Tag Archives: Toyota

Yesterday, Toyota announced that the global vehicle production of Toyota has recovered to pre-tsunami levels as of last month.   The massive Japan earthquake and tsunami on March 11 in northeastern Japan disrupted production of Toyota and other automakers because parts suppliers in northeastern Japan were damaged.   Toyota initially said it didn’t expect production to return to normal until ...

  The Associated Press is reporting that Toyota will resume car production at all its plants in Japan at half capacity from April 18 to 27. The move follows the March earthquake and tsunami that forced it to halt manufacturing due to shortages of parts and power.   Toyota, the world’s No. 1 automaker, said production at its 18 plants ...

Remember the Toyota Prius Puzzle Teaser that posted on end of last year? Now, the car is revealed in the 2011 Detroit Motor Show. The car is named as Toyota Prius V.     The Prius V is 5 inches longer and an inch wider than the on-going Prius with the same 1.8-liter four cylinder hybrid powerplant. Of course, the ...

Toyota Motor Sales, USA – Prius Marketing posted No.002 Prius Puzzle on 1 Nov 2010. Toyota is trying to give us a little surprise for the final piece before the big reveal at the Detroit motor show in January 2010, by launching a series of teasers in the form of puzzle pieces. As posted previously, the puzzle theme appears to ...

Follow up from our previous posting about Toyota Prius MPV. Toyota confirmed that the larger Toyota Prius will make its official debut at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show in January 2011. Rumors have suggested that the Prius MPV will offer seating for seven with three rows seats, no word on whether or not the bigger Prius variant will use sliding doors ...

Based on yesterday news, Google is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver. Google is working on an automated / driverless car with the help of DARPA Challenge luminaries Chris Urmson and Anthony Levandowski. Mr. Urmson was the technical team leader on CMU’s 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge winning entry, whilst Mr. Levandowski built the world’s first ...

In conjunction of 10 Years of Toyota Prius Anniversary Celebration, Toyota releases a sneak peek at an upcoming addition to the Prius family of products in Toyota Prius Facebook Page. In the photo, the billboard that shows the Prius MPV hiding behind the current Prius with the tagline “The Prius family is getting a whole lot bigger.” I think this ...

There is a news reported today that Toyota’s chief test driver, 67-year-old Hiromu Naruse, has died in a crash on highway 410 near the Toyota’s workshops at N¼rburgring race track in Germany. The chief was driving the upcoming Lexus LFA N¼rburgring Edition at the time of the accident, and reports say he goes around into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with ...