American and Japanese companies have announced their intention to cooperate in the development of hybrid powertrains. As you know, Toyota already has many years of experience in implementing similar solutions in serial machines, but in this case we are talking about hybrid engines, new generation, which will be installed on a substantially larger and...
These technologies are aimed primarily at protecting elderly pedestrians in collisions and drivers. In explanation of this position are statistics which show that in Japan more than half of traffic accidents – people aged 65 and older, and pedestrians account for more deaths than passenger vehicles.
Toyota has announced the new Hilux 2012, which is renewed with a small face lift that reaches far beyond what might seem at first glance. Most striking is the change of the bumper and grill all your new laminate, with three bars instead of one, but have also changed the hood, headlights, mirrors and...
Toyota has announced a return to normal production by the end of the year. Since the earthquake, the automotive industry is experiencing supply problems but the world’s leading hopes back on track.
The car models are renowned for their reliability but do not receive the corresponding projection and technological leadership, at least most of them. The Toyota was the first automaker to mass-produced hybrid model, ie a passenger vehicle to move together or separately using a motor and a gasoline engine 1800 cc. It started with...
The German Volkswagen had long been wanting to be the leading global sales and for the first time during last January, it succeeded. According to data from Jato Dynamics, Toyota had to settle for second place. The first month of the year was especially for Volkswagen, which saw its worldwide registrations by 29.8% to...
Honda has announced that production has been restored Saitama. Mazda For its part, says that has not been affected. Suzuki has also sent a reassuring note indicating that their employees and production facilities are safe. Port video after the jump. The 8.9 tremor and ensuing tsunami that has hit Japan is taking a very...
Japanese autocompanies Toyota published a series of teasers sports car FT-86 II Concept, the world premiere will take place in March 2011 during the International Motor Show in Geneva. No information about the car the automaker has not yet reported. However, apparently it has a concept, production version of which will have little to...
Despite having suffered a Via Crucis of 2010, Toyota managed to stand as the largest automaker by the end of last year. According to news agency Bloomberg, the company Japan achieved a rise in sales of 8%, including its subsidiary Lexus, Hino and Daihatsu, leaving a total of 8.42 million units worldwide. By 2011...