Toyota City, Japan, November 28, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Yamaha Motor) are collaborating in the development of communications-linked next-generation vehicles with the aim of building a new mobility society of the future. A part of this collaboration is their joint exhibition of a communications-linked electric commuter concept and an “electrically [...]
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will show at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011 the “Toyota Fun-Vii”1, a concept vehicle that heralds a not-too-distant future where people, cars and society are linked. The theme of the show—to take place2 from November 30 through December 11 at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, Tokyo—is “Mobility can change [...]
• Entirely driver-focused sports car designed to recapture the intrinsic joy of driving • World’s most compact four-seater sports car with ultra-low centre of gravity and optimum power-to-weight ratio • A return to Toyota’s sporting roots with the world’s only front-mounted horizontally opposed engine and rear-wheel drive package • Powertrain combines Subaru’s 2.0 litre, flat-four [...]
Toyota City, Japan, November 15, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will feature several concept cars to highlight its Toyota-brand exhibit at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. The concepts aim to make fresh proposals concerning the dream and joy of motor vehicles under the concept “Fun to Drive, Again.”*1. The show, under the theme “Mobility can change [...]
Toyota today announced the start of production of the new Toyota Avensis at the Burnaston facility of Toyota Motor Manufacturing United Kingdom (TMUK). The new Avensis, unveiled at the recent 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, will reach showrooms early next year. Tony Walker, TMUK Deputy Managing Director, said: “This is great news for TMUK, we [...]
COLOGNE (Germany) – Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle (EV) at the legendary 20.8km Nu?rburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The TMG EV P001, with 100% electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7mins 47.794secs to beat the previous lap record, [...]
Toyota City, Japan, August 24, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that the new U.S. model “Camry” was launched in the United States on August 23 (local time) with a series of simultaneously telecast media events held in Los Angeles, California; Georgetown, Kentucky; New York City, New York and Detroit, Michigan. The new model Camry is [...]
COLOGNE, Germany – Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has revealed further details of its plan to make Nu?rburgring history on 29 August by setting a new electric vehicle (EV) lap record on the demanding 20.832km Nordschleife. TMG’s high-performance electric powertrain will power the car as it aims to significantly improve on the current lap EV record [...]
The Prius Plug-in Hybrid, Toyota’s first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to go on sale to the mass market, makes its production vehicle world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The next major milestone in Toyota’s ongoing, 40 year quest for sustainable mobility and the ultimate eco car, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid represents the [...]
It has been exactly 60 years, when Toyota’s legendary 4×4 model was revealed to the public as the Toyota BJ on 1st August 1951. Originally introduced for military purposes, the vehicle evolved into an incredibly capable, extremely reliable and unstoppable all-wheel drive machine that conquered the Arctic and the Antarctic, crossed deserts and rain forests, [...]
