coupe. The Toyota Prius Coupe will be competing against the Honda CR-Z which [...]

The Toyota FT-86 is a car that is jointly being developed by Toyota and Subaru and is scheduled for a 2012 debut. The vehicle uses many design cues from the earlier FT-HS concept. We have details of this future sportscar – it will host a light front engine, rear drive, 4 or 5 seat coupe, with a new 2 liter Toyota-Subaru “D-4S” Boxer engine. The FT-86 sits on a modified Subaru Impreza [...]

We’d already shown you the extended Prius a canadian had built for his family here. But now, it looks like Toyota is really working on making the Prius wagon into production which might start selling from March 2011. Bloomberg had also reported in November, that Toyota may be planning to turn the Prius into a full line of hybrid vehicles, taking advantage of the badge that is nearly synonymous [...]

Looks like Toyota is working with Subaru to make a sportscar. Codenamed the FT86, it would be powered by a Subaru engine and the expected dimensions are 4250×1765×1320 with a price tag of 20,000 USDollars. Source: [Autoten] Share

The next gen Toyota Yaris is expected to be more powerful with same dimensions The Toyota Yaris will go in for a complete model change in 2010 in Japan and by the beginning of next year, it will reach markets like China and North America. Though this is termed as full model change, the vehicle retains almost the same dimensions. One gets to choose from four engine options which are new 3 cylinder 1.0 [...]

The RAV4 is one of Toyota’s famous SUVs around the world. Termed as a compact Crossover SUV, the car has been under production since 1996. 2-Door , 4-Door and an EV were the variants Toyota had offered on this vehicle. Though the third generation RAV4 (CA30W) received a refresh in 2009, and a minor facelift in 2010, an all new Fourth Generation RAV4 is expected soon from Toyota. Source : [Link] Share

We’ve seen the Prius Limo which was done by a Canadian for his family. [Link] Will Toyota do the same, too? Toyota wanted to get a smaller hybrid for the world, will they get a bigger one also? A 7-seater version of the Prius could help bigger families enjoy their day out and taxi drivers by accommodating a larger family from the Airport. Is it really coming? Uh,We need to wait. Share

If you aren’t sending your car back to the company for replacing something, you’re lucky.Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, Citroen, Peugeot, Mitsubishi and Suzuki, [to name a few]. They want their cars back. Toyota will recall 437000 Priuses and Honda will recall 646000 Jazzs [Link] all over the world.Chrysler had to recall 1809 Jeep Wranglers, although it was limited to 07 and 08 models. Citroen [...]