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 It is looking ever more likely that Toyota will finally unveil the production version of its FT-86 sports coupe. Toyota released a teaser video showing the car being painted and prepped for the Frankfurt Auto Show. The end of the video hints th...

Beats General Motors and Volkswagen Group

Toyota has retaken the crown as world leader in auto sales. It sold 9.75 million cars in 2012, a 23% improvement over the previous year. These figures include its subsidiaries Hino Motors and Diahatsu Motors. That beats the 9.29 million cars sold ...

Toyota will enter the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid petrol LMP1 car. The chassis will be built by Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Germany who also ran Toyota's Formula 1 team while the engine will be made by Toyota in Japan.  The c...

Japonese brand will be back after an absence of 18 years

Toyota announced it is ready to put end to the 18-year absence of the World Rally Championship (WRC). President Akio Toyoda revealed that the brand will return to the WRC in 2017. The Japanese brand will develop over the next two years its...

Toyota has revealed that the new Auris will be revealed at the Paris Motor Show on September 27. It will be available with hybrid, diesel and petrol engines at introduction. The car was designed in the UK and will be built at Toyota's factory ...

Available with three drivetrain options

It seems as though the automotive world has been taken over by mid-size and compact crossovers, but Toyota is one of the few automakers that still offers a true, truck-based SUV with the refreshed fifth-generation 4Runner. The refreshed 4Runne...

Fuel Cell Sedan arrives to the market next year

Toyota revealed the final design of its sedan fuell cell model, which is expected for launch in Japan in April next year. In Europe the model should arrive in the summer of 2015. Other details such as price and technical specifications are still t...

Fourth generation modelo will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show

Toyota unveiled the first official images of the fourth generation of the Prius, a preview of the presentation of the model which will take place next week at the Frankurt Motor Show. Data on the performance of the new hybrid still remains under t...

Gazoo Racing and  the Toyota Swiss Racing Team are entering a total of four Toyota GT-86s - two each- into the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours this weekend. Gazoo is also entering an LFA for the fourth time in four years.  The GT-86 i...

Delivers 500,000th Hybrid to Europe as well

Things are very good at Toyota this year, and it predicts that next year will be even better. It is predicting that sales will be up another 2% next year. This year, Toyota global sales are up 22% to 9.7 million cars; over 7 million of those sales...