The FJ Company does brisk business in Land Cruisers If Japanese collector cars in the U.S. have a mascot, it is the venerable Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser. The classic 40 Series trucks were one of the most popular exports for the automaker worldwide; they enjoyed strong sales on our side of the Pacific as well, with
The 2017 Toyota Yaris is a small car with very big news. The brandâs least expensive model, the Yaris for 2017 is also the brandâs latest vehicle to come standard with Toyota Safety Senseâą C (TSS-C), a trio of driver assist technologies that help drivers get from point âAâ to point âBâ with safety assurance.
Toyota has released 2017 prices for some of its small cars, and it looks like a name change (and modest power increase) tacked a slight premium onto the Toyota 86, formerly the Scion FR-S. A sign of our automated times, it looks like the manual transmissionâs days could be numbered in the Corolla lineup. The
Last year, the Hilux finished top of the segment with 8642 sales – a 3.9% rise over 2014, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Volume was heavily weighted towards the fleet sector, with 8126 units compared with just 517 retail sales. In the UK, the Hilux saw off the challenge of the
Years ago a reporter arrived at Leonardo DiCaprioâs home in Los Angeles to interview him. Parked in the drive was a pimped-up BMW X5 and a small Toyota. The reporter presumed the big off-roader must be Leoâs, but when she asked the star about it he burst out laughing and said: âNo, the Toyotaâs mine.
The Toyota 4Runner is a dinosaur, a truck-like body-on-frame SUV in a world of car-based crossovers. That means the 4Runner is no longer the big seller it once was, but it also means this Toyota is pretty good off road. Toyota is highlighting those off-road capabilities with the new 2017 TRD Off-Road model. It basically
Toyota had one main goal in mind when it engineered the Prius Prime, the upcoming second-generation Prius Plug-In. The new car had to be more electric. Compared to the first plug-in Prius, this wasn’t exactly a difficult task, since that one could go just 11 miles on its piddly battery. Toyota heard all your complaints.
The Toyota Tacoma received a major update for the 2016 model year, including a refreshed interior and new exterior styling. The result is a truck that is great for work or play and presents a good-looking appearance. The Tacoma now comes with only the access or double cab body styles, as the regular cab has
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
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 buyersâ insatiable appetite for small crossover SUVs. The â â â 2016 Toyota RAV4 Limited AWD hybrid fills the gap Ford created when it bewilderingly stopped building the popular hybrid version of its