Forty-three million and counting. That’s the number of Corollas that Toyota has sold globally since it began building the landmark model in the fall of 1966. And that makes Corolla the best-selling nameplate of all time. That’s a lot of happy drivers. What better way to mark the Corolla’s 50th anniversary than with refreshed styling
2016 marks another great milestone for the Toyota Corolla, as the world’s most popular car celebrates its 50th anniversary. The first Toyota Corolla was introduced to Japan in 1966. Available in two distinct body styles (two- and four-door saloon, and two-door estate), the Corolla was designed to be a “people’s car”, nevertheless it displayed superior
Research from the University of Rome has found Toyota’s Prius runs on electric power and with zero exhaust emissions for the majority of the time on busy commuter journeys, . Data gathered from more than 1,360 miles of driving on a typical Rome commuting journey reveal that the test Prius cars spent an average 73.2% of the journey time (62.5% of
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 brand’s least expensive model, the Yaris for 2017 is also the brand’s latest vehicle to come standard with Toyota Safety Sense™ C (TSS-C), a trio of driver assist technologies that help drivers get from point “A” to point “B” 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 transmission’s 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 DiCaprio’s 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 Leo’s, but when she asked the star about it he burst out laughing and said: “No, the Toyota’s 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.