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News2014 Vehicles That Best Held Their Initial Value
Each year, NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association) awards prizes to the brand-new vehicles that retain the highest percentage of their initial value. First place goes to one of the most popular cars of the year, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (the 1LT with automatic transmission, to be more precise). With …
NewsToyota Avalon Touring Sport: Celebrating Its 20th Birthday In Style
There are a lot of ways to celebrate two decades of existence on Earth. In the automotive world, cars that have a chance to turn 20 years-old typically get a special-edition run. The Toyota Avalon is no exception to this rule: since production started in 1994, the Japanese automaker decided …
NewsToyota FT-1 Vision GT Ready For Track Use In Gran Turismo
Having left us without information about their FT-1 prototype for far too long, Toyota is making amends by presenting us with not one, but two different versions of their gorgeous next iteration of the Supra! After the second FT-1 concept (painted in Anthracite grey) that we admired yesterday, we now …
NewsA Second Toyota FT-1 For Monterey
Toyota’s FT-1 Concept staggered the crowd when it was launched. Its red paint gave it a racecar vibe, and its gorgeous curves gave people much to think about. Was this car heralding the return of the Supra? Was Toyota on the verge of launching a Porsche-fighting sports car? The rumor …
RacingA Toyota Tundra Will Race In The Baja 1000
For a manufacturer, racing is the best benchmark to prove their vehicles. It allows them to push their engineering far further than they could on the street, and it offers them a chance to prove themselves against the competition. Toyota has chosen to prove the strength of their Tundra TRD …
New Models2015 Toyota Yaris Unveiled in US Spec
Toyota’s compact little car may have lost some of its appeal in recent years, but it’s hard to argue about the Yaris’ reliability and fuel economy for short urban trips. For 2015, the happy little hatchback gets a new nose without changing its internals, following in the footsteps of its …
New ModelsToyota Unveils the 2015 Sienna
Toyota just sent us pictures of what we can expect out of its popular Sienna minivan for 2015. The basics of the vehicle stay the same, however it receives a few refreshes for this year. We immediately see the new front grille, more aggressive headlights and the revised bumper. All …
NewsToyota Sets a Nürburgring Record
Upon seeing a very ordinary-looking Toyota Prius on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, some people must have thought this driver missed a turn somewhere and was on the track by mistake! If the circuit is technically open to everyone, it is not really tailored for fuel economy, with its 20.83 kilometres …
NewsThe Next Prius Will be Delayed
Toyota just announced that the next generation of their best-selling hybrid, the Prius, will be delayed by about half a year. While production was supposed to begin sometime during the spring, it is possible that the factories may only start building the cars in December 2015. Toyota sure is taking …
RecallsA Huge Cross-Brand Recall over Third-Party Airbags
What do Ford, Mazda, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan have in common (besides the fact that they all build 4-wheeled vehicles powered by gasoline engines)? Well, it would seem they all bought airbags from a manufacturer in Japan that may have quickly skipped over some important details when the …
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