Should Toyota’s rumored Supra revival look like this?

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Toyota, Rumormill, Design/Style

The rumormill is churning full blast at the thought of a resurrected Toyota Supra, and while we don’t have any more reliable information on whether or not Toyota will reintroduce the high-horsepower sports car, we have been treated to a rendering of what the vehicle might look like.
Artist Andreas [...]

Toyota’s Auriga Leader transport ship gets hybridized [w/video]

Filed under: Etc., Hybrid, Solar, Toyota

Toyota’s Auriga Leader – Click above to watch video after the jump

Given that one container ship can emit nearly as much as 50 millions vehicles, even miniscule improvements made to boost the operating efficiency of these mammoth cargo-hauling vessels are worthy of praise.
Back in 2009, Toyota teamed with NYK Line [...]

Report: 2014 Lotus Elite to feature Toyota’s hybrid tech

Filed under: Hybrid, Lotus, Toyota, Green Daily

2014 Lotus Elite coupe concept

In 2014, Lotus plans to offers a production version of it $179,000 Elite coupe concept to the public (well, to the members of the public with a pile of unwanted cash, anyway). Lotus has dished out a load of details about its Elite prior to [...]

Report: Toyota’s Daihatsu recalls over 500,000 minicars over… fading taillamps?

Filed under: Budget, Japan, Recalls, Hatchback, Toyota, Daihatsu
Daihatsu has announced plans to recalling over 500,000 vehicles in Japan due to taillight lenses that can fade over time. The lenses, originally orange, will bleach white with exposure to the sun, leading to a potential safety risk. As a result, Daihatsu is recalling a total of 435,423 [...]

Deep-Dive: Behind the scenes at Toyota’s R&D center, Part 1

Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Technology, Toyota

Behind the scenes at Toyota’s R&D center – Click above for high-res image gallery

The last 18 months have been a particularly painful period for Toyota Motor Company. Starting in early 2009, with the automotive industry facing a global economic recession, Toyota went from one of the world’s most profitable automakers [...]

UPDATED: What’s really going on with Toyota’s faulty valve springs [w/ video]

Filed under: Sedan, Etc., Recalls, Safety, Videos, Lexus, Luxury

Failed Lexus IS350 valve spring – Click above for high-res image gallery

Toyota’s announcement of plans to recall 270,000 of its V8 and V6 models, including a number of Lexus sedans, was a little light on information. The company didn’t say much about the issue other than faulty [...]

Toyota’s battery venture with Panasonic gets renamed Primearth EV Energy

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, Green Daily

2010 Lexus HS 250h – Click above for high-res image gallery

In 1996, Toyota formed a joint venture (JV) with Panasonic and the two companies have collaborated on battery production for hybrid and electric vehicles ever since. Back then, Panasonic had a controlling interest in the JV (60 percent), so [...]

Autocar tries to lay out Toyota’s future Prius hybrid path, new models coming spring of 2011?

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota

Toyota Hybrid X Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

According to a report from Autocar, Toyota will launch its next couple of hybrid vehicles under the Prius banner in the spring of 2011. The two new bodystyles will include a Prius-based wagon and an MPV, or minivan. After that, the Japanese [...]

Patent drawings reveal Toyota’s next concept?

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Sedan, Hatchback, Lexus, Toyota, Electric

It would seem that Toyota has an interesting and hitherto unknown concept vehicle up its sleeves, judging by a European patent that L’Automobile in France was somehow able to dig up. Despite our best efforts, we weren’t able to locate the actual patent filing ourselves, so [...]