Next-Gen Toyota Tundra and Tacoma to Share the Same Truck Platform
2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Photo: Toyota According to a report by Automotive News, the next-generation Toyota Tundra and Tacoma pickup trucks will ride on the same, new platform that…
Toyota Yaris Gazoo Hot Hatch Will Have Supercharged Engine
So we know that Toyota is making a Yaris hot hatch inspired by its World Rally Championship (WRC) rally car, and that it would have somewhere around double the amount…
2017 Toyota Sequoia Overview
The 2017 Toyota Sequoia is a full-size SUV aimed at big families, outdoorsy folk, or ideally both. Its giant interior can comfortably accommodate up to eight passengers or alternatively swallow…
Body Kits for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ
If you’re looking to transform your Toyota 86 or Subaru BRZ, we’ve outlined the six best options for you to get started. Take a look and start planning all the…
Toyota Saves Water at Portland Distribution Center
Toyota’s Portland VDC bioswale helps ensure that only quality water flows back into the Willamette River In 2004, Toyota opened its Portland Vehicle Distribution Center (VDC) on the banks of…
Toyota Announces Partnership with Special Olympics Nippon
Toyota teammates in San Antonio, Texas helped carry the Flame of Hope toward the Special Olympics World Games in LA last summer The Special Olympics is an organization dedicated to…
Rumor: 2017 Toyota Supra to Boast 470 Horsepower
The old-skool Toyota Supra It seems like, ever since Toyota discontinued the Supra in 2002, rumors have been flying about its return. Back in January 2014, Toyota debuted a concept…
All-New 2021 Toyota Sienna Gets 33 Combined MPG
Photo: Toyota The Toyota Sienna is finally getting a long-anticipated overhaul. The minivan had received no significant changes since 2010, but with an all-new 2021 model, it promises to breathe…
Toyota Warns UK Against Hybrid Clampdown
The UK government is preparing to put forward a proposal that would ban cars that cannot drive 50 miles or more on electric power. Though it wouldn’t go into effect…
Toyota Building Test Track for ‘Dangerous’ Self-Driving Car Tests
After a fatal collision between an autonomous Uber SUV and an Arizona pedestrian raised concerns about the safety of self-driving technology, some car companies seemed unfazed. The Google-owned Waymo, for…
Toyota Recalls 112,500 Vehicles in US
It’s been a while since our last a significant recall post, in a year that’s so far been pretty quiet on the recall front when compared to 2014. But this…
British Special Forces Use Toyota Land Cruisers to Fight ISIS
Photo: RM Sotheby’s You might think that the army is all about Jeeps, and if you were thinking about post-WWII America, you might be right. The world is a lot…
Toyota Named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for 11th Consecutive Year
Toyota has always been concerned with reducing its carbon footprint—whether it’s via revolutionary vehicles like the Prius and Mirai, or through initiatives like recycling and preserving natural resources. So it’s…
Toyota Employees Earn ‘Women in Manufacturing’ Award
Nora Arellano (left) and Lisa Lawrence Photo: ©Toyota The Manufacturing Institute (TMI), an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), recognized two women from Toyota among the 130 recipients…
Toyota Employees Clean Up for Public Lands Day
Toyota employees volunteering for National Public Lands Day in 2014 Last Saturday, volunteers across the country banded together to help make their communities cleaner places on Public Lands Day. As…
Toyota Donates to Historically Black College and Universities
The recipients of 2015’s donation gather to receive their checks Each year, the US celebrates the birthday of civil rights activist Martin Luther King with a federal holiday on the…
The Toyota Effect Film Series Premieres at New York Film Festival Convergence
You probably don’t associate Toyota with film festivals, but the automaker debuted a short film series called The Toyota Effect at the New York Film Festival (NYFF) Convergence yesterday to…
Toyota Reveals Awesome Supra Sport Top Concept
Photo: Toyota The SEMA Show ended over a month ago, but that isn’t stopping Toyota from revealing more concepts. The automaker showed off four cool builds during its official SEMA…
How Toyota Studies Posture to Improve Vehicle Safety
Photo: Igor Starkov via CC With countless factors to consider, making a car safe isn’t easy. Automakers work hard to make the bodywork crumple in specific ways, to make the…
Toyota is Quietly Building a Racetrack in Texas
Given Toyota’s recent push toward more performance-oriented vehicles—see the redesigned Camry, the new Toyota 86, or the upcoming Supra and WRC-inspired Yaris hot hatch—it should come as no surprise to…
Toyota Cleans Up in IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards
The Sienna scored big in the IIHS Top Safety Pick awards 2014 was a pretty tough year when it came to auto safety, with more than 60.5 million vehicles being…
Performance Vehicle of Texas is the 2021 Toyota Supra
Photo: Toyota The new 2021 Toyota Supra was named Performance Vehicle of Texas in the Texas Auto Writers Association’s 2021 Auto Roundup. This is one of the most coveted awards…
Toyota Tacomas Are Ticketed More Than Any Other Trucks
The Toyota Tacoma is the most ticketed truck in America Tacoma drivers, Tacoma drivers, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? All right, now that I’ve…
Oh Look, Another Special-Edition Toyota 86
The new-generation Toyota 86 is quickly becoming a popular platform for special edition models. Germany, for instance, got the limited-edition “Tiger” Toyota GT86. North America got the rather awkwardly-named Toyota…
Human Rights Campaign Names Toyota a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality
Toyota believes in equal rights for all of its employees Each year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) scrutinizes big companies to see how they fare when it comes to equality…
Toyota Corolla Hot Hatch Could Be Coming in 3 Years
Whenever a new hatchback is unveiled, the inevitable question follows: will there be a hot hatch variant? And such a question is even more poignant with a car like the…
Toyota and St. Bernard Project to Strengthen US Disaster Resilience
In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, numerous organizations have been working to rebuild homes in hard-hit New Orleans, Louisiana. One organization, the St. Bernard Project…
This Toyota Land Cruiser Has a Fridge for COVID Vaccines
Photo: Toyota Toyota collaborated with B-Medical Systems to develop a special version of the Land Cruiser 78 commercial SUV — one capable of delivering COVID-19 vaccines. As vaccine production and…
Toyota Wants to Improve Driver Safety by Using 'Guardian Angel' Artificial Intelligence
Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute, has announced the Institute would spend $1 billion over the next five years to improve car safety by using artificial intelligence (AI)…
Toyota & Denny Hamlin Win Daytona 500
Photo: Toyota To win the Daytona 500 is arguably one of the most coveted achievements in NASCAR, and now Denny Hamlin has managed the feat twice at the wheel of…
2017 Toyota Prius Prime Overview
The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a plug-in hybrid version of the regular Toyota Prius, though it offers much more than just a new powertrain. With the addition of the…
Top 5 Discontinued Toyota Models: A Definitive List
All automakers have them: those models that seemed like a good idea at the time, but just didn’t make the cut when push came to shove. While some discontinued models…
Toyota Makes Safety Software Openly Available
Photo: Toyota Toyota announced it will make its Total Human Model for Safety software freely available starting January 2021. The automaker hopes this will help improve vehicle safety as well…
Old Faithful: Toyota Camry Hybrid Battery Packs to Power Yellowstone Ranch
A park ranger next to one of the park’s Camry Hybrids One of Yellowstone’s Toyota Highlanders This fall, Yellowstone National Park will get a very special—and eco-friendly—addition. Toyota, which has…
Toyota, Mazda Look for Big Incentives for Joint Manufacturing Plant
It has been some time since Mazda and Toyota announced that they would be joining together to establish a new joint factory somewhere in the US, and now it seems…
Did the Police Controversy Cause Toyota to Pull Its Prius Car Chase Ads from the Air?
If you watched the Super Bowl in February or have turned on the TV any time since, you’ve probably seen Toyota’s self-deprecating ad for the new Prius titled “The Longest…
Toyota Receives Keystone Award for Environmental Leadership
It’s not unusual to see ducks and geese at Toyota manufacturing facilities Toyota is best known for making popular cars like the Camry, RAV4, and Land Cruiser, but the automaker…
Toyota Announces New Safety Packages for Japanese Market
Toyota ITS Connect technology Ever the innovator, Toyota recently announced a new safety package that will soon be available for three Japanese models. The system, called ITS Connect (Intelligent Transportation…
Toyota Delivers Wheelchair-Accessible Minivan to Star Spangled Salute Contest Winner
Star Spangled Salute contest winner, Susan Kirsch, takes delivery of her new 2015 Sienna Back in April, Toyota and Vantage Mobility International (VMI) announced the beginning of the second annual…
Tailgating Toyota Tundra Gears Up for SEMA Debut
It seems like it’s been a long time coming, but the 2014 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show is finally upon us, and we can begin to reveal the delights…
Toyota Jan is Pregnant, and We Have Baby Name Suggestions
Toyota Jan is pregnant. This is how I spent most of my pregnancies. So, the not-so-secret secret is out: Laurel Coppock, who is to Toyota what Flo is to Progressive…
Toyota Up 4.3% in November, Continues to Defy Expectations
The 2017 Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling vehicles of November 2016 A few months ago, the sentiment in the industry was that automotive sales might have peaked. The…
2020 Toyota Supra Catches Air in New Ad
Photo: Toyota USA | YouTube Toyota has released a new 30-second spot for the 2020 GR Supra, its new sports car set to launch in just three short days on…
Next-Gen Toyota TRD Pro Series Comes to Chicago
Toyota has unveiled the next generation TRD Pro Series, including the 4Runner SUV, Tacoma midsize pickup, and Tundra full-size pickup, at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show this morning. Sales for…
5 Most Spectacular Concept Cars in Toyota History
The Toyota Motor Corporation was founded in 1937 and has since grown into one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world. In 2012, the company became the first automaker…
Toyota Redesigned Prius Prime Based on Customer Feedback
The 2017 Prius Prime makes its entrance at the New York International Auto Show Last month, at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), Toyota unveiled the second-generation Prius plug-in…
Toyota & Subaru to Build New EV Platform and SUVs
Photo: Toyota Toyota and Subaru have they will jointly develop a new electric-car platform for midsize and large passenger vehicle — including both sedans and SUVs — as well as…
Toyota Wants You to Stay Safe on the Road This Summer
As the weather heats up, many of us are thinking of one thing only: vacation. Perhaps you plan on hitting the Caribbean for a cruise, or flying to some exotic…
Toyota Explores Blockchain Technology for Self-Driving Cars
The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced at Consensus 2017 on Monday that it is exploring blockchain and distributed ledger technology for application in its future mobility ecosystem. Blockchain is currently…
Toyota Hopes Internet-Ready Corolla Will Capture Younger Drivers
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car of all time, but in Japan, most of the people coming home with one today are the same who bought one when it…
