Toyota set a new lap record at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife for an electric car of just 7:47.79 yesterday, smashing the previous record of 9:01.3 as set by the Peugeot EX1 Concept back in May. The quick time around the 13-odd miles of the Green Hell was set by Toyota Motorsports GmbH (TMG) in its...
The brand new 2012 Toyota Camry has been officially revealed. You can read our Camry XLE first drive report by clicking here, and for a first drive report of the new Camry... August 24, 2011 by Anne Proffit
Automotive heavyweights Ford and Toyota joined forces yesterday to make a very interesting announcement. Toyota's executive vice president for research and development... August 23, 2011 by Richard Read
Ford and Toyota, two of the leaders when it comes to hybrid technology, have announced a new alliance to help develop hybrid drive systems for rear-wheel drive applications... August 23, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Solar panel technology has, thus far, not been of much use for automobiles. You may be able to specify a small solar panel on the 2011 Nissan Leaf or 2012 Toyota Prius, but... August 19, 2011 by Antony Ingram
We finally get to see the plug-in hybrid version of Toyota’s top-selling Prius next month at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, ahead of the car’s showroom appearance... August 15, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Your next car will almost certainly perform better than your last car, offer more features, greater comfort and more gadgets. It'll also be safer, but we've become so... August 4, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Concepts featuring autonomous driving have so far concentrated mainly on highway driving, previewing the car-trains we may see some time in the future. For many people though... August 3, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Toyota is all about augmenting the outside world at the moment. First it launches the Backseat Driver app to keep your kids entertained with a bubblegum representation of... July 21, 2011 by Antony Ingram
At a time when most major manufacturers are scaling back and focusing on core products, Toyota has added a brand -- and along with it, a new toy to keep kids occupied on road... July 21, 2011 by Richard Read
In May, we told you that the U.S. Department of Transportation was rolling out a new program to test vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology. If you live in one of the six cities... July 15, 2011 by Richard Read
After aggressively pursuing a NASCAR Sprint Cup date for 10 years, Kentucky Speedway's inaugural stock car race was marred in more ways than one. While the track produced... July 10, 2011 by Rob Tiongson
Jonny Milner was out for blood this Sunday on the 1.16-mile driveway of Goodwood House. Last year he finished second in the shootout. This year he finished first--sort of... July 5, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Tesla's Roadster takes top honors at the ReFuel EV races. We interview the driver. [MotorAuthority] The 2012 BMW 528i packs a turbocharged four-cylinder, stop-start, and... July 1, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Prius isn't the first name in performance, or even the 51st, but apparently there's some demand for a factory performance package for the mass-market hybrid, as Toyota has... June 30, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Carbon monoxide has occasionally been described as a silent killer, and the recent deaths of a New York man and a woman in Florida prove the phrase still runs true in modern... June 23, 2011 by Antony Ingram