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With the recent events in automotive safety, we are no longer that surprised when thousands of cars are recalled for a safety issue. A few months ago, the news of Toyota recalling more than 840,000 vehicles because of a passenger airbag that could explode would have created a panic reaction.

One of the 351 Toyota 2000GTs, the most beautiful, most desirable and most expensive car ever made by Akio Toyoda, was crushed by a tree in the Toyama Prefecture, Japan. According to reports, the 30 meter tall beech tree fell on the poor car as it was driving underneath. The …

Life is harsh for cars in our polar region. Cold weather can do damage to certain parts, meteorologic conditions can cause accidents... But the worst enemy of vehicles is salt. This powerful abrasive can scrape paint and corrupt steel like nothing else. For minivans, this can cause a quite serious …

Toyota has really used the GM ignition switch scandal to their advantage! This morning, they announced yet another grouped recall, this time targeting 6.76 million vehicles worldwide. It is one of the larger recalls ever made by the Japanese manufacturer. The first one is for the 2009-2010 Corolla and Matrix, …

New details about the future sports car born of the BMW/Toyota union have just surfaced. The German version will be called the Z4, while the Toyota model may be called the Supra. The latest rumors talk about a 2-seater sports car, with a four cylinder of no more than 2 …

The citizens of Tokyo are used to unusual things. This spring however, a new type of vehicle will probably make them do a double take when they see it silently glide past them: The Toyota i-Road, a fully-electric personal transporter. The small 3-wheeler represents a good compromise between a motorcycle …

Toyota has just confirmed that they will pay the US government $1.2 billion dollars to escape criminal charges concerning the cases of unintended acceleration which happened in 2009-2010. These problems caused deaths, and Toyota had to recall more than 10 million vehicles. According to an agreement between Toyota and the …

We’ve been aware of a joint venture by BMW and Toyota to develop some kind of sports car together but so few details have emerged that we can only speculate as to what it would be. For a while many people thought it would be the next Supra but those …

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has named six Toyota vehicles as best in class in terms of energy efficiency for the 2014 model year. This is more than any other automaker. The agency says their innovations continue to improve conventional vehicles leading to advanced technologies such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid and …

The market for small urban SUVs is currently a niche that continues to prove popular, particularly in Europe. Across the pond, we find the Ford EcoSport, Honda Vezel, Nissan Juke, Opel Mokka, Peugeot 2008 and Renault Captur models which fit into this category. In North America we have the Buick …