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Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Crossovers

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Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Crossovers
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Crossovers have pretty much taken over the Sport Utility Vehicle market, thanks to lower prices, better fuel efficiency and the handling that comes part-in-parcel with being based on a car platform versus truck architecture. Continue Reading...

Growing Interest in Japanese Collector Cars Driven by Nostalgia, Racing Heritage

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Growing Interest in Japanese Collector Cars Driven by Nostalgia, Racing Heritage
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Picture a classic car in your head: likely it’s an American icon like a late ‘60s Mustang or even earlier like a ‘50s Fairlane. Maybe your taste is a bit more exotic and you’re imagining a classic Ferrari or even a British sports car like an MG or Triumph. Continue Reading...

Lotus Lightens Toyota Venza for Drastically Better MPG

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Lotus Lightens Toyota Venza for Drastically Better MPG
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When Lotus isn’t engineering cool cars like the Evora, dealing with PR snafus, or worrying about whether or not it’s going to be sold in a few months, it takes on contract work to lighten vehicles for other firms. Continue Reading...

Toyota GT 86, Lexus LFA Finish First in Class at Nurburgring 24 Hour Race

Toyota GT 86, Lexus LFA Finish First in Class at Nurburgring 24 Hour Race
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With the launch of the Lexus LFA and Toyota GT 86, Toyota seems to be back in the sports car game. And now the Japanese auto giant is proving its cars are more than just fun-to-drive and shiny sheetmetal, with each car winning its respective class at this weekend’s Nurburgring 24 Hour Race. Continue Reading...

Toyota will Field Four GT 86 Race Cars, One LFA at 24 Hours of Nürburgring

Toyota will Field Four GT 86 Race Cars, One LFA at 24 Hours of Nürburgring
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We were well aware that Gazoo Racing was working on a pair of Toyota GT 86 race cars and a Lexus LFA for the upcoming Nürburgring 24 Hours race, and now Toyota Swiss Racing Team will be joining it with another pair. Continue Reading...

Toyota and Nintendo Convert DS Game System to In Car GPS Remote

Toyota and Nintendo Convert DS Game System to In Car GPS Remote
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Out in Japan, the Nintendo DS is a very popular handheld video game system, having sold over 33-million in its home country since its release in 2006. So it’s no surprise that Toyota has teamed up with the Japanese video game maker to add DS functionality to the Japanese automaker’s in-car GPS system. Continue Reading...

Toyota GT 86 Gets Unique 320-HP Twincharger System from Gazoo Racing

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Toyota GT 86 Gets Unique 320-HP Twincharger System from Gazoo Racing
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Ever since the Toyota GT 86 became official, sports car enthusiasts worldwide have been anxiously awaiting the announcement of either a turbocharged or supercharged variant. And for now, Toyota won’t be offering a supercharged or turbocharged variants of its greatest new sports car, but Gazoo Racing has decided to build its own GT 86 using… Continue Reading...

Google Takes Autonomous Car to Washington D.C. in Search Of Country Wide Legalization

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Google Takes Autonomous Car to Washington D.C. in Search Of Country Wide Legalization
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Just a day after Google was awarded a driver’s license for its self-driving car, the tech giant brought one of its autonomous Toyota Prius out to Washington D.C. in hopes to make driverless cars legal in the United States. It appears that Google made its way to the nation’s capital in hopes to appeal to… Continue Reading...

Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Toyota Baja 1000 Trophy Truck For Sale

Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Toyota Baja 1000 Trophy Truck For Sale
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Ivan “Ironman” Stewart became quite famous thanks to the Super Off Road game some of us played as children. Now you have a chance to own a historical piece of machinery that Stewart drove to various victories during his career. Continue Reading...

Prius Plug-In is America’s Third-Fastest Selling Car

Prius Plug-In is America’s Third-Fastest Selling Car
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Rounding off the first quarter of 2012, April brought some interesting sales stories. GM and Ford were both down a few points, Chrysler was up a whopping 20 percent and Toyota seemed to be on the mend compared to last year, but who would have guessed the Prius Plug-In would be a big winner? Continue Reading...

Google’s Driverless Car Gets its Own Driver’s License

Google’s Driverless Car Gets its Own Driver’s License
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The state of Nevada has just become the first to issue a driver’s license to a car. The vehicle in question is Google’s autonomous Toyota Prius, which company engineers have been testing on California roads for the past two years, logging 140,000 miles with just one traffic-incident. That accident, caused when a car driven by… Continue Reading...

Toyota RAV4-EV Revealed: 100-Mile Range, $49,800

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Toyota RAV4-EV Revealed: 100-Mile Range, $49,800
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Toyota unveiled its new electric RAV4 at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles including new price, power and range information. Continue Reading...

Automakers Betting on Linux for Future Infotainment Systems

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Automakers Betting on Linux for Future Infotainment Systems
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In order to attract buyers, car manufacturers have had to ramp up the amount of technology offered in their cars. Infotainment systems do a lot, like help navigate, set cabin temperature, adjust audio settings and more, but they tend to be a neat party trick, falling short in real-world use. Continue Reading...

1985 Toyota Corolla GTS Ad – Video

1985 Toyota Corolla GTS Ad – Video
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With a flood of Scion FR-S reviews (including our own) hitting the net recently, now is as good a time as any to take a look back at the inspiration to that car, the Toyota Corolla GT-S. Light weight, well-balanced and rear-wheel drive the GT-S is one of the few sports cars in Toyota’s history,… Continue Reading...

Toyota Wins Dismissal of Most Florida, New York Unintended Acceleration Claims

Toyota Wins Dismissal of Most Florida, New York Unintended Acceleration Claims
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Florida and New York car owners accusing Toyota of driving down the value of its vehicles by not disclosing or fixing defects related to unintended acceleration, has had the majority of their claims dismissed. Continue Reading...

Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Bests Volt, Leaf in April Sales

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Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Bests Volt, Leaf in April Sales
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Toyota continues to enjoy success with its Prius family of models, as its plug-in hybrid sold 1,654 units in the month of April. The sales figure trumps its main competitors, the Chevrolet Volt (1,462 sold) and the Nissan Leaf (370 sold) making it the most popular plug-in vehicle last month in America. It’s no huge… Continue Reading...