Ahead of the Beijing Auto Show this week, Toyota announced that it will create an electric plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Corolla for the Chinese market. While the automaker’s announcement appears to limit the vehicle’s availability to China for now, it does open the door for a possible global launch of a PHEV version of
As the world’s first mass-produced petrol-electric hybrid, the Prius’s place in history has always been assured. But few would have predicted the cultural and political impact it has made on the world – particularly in the US. Having owners as varied as Hollywood liberals and former CIA chiefs, the Prius has become much less a
Here’s another recently launched model in Indonesia, the 2016 Toyota Rush TRD Sportivo 7. Seen here at the 2016 Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) is the “Sportivo Ultimo” version of Toyota’s entry SUV. The two new variants fit in seven seats in three rows, which could possibly be PT Toyota-Astra Motor’s response to the new
Cars these days are constructed out of all kinds of flashy and excitingly named materials. But as nice as carbon fibre reinforced plastic and carbotanium is, Toyota has decided to kick it old school for the upcoming Milano Design Week. For the fashion event, it’s decided to make a two-seat roadster called Setsuna out of
It’s been a long time since the largest automaker in the world, also the biggest company in Japan, had introduced the first RAV4 compact SUV – if it were a human the model would have the legal age to go into a bar all around the world. It may have become ubiquitous by now but