Toyota Prius: car review

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.

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2017 Toyota Prius Prime Prototype First Drive

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.

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2016 Toyota Tacoma: Better than ever

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

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Toyota Fortuner is a big functional family car

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

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2016 Toyota RAV4 hybrid offers best of 2 worlds

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 buyers’ insatiable appetite for small crossover SUVs. The ★★★ 2016 Toyota RAV4 Limited AWD hybrid fills the gap Ford created when it bewilderingly stopped building the popular hybrid version of its

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Toyota FJ Cruiser ends worldwide production in August

Come August, Toyota will cease production of the retro FJ Cruiser off-roader after a decade of production. Toyota put the FJ Cruiser into production in 2006 as a modern incarnation of the legendary FJ40 Land Cruiser. After initial excitement, sales began tapering off until the Japanese automaker withdrew the FJ Cruiser from the North American

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