While the 24 Hours of Lemons race series, which employs me as Chief Justice of the Lemons Supreme Court, visits Sonoma Raceway aka Sears Point twice each year, I hadn’t done a Race Organizer Review there since I drove a 2016 Scion FR-S for the 2016 Sears Pointless race. Since I stay 44 miles from
Like the 1986 film Highlander, the Toyota SUV that shares its name is a crowd-pleaser that fails to inspire fervor among critics. After more than 190,000 Highlanders rolled off dealer lots last year, Toyota’s mid-size crossover SUV entered 2017 with a host of changes aimed at satisfying the masses and pundits alike. Notably, all Highlanders,
Toyota defended its title as the world’s most valuable car brand in a new ranking, holding off BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Tesla, meanwhile, made the biggest improvement, rising two spots to No. 8 because of a 32 percent increase in its brand value. Toyota’s brand value decreased 3 percent to $28.7 billion as increased sales were
The world’s most popular hybrid gets a big makeover Pros Incredible fuel economy, more pleasant to drive, functional hatchback body style Cons Styling both inside and out not to all tastes Value for money Good What would I change? Ditch the weird white interior plastics How I would spec it? The Technology trim has everything
The design, technology and handling of the Toyota C-HR make it shine brightly in the crossover crowd, as you can see from this review detailing the spec, performance and price of the 1.2 Excel manual version. THE new Toyota C-HR uses the same global architecture as the company’s Prius – and right there is where
You can tell just by looking at it. The C-HR was supposed to be a Scion, right up until Toyota put the brand out of its misery. Like the rest of the survivors, it found asylum in Toyota, but it remains firmly a child of two worlds. As a result, it’s completely unsure of what
The SUV craze just got a little crazier. A 2,000-hp (2,000 hp!) Toyota Land Cruiser, with former NASCAR champ Carl Edwards piloting, set a 230-mph speed record. The big fella actually went a GPS-certified and video-documented 230.02 mph. Toyota said it could have gone faster but ran out of usable space. Toyota calls this truck
In the face of fresher competition from Chrysler and a new version of the Honda Odyssey, the Toyota Sienna remains a popular choice, as Toyota’s well-earned reputation for reliability is a compelling notion for buyers of a hard-use vehicle like a minivan. There’s also the fact that Toyota has strived to keep the Sienna in
TORRANCE, Calif., May 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Land Cruiser, Toyota’s iconic go-anywhere four-wheel-drive sport-utility vehicle, has earned myriad accolades and records over the 60-plus years it’s been in production. And now, among them: the title of “World’s Fastest SUV” thanks to a record speed of over 230 mph, attained by the custom 2,000-horsepower Land Speed Cruiser.