Monthly Archives: May 2016

Toyota Fortuner is a big functional family car

Forget about designer lines and driving lines. Sometimes, all people want is a big, functional family vehicle which they can drive everywhere. The Toyota Fortuner is proof of that. The massive seven-seat SUV was first launched here in 2005. That first-generation car was so successful that Toyota did not see a need to replace it

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2016 Toyota RAV4 hybrid offers best of 2 worlds

Toyota is about to be richly rewarded for what seems, in retrospect, to be a corporate no-brainer: combining its expertise in hybrid drivetrains with buyers’ insatiable appetite for small crossover SUVs. The ★★★ 2016 Toyota RAV4 Limited AWD hybrid fills the gap Ford created when it bewilderingly stopped building the popular hybrid version of its

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Toyota FJ Cruiser ends worldwide production in August

Come August, Toyota will cease production of the retro FJ Cruiser off-roader after a decade of production. Toyota put the FJ Cruiser into production in 2006 as a modern incarnation of the legendary FJ40 Land Cruiser. After initial excitement, sales began tapering off until the Japanese automaker withdrew the FJ Cruiser from the North American

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Global reveal of Toyota GT86 shooting brake concept

The prototype was conceived and developed by Toyota Australia’s Product Design team and hand-built in Japan under the direction of the global sports car division. The Shooting Brake concept, which adds a more practical hatch styling to the rear of the sporty coupe, has been revealed to the world in Sydney by the Toyota GT86

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