Archive for the 'Toyota' Category

Toyota FT-86 II Concept goes in for some glamor shots

Monday, March 28th, 2011

The Toyota FT-86 II concept brings us one step closer to a production rear-wheel-drive Toyota that promises to be fun to drive and great looking at the same time. We don’t have a whole lot in the way of hard specs, but we do have plenty of high resolution pictures of a really hot-looking concept. Toyota trotted [...]

Toyota passes three million hybrid mark

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Toyota has sold just over three million hybrids globally since it introduced its first, the Toyota Coaster Hybrid EV bus in 1997, followed that same year by the first-gen Prius. More impressive is the fact that more than a million of those sales have come since August of 2009. Toyota offers 16 different hybrid models around [...]

Toyota FT-86 II Concept is one step closer to production

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

As one of the more hotly anticipated debuts of the Geneva Motor Show, we were sure to aim the lenses of our DSLRs in the direction of the Toyota FT-86 II Concept, which, as you’re surely aware by now, previews a new rear-wheel drive sports coupe that’s due to enter production in 2012. Needless to say, we’re [...]

Toyota FT-86 coupe to be named Scion FT-S?

Monday, February 14th, 2011

We know the Toyota rear-wheel-drive coupe will wear a Scion badge, and now we might finally know what it’s going to be called. The just-make-it-already Toyota FT-86 concept has evolved into the Scion FT-86 and word on the web is that the production version will be known as the Scion FT-S. Look for the Scion FT-S coupe to [...]

Toyota’s unstoppable Land Cruiser turns 60

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

The year was 1951 and Toyota was hard at work creating a new all-terrain vehicle for military use. After much development, the Toyota BJ was the result of the Japanese automaker’s hard work, and the go-anywhere SUV quickly established itself as a capable workhorse. In fact, it was the first vehicle to be driven to Mt. [...]