Toyota Arizona Helps Hawks Have a Handsome Home
SCREEEEEEEEECH!!!!! Toyota is known for welcoming wildlife to its facilities across the US. First, Toyota established 10 honeybee hives at its Georgetown, Kentucky plant to help the endangered creatures thrive.…
New Toyota GT86 Concept Pays Homage to Initial D
Every car enthusiast remembers a movie or TV car from their youth that captured their imagination and stoked their excitement for automobiles. For many, that car was the panda-colored Toyota…
Toyota Challenges Students to Build and Race Fuel Cell Vehicles
Toyota has announced a new partnership with Horizon Educational Group that will combine learning in STEM fields with racing and alternative fuels. Toyota will help the Horizon Education Group bring…
Toyota’s Next-Gen Voice Assistant Won’t Require the Internet
Photo: Toyota Toyota has announced that in partnership with Google Cloud, it will bring the tech company’s newest AI-based speech services to its latest multimedia system, which can already be…
Toyota Leads Mainstream Brands in Used Car Value
Toyota has been named the top mainstream brand for used car value in the annual Pre-Owned Value Awards by ALG, which named an impressive number of Toyota models as being…
Toyota Gazoo Racing Confirms Alonso Will Race at Le Mans
Toyota Gazoo Racing has confirmed that two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will race for the team throughout the 2018-2019 World Endurance Championship super season. The Spaniard will get…
Toyota Camry Gets Minor Price and Major Power Bump
The highly-anticipated and re-engineered 2018 Toyota Camry will finally arrive in showrooms this summer and with it will come a minor price bump along with a major increase in power…
Toyota & Mazda Choose Alabama for New US Manufacturing Plant
From left: Secretary Greg Canfield, Mazda Motor Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Masamichi Kogai, Alabama Govornor Kay Ivey, Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Commission…
Toyota to Add 400 Jobs & Invest $600 Million in Indiana Plant
Toyota will build 40,000 more Toyota Highlanders in 2017 After Trump threatened several automakers with hefty import taxes should they dare to create jobs in countries other than the United…
Toyota Could Use Uber Tech in Self-Driving Cars
Toyota and Uber are reportedly discussing the possibility of installing the latter’s self-driving system in the former’s vehicles. According to Nikkei, a Japanese business daily, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi met…
Toyota Teams Up With SoftBank on Driverless Car Project
In the autonomous vehicle business, partnerships are everything. The cost and complexity of developing self-driving technology is such that auto and tech companies are striking alliances left and right in…
Toyota Supra Manual Will Start at $53,595
Photo: Toyota The most highly anticipated new feature of the 2023 Toyota Supra is its manual transmission, which up until this point wasn’t available on the A91-generation car. The Toyota…
This Special Gundam Toyota Car Based on Char Anzable Deserves Your Attention
The relationships between automotive marketing and pop culture lend themselves to a lot of possibilities for crossover promotions. From celebrity endorsements by the likes of Godzilla to animated promotions borrowing from…
Toyota Mirai Goes 1,000 KM with One Tank of Hydrogen
Photo: Toyota On Wednesday, May 26, a second-generation Toyota Mirai set a new world record for distance driven with one fill of hydrogen. The journey started at a hydrogen station…
How Toyota Financial Services is Tackling COVID-19
Though Toyota has shut down production all across North America, Toyota Financial Services has boosted the capacity of its call centers to better accommodate customers who may have difficulty making…
Mazda, Toyota Break Ground on Factory With Big Donations
The joint Mazda/Toyota manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama has been in the works for over a year now. Now, though, Mazda and Toyota finally broke ground on the factory, turning…
Toyota RAV4 Customers are the Happiest Compact SUV Owners
According to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study that was released yesterday, Toyota RAV4 customers are the happiest among compact SUV owners, more so…
Revamped Toyota Rally RAV4 Competes in Oregon Trail Rally
The Toyota Rally RAV4 in action For this past weekend’s Oregon Trail Rally, Toyota’s Rally RAV4 team pretty much had to rebuild their ride from the ground up, following a…
2022 Toyota GR 86 Will Cost under $29,000
Photo: Toyota In a surprising turn of events, the next-generation 2022 Toyota GR 86 will cost under $30,000. In fact, it will start at just $27,700, though the $1,025 destination…
2016 Toyota Tundra Overview
The 2016 Toyota Tundra While Toyota’s pickup truck star of the 2016 model year is undoubtedly the all-new mid-size Tacoma, we shouldn’t forget about the equally awesome, if larger, Tundra.…
Toyota February Sales Up Thanks to New RAV4
The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid at the Chicago Auto Show Last month was quite an eventful one for Toyota. In February, the Japanese automaker announced the shuttering of its youth-oriented…
The Toyota Tundra Has Disappeared from Great American Ball Park
A place where there used to be Tundras is now appropriately barren… The Cincinnati Reds have added a lot of new stuff to Great American Ball Park for the 2015…
2022 Toyota GR Supra Arrives with Limited Carbon Fiber Edition
Photo: Toyota It’s hard to believe it’s already been three years since the Supra returned to the world. Unfortunately for Toyota, historic nameplates are a dime a dozen and no…
Toyota Begins Sponsorship of Rock ’n Roll Marathon Series
In 2013, more than 19 million Americans finished running events across the country, from 5Ks and 10Ks to half-marathons and full marathons. With the popularity of running on the rise…
Toyota Canada Sales Surge 16 Percent in July
Photo: Toyota Canada Inc. July was a good month for Toyota Canada Inc., which reported sales of 21,668 vehicles, or 15.9 percent more sales than over the same period last…
How Toyota’s ‘Cars For Good’ Program Connected Dealers with Local Charities
Photo: Toyota Canada Toyota and its Canadian dealerships developed a new Cars For Good program, which aimed to support local charities by giving them short-term vehicle loans and other delivery…
2019 Toyota Yaris Sedan Debuts in New York, Drops the iA
The 2019 Toyota Yaris Sedan debuted this week at the 2018 New York International Auto Show without the “iA” that was formerly included in its name, officially removing any remaining…
Ford Defeats Toyota in Final Round of Rally America Championship
It was a long, arduous fight to the finish line. After trading the lead back and forth several times throughout the Rally America 2WD championship, the duel between Ford’s Cameron…
Toyota Canada Creates Tailgating Tundra Truck
A truck has never looked more delicious Trucks are the perfect vehicles for tailgating parties, and with football season fast approaching, sports fans are likely to start getting their grill…
Toyota Supra Claimed to Cost $63,500
Photo: ©Toyota Though it’s now been confirmed that Toyota is working on bringing us a next-generation Supra, the auto manufacturer is remaining very tight-lipped about any details despite the enthusiast…
Toyota Announces $1 Million Grant to Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Toyota announced a $1 million grant to DART during the 2016 Toyota Hello Texas Pictured (left to right): Toyota Motor North America Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Simon…
Led by Focus, Ford China Sales Beat Toyota, Honda
Ford China Sales have been driven by Focus. It is understandable that an American automaker could struggle to gain a foothold in China, especially when competing with Asian carmakers like Toyota…
Toyota Launches 2020 Tacoma Pickup Truck
Photo: Toyota Toyota has launched the new 2020 Tacoma midsize pickup truck, complete with off-road-ready performance, a long list of standard amenities, and the latest connected technologies. For the new…
Toyota Prius Offers Steep Discounts in California
It’s no secret that the Toyota Prius lineup is extremely popular with drivers on the west coast—particularly in California. But in recent months, the Prius’ popularity has been threatened by…
Toyota Canada Will Now Sell You Cars via Video Chat
Photo: Toyota Toyota Canada has launched a new tool dubbed Easy Shop Video Chat that will allow customers to speak face-to-face with a product advisor at the Toyota dealership of…
World’s Oldest Toyota Found in Russian Barn
The 1936 Toyoda Model AA Photo: Toyota UK Toyota is an automaker with a rich history dating back to the 1930s. But, until recently, very little was known about the…
Toyota Will Build New Battery Plant in North Carolina
Photo: Toyota Toyota already has more than a dozen manufacturing plants across North America, the most recent one — established with Mazda — having just begun production in Alabama this…
[QUIZ] Toyota JANuary: How Well Do You Know Toyota Jan?
It’s no secret that here at The News Wheel, we love Toyota Jan. Our staff has written plenty of articles over the years about her commercials, but now it’s time…
Toyota Jan Returns to Promote Toyota 1 for Everyone Sales Event
Toyota Jan is back for the Toyota 1 for Everyone Sales Event This month, Toyota is launching its 1 for Everyone sales event, which is pretty self-explanatory. In essence, it…
Toyota Jan Touts ToyotaCare Plus and SightLine Wipers in New Commercials
Actress Laurel Coppock has long had a presence in Toyota’s U.S. advertising efforts in her role as Jan the spokesperson. We’ve followed her through two pregnancies, learning about her weird…
Better Supply Chain Relations Give Toyota Edge in Global Chip Shortage
Photo: Toyota As the global shortage continues to affect tech companies, automakers, and other manufacturers that rely on semiconductor chips, Toyota is faring better than others. The Japanese automaker reported…
2016 Toyota Yaris Overview
The Toyota Yaris is a popular subcompact car offered as a hatchback with either three or five doors. Its small exterior hides a larger than expected interior, and its hatchback…
Watch Ryan Tuerck Hoon His Ferrari-Powered Toyota 86 at Formula Drift Orlando
When Ryan Tuerck decided to take out the stock 2.0-liter four-cylinder out of a Toyota 86 and replace it with none other a V8 engine straight out of a Ferrari…
Toyota Confirms 986-HP Hypercar Headed for Production
This weekend Toyota presented the GR Super Sport Concept, a next-generation hypercar that uses hybrid technology developed via the company’s LMP1 program in the World Endurance Championship (WEC). The car…
Infographic: Honda Accord vs Nissan Altima vs Toyota Camry
The three best-selling mid-size sedans in the US last year all came from Japanese automakers. The reliable Toyota Camry led the way with 429,355 units moved and the venerable Honda…
Chevy Mocks Toyota Prius as Obsolete in New Volt Ad
Despite the prophecies of Back to the Future Part II, fax machines are not a common sight in 2015 Chevy thinks that the 2016 Volt is so three-thousand and eight,…
[VIDEOS] 2015 Toyota Sienna is the Ultimate Swagger Wagon
The Eh Bee Family in their Swagger Wagon Recently, Toyota unveiled their new 2015 Sienna minivan, which has received a minor design refresh for the new model year. As part…
2016 Toyota 4Runner Overview
The 2016 Toyota 4Runner When you feel the itch for adventure in your soul, you need a car that’ll match your enthusiasm. For some, that car is likely to be…
Toyota to Offer Rides in Its Level 4 Autonomous Car
Full-on driving autonomy isn’t quite here yet, but it’s close. Toyota has announced it will make its Platform 4 automated driving test vehicle available for public demonstration next summer, giving…
2017 Toyota 4Runner Overview
The 2017 Toyota 4Runner is a body-on-frame SUV reputed for its exceptional durability and capability, as well as for its excellent reliability and resale value. While it feels a bit…
