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New generation is lower and longer than previously

Toyota has introduced the third generation Highlander at the New York Auto Show that will be with three engines, including a hybrid. The new car is slightly larger than the outgoing model. The new Highlander looks sturdy. It is a very square c...

The major hurdle for electric car revolves around charging. There is a limited amount of charging stations, and the cars take too long to charge for most buyers. One of those problems is much more simple to solve. Toyota is investing to build more...

Toyota has announced that it will be bringing an electric version of the iQ to this year’s edition of the Geneva Motor Show. The Japanese brand has used its readily adaptable Hybrid Synergy Drive ® technology as a base for the development ...

Toyota has released data from the European Commission showing that it has the lowest fleet-wide CO2 emissions average in Europe. While this fact might not be too surprising, what is more interesting is that Fiat, Citroen and Peugeot all follow clo...

This year there are 13 auto brands in the top 100 list from 12 last year

Interbrand has released its annual list of the world's top 100 brands, and Toyota leads in the automotive sector yet again but is in tenth place overall.  There was a big shakeup in the top three global brands this year. Apple, Google...

Toyota is the most searched car brand in Google followed by BMW and Hyundai

A study from US car parts firm Quickco has revealed that Toyota was the most searched car brand on Google in the world in 2016. Although it has lost top position as world's biggest car maker to Volkswagen, Toyota was still the most popula...

It led Q3 sales and sales through September

With the sales figures from all major automakers available for the first three quarters of the year, Toyota has kept its title as the world’s largest automaker in unit sales with three months of auto sales to go. General Motors and Volkswage...

Toyota has announced the launch of the Prius α in Japan. It has been derived from the third generation Prius and is available with two interior configurations - five seats in two rows or seven seats over three rows called the Prius +. The Priu...

The team's best result has been its second place at Le Mans

Calling the first half of Toyota’s 2013 World Endurance Championship season mixed might be charitable. After winning the final two races of last season, Toyota was expected to perform well, instead it failed to beat the Audis in the first tw...

The company is officially Toyota's European Motorsport arm

Toyota President Akio Toyoda claims to like sports car, despite the company that he runs relatively staid image. But things are changing slowly at Toyota. It has returned to world-class racing, released the GT86, shown the Yaris Hybrid-R and is wo...