So you say you want to understand Toyota. You want to look the company in the eye and get a sense of its soul. Without spending hours studying kaizen and poring over 2000GT imagery and learning the significance of the number 86, you want to know why Toyota is different from, say, Porsche. Allow the
I’ll declare my love for the Toyota 86 straight up. It’s been one of my favourite cars since its release about four years ago. So, to say I was excited to see what Toyota has done to it in its first major upgrade would be an understatement. To do anything to the 86 was fraught
The 2017 Toyota 86 takes over for the discontinued Scion FR-S as the brand’s entry-level sports coupe. Built in collaboration with Subaru, the 86 has the best of both brands jammed into one tiny, fun package. The 2017 Toyota 86 becomes the new name for the Scion FR-S, transported over when the Scion brand was
The TRD Pro adds two inches of lift up front over the base model Tundra. My tester’s Double Cab configuration meant this truck had a longer bed, whereas the Crew Max offers extra room in the back seat. It was clad in a Quicksand paint scheme, a color that harkens back to the venerable FJ40’s Dune Beige.
the recent version of the RAV4 has grown to become a much larger vehicle and this C-HR steps into its place and will challenge the likes of the Nissan Qashqai, Renault Kadjar, new Seat Ateca and more. With so much competition in the crossover class these days, the C-HR needs to do something really special
Based on Toyota‘s New Global Architecture (TNGA), the Japanese carmaker has announced the introduction of a new engine that would be 60 percent more fuel efficient than the current generation ones. These new engines would come into 60 percent of Toyota Group cars by 2021, starting with Japan, and later moving on to China, Asia,
The 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show was awash in crossover utility vehicles, including a new modelfrom Toyota that stretches the definition of that category. The 2018 Toyota C-HR features the high driving position of a crossover, but in a vehicle with decidedly car-like styling, and without an all-wheel drive option. Adding to the confusion, the
If you ever wanted an in-depth look at the all-new Toyota C-HR, you’ve come to the right place as the company has released some 100 or more images of its compact crossover, which first made its global debut back in March this year. Built on the modular Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA), the second vehicle
Toyota is one of the world’s three largest carmakers, along with General Motors and Volkswagen Group. Having placed its bets for the future of zero-emission transport on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, it’s by far the most resistant of the three to the notion of battery-electric cars. But a recent news story might possibly indicate a crack
The Toyota Camry has been the best-selling midsize sedan for quite some time. Year to date, the Camry is the fourth-best-selling vehicle in the U.S. behind America’s workhorses, the Ford F-Series, Chevrolet Silverado, and Ram pickup. We’ve tested themore powerful V-6 and frugal hybrid variants, but we haven’t tested the volume Camry engine. Until now.