Tagged “Toyota”

  • Toyota halting Japanese production for 11 days

    The global downturn in car sales is a familiar topic these days, and even the production juggernaut of Toyota is facing unseen declines in demand for its products. To help realign output with that dem...

  • Report: Toyota secretly working on solar car

    The Toyota Prius has spent a decade as the world's preferred hybrid, but now competition is arising from all quarters. A new plug-in version of the Prius is expected soon, but already Toyota is though...

  • U.S. market primed for minicar resurgence

    With the global economic crisis forcing consumers to tighten their purse strings, small cars with low sticker prices and high fuel efficiency are becoming more and more popular. While European and Asi...

  • Teaser video for 2010 Toyota Prius

    Toyota’s next-generation petrol-electric Prius hybrid is scheduled to make its world debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January, however new images of the car, plus this latest teaser video, have mad...

  • Toyota committed to F1 despite profit slump

    The global economic crisis is taking its toll on many carmakers, including industry juggernaut Toyota, which has forecasted a $1.7 billion loss for the financial year ending March 2009. This will be t...

  • 2008's best and worst sellers

    Though 2008 started out fairly strong, riding the wave of 2007, it soon became clear that things weren't going to hold up. Few anticipated how sharply the market would drop, however, and that combinat...

  • Toyota-Subaru joint RWD coupe delayed

    The Big 3 Detroit carmakers have been capturing the world's headlines with their economic and product woes for the past several weeks, but the truth of the situation is that the whole industry is stru...

  • Toyota forecasts first operating loss in 71 years

    Toyota has forecast its first operating loss in 71 years, citing falling demand and an appreciating yen as the key factors leading to its poor performance. Despite already cutting operating profit pre...

  • VW working on new 'two-liter' microcar

    More than a year ago, Volkswagen announced it was working on a project to bring its 1-Liter concept from 2002 to production reality. The three-wheeled low-slung extremely aerodynamic design still seem...

  • Lexus registers LFA trademark with USPTO

    Speculation that the Lexus LF-A supercar project had been axed several months ago was refuted to some degree by ongoing testing of the car at the Nurburgring. Now a filing with the U.S. Patent and Tra...

  • Mazda KAAN wins 2008 L.A. Design Challenge

    Today, the design entry from Mazda R&D of North America was chosen as the winner of the Los Angeles Auto Show's 2008 Design Challenge. This year's theme, Motor Sports 2025, asked nine of Southern Cali...