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Unveiled: 2015 Camry Race Car Ready for Action

Unveiled: 2015 Camry Race Car Ready for Action

To go along with the shiny new Camry that’s caught everyone’s eye, Toyota has just unveiled the revamped 2015 Camry Race Car that will compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starting in the next racing season. This marks the first time a NASCAR ‘Gen-6’ model has been updated since the generation debuted back […]

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Toyota Unveils Urban Utility Concept Car in Cali

Toyota Unveils Urban Utility Concept Car in Cali

Makes other vans uncool... oh, wait.

Utility vans are just so boring. There’s nothing exciting about a vehicle used to transport a caterer’s food, a handyman’s tools, or a courier’s packages. Toyota wants to change all that with the introduction of its Urban Utility Concept Car at the Maker Faire hosted by Make: magazine in San Francisco today. The vehicle, which […]

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Working Together: Toyota TeenDrive365 Promotes Safe Driving

Working Together: Toyota TeenDrive365 Promotes Safe Driving

The first year of a teen’s driving career is a crucial time when it comes to learning to be a safe driver or a reckless one. During this year, it’s important for parents to be as actively involved as possible in setting a good example, and supporting their teens’ good driving skills. It’s during this […]

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250 Toyota Jobs Moving to Michigan’s Toyota Technical Center

250 Toyota Jobs Moving to Michigan’s Toyota Technical Center

Toyota’s on the move again. Back in April, we reported that the Japanese automaker would be moving its North American headquarters from Torrance, California to Smyrna, Texas, after calling the LA suburb home for an incredible 57 years. Now, a different announcement states that Toyota will move 250 purchasing jobs from their current location in […]

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Toyota ‘Baby 86’ Sports Car Could Beat Next Supra to Production

Toyota ‘Baby 86’ Sports Car Could Beat Next Supra to Production

When you think of a Toyota sports car, chances are you think about the Supra, especially with the amount of speculation that’s been going around recently about the possible reemergence of the iconic sports car. But let’s not forget that Toyota already makes a pretty impressive (and affordable) sports car—the GT86, known in the US […]

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More Supra Rumors: Toyota Sports Car will be All-Wheel Drive Plug-In Hybrid

More Supra Rumors: Toyota Sports Car will be All-Wheel Drive Plug-In Hybrid

Since the Toyota Supra’s demise back in 2002, avid fans of the sports car have been clamoring for Toyota to begin remaking the iconic car. And in the last couple of years, ever since Toyota and BMW signed an agreement to work on a joint sports car, the rumors have been flying. Now, more Supra […]

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Toyota-BMW Partnership Could Result in Z4 Hybrid

Toyota-BMW Partnership Could Result in Z4 Hybrid

A long-anticipated Toyota-BMW partnership could finally be on the horizon, according to a report from AutoWeek. The collaboration promised to produce a nifty sports car upon which we could feast our greedy eyes, but the latest reports go further than that to suggest that the sports car in question could be a hybrid version of […]

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Toyota Europe’s Karl Schlicht Promises “Risky Designs,” But Not Supra

Toyota Europe’s Karl Schlicht Promises “Risky Designs,” But Not Supra

Karl Schlicht, Toyota Europe’s executive vice president, has told UK’s Auto Express to “expect more risky designs” in the future, adding that there are more “emotional surprises like the FT-1 concept” in store. Seriously, if this keeps up, the Supra is going to be spoken of in the same mythical tones as Half-Life 3. Related: […]

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BREAKING: Supra Trademark Renewed (Though This Actually Means Little)

BREAKING: Supra Trademark Renewed (Though This Actually Means Little)

Guys! GUYS! It’s time to get really, really excited. According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Toyota Motor Corporation has filed to renew the Supra trademark as of February 10, 2014. The fact that the Supra trademark is now active for “Automobiles and structural parts thereof” must clearly mean that we will […]

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Honda Unveils Gamer-Designed Forza Civic Si Coupe

Honda Unveils Gamer-Designed Forza Civic Si Coupe

This past Friday at the Chicago Auto Show, Honda North America’s assistant vice president of advertising Tom Peyton and Turn 10 Studio’s Kim Wolfkill unveiled a real life version of the former’s Honda Civic Si Coupe that had been adorned with livery designed in the latter’s Forza 5 (available now for Xbox One) with a […]

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Unveils, Debuts, and Concepts: A List of 2014 Chicago Auto Show Reveals

Unveils, Debuts, and Concepts: A List of 2014 Chicago Auto Show Reveals

A full list of known reveals expected at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show

2014 Chicago Auto Show Reveals These cars are brand-new offerings, some of which have been under wraps until the show. 2015 Kia Soul EV 2015 Subaru Legacy Camaro SS Chicago Blackhawks Edition 2015 Lincoln Navigator BMW 7-Series Diesel 2014 Dodge Journey Crossroad 2015 Chevrolet City Express 2015 Subaru Liberty 2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata Toyota TRD […]

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Toyota NAIAS Display: At Long Last

Toyota NAIAS Display: At Long Last

The day was nearly over when we finally arrived at the Toyota NAIAS display. We had been so close to it before, back when we were exploring Porsche, but the tempting fudge made us too hungry, so we left for food and reentered on the other side (at the Ford NAIAS display), putting Toyota way […]

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Lexus NAIAS Display: How Long Until We Get to Toyota?

Lexus NAIAS Display: How Long Until We Get to Toyota?

Scion NAIAS Display: I’d Still Rather Be Looking at Toyota

Marci and I were teasing ourselves when it came to the world’s automaker. The Toyota display was in plain sight, but its luxury arm, Lexus, and its youthful brand, Scion, were directly across from Fiat, so we forced ourselves to stop at these displays first. Don’t get me wrong, Lexus and Scion weren’t total wastes […]

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Nissan Sport Sedan named Best Concept at NAIAS by Autoweek

Nissan Sport Sedan named Best Concept at NAIAS by Autoweek

Last week, Nissan unveiled its exciting (and also orange) Sport Sedan Concept at the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.  Among all of the acclaim that the Nissan Sport Sedan Concept earned, the accolade that stands out the most is being named Best Concept at NAIAS by Autoweek Magazine.  The editors of […]