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Hybrids have been a big success in Western Europe

Toyota Europe CEO Didier Leroy has given an interview to Automotive News Europe where he discussed the future of the company in Europe and laid out its future plans.  Leroy became Toyota Europe CEO in 2010, and in 2012 he brought the comp...

The Toyota Yaris Hybrid has gone into production in France, and the first car has been delivered to a customer in northern France.  "We are proud to starting building the first full hybrid model in the B-segment in Europe. Furthermor...

It is ready to take on Pikes Peak on June 30

The Toyota EV P002 has completed its testing shakedown at the Carolina Motorsports Park ahead of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 30. The car is based on the EV P002 that holds the electric car record around the N&...

Toyota is expecting its highest profits in five years thanks to very strong sales in the North America and in China. Toyota forecasts sales in North America alone to be up 25% by the end of the fiscal year 2013. It is expecting to sell 8.7 million...

It uses a WTCC-spec engine and four electric motors powered by super capacitors

The Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R has to be one of the weirdest concepts that will be on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. Toyota announced it as a 400hp car that would take inspiration from the TS030 Le Mans car. No one ever suspected that i...

Toyota has just unveiled at the North American International Auto Show an advanced plug-in hybrid concept vehicle: the NS4. This study is yet another vision of what Toyota expects future mobility to become in the future, focusing on connectivity a...

It adds interior upgrades like improved seats and navigation

Europe and Japan have received several special editions of the Toyota GT86, but until now the US market version, called the Scion FR-S, has been ignored. But Scion is finally changing that with the FR-S Monogram Series. The FR-S Monogram Serie...

An independent study has revealed that Toyota is the first choice for consumers when it comes to hybrid and electric vehicles. The joint survey was carried out by Automotive Business Intelligence company EurotaxGlass’s and UK-based marketing...

It is meant to show what it takes to build a car

Toyota UK used Twitter to show how its cars are made in a project its calls “Factory to Forecourt”. On June 19, Toyota tweeted each step in the production process from its @toyotafactory Twitter account. It broadcasted 325 tweets o...

Above expected orders in Japan forcing the brand to triple prduction until 2016

In the first month after market launch, Toyota received 1500 orders for the Mirai only in Japan, which is already forcing the brand to consider to triple production of the fuel-cell hydrogen model by 2017. Currently the Japanese brand has sch...