The 2008 Toyota Urban Cruiser was first unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. It is available with a 1329cc 16v 4-cylinder engine that is capable of producing about 100 bhp at 6000 rpm and 97 lb-ft at 3800rpm along with a 6-speed manual transmission. The vehicle is able to reach 0-60 mph in about 12.5 seconds along with an estimated top speed of around 109 mph. This model features a new Stop & Start system which enhances its top-class environmental performance and it has been specially designed to appeal to the city driver. The 2008 Toyota Urban Cruiser has a wheelbase of 2,460 mm, length of 3,930 mm, width of 1,725 mm, height of 1,540 mm and it also weighs about 2,667.6 lb. The safety features include ABS along with brake assist and electronic brakeforce distribution, vehicle stability control, traction control and it has been engineered to have a safety level equivalent Euro NCAP 5-star rating. The interior is very similar to the B-segment vehicle that is found on the road today. It has been designed with a heady mix of sophisticated materials and innovative packaging. The seat features a silver-accented sporty design which offers a sophisticated feel. The vehicle has a seating capacity for five passengers along with ample luggage space. The 2008 Toyota Urban Cruiser offers a linear driving performance as well as secure handling stability along with a combination of large diameter wheels, compact body and high performance electric power steering.

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The Toyota WiLL Vi is a 4- door compact car that was first introduced in the year 2000 and was produced till 2001 with a distinctive styling. The car was available with a 1.3 liter engine that was capable of producing about 88 bhp at 6000 rpm and 91 ft-lb at 4400 rpm. The all-aluminum cylinder block and a plastic intake manifold help to keep the weight down. It also features a front wheel drive and a 4-speed automatic transmission with column-shift gear lever which is considered to be the world’s lightest automatic transmission. This model was mainly developed to attract the women who can use it for shopping or hanging out with friends. The Toyota WiLL Vi has a wheelbase of 2362 mm, length of 3708 mm, width of 1676 mm, height of 1524 mm and a weight of 2094 lbs. The car was marketed by the words Simplicity is Beauty and it also had audio system and roof-type-conventional hardtop or canvas convertible. The canvas roof was available as optional feature which was developed to attract the people who like freedom and old-style. The roof used to fold up and back with refreshingly different perspective. The Toyota WiLL Vi VVT-i system was fitted to the valve intake which helped to increase the fuel economy. There were other important features such as an offset crankshaft to boost fuel economy, aluminum oil pan along with improved sealing characteristics which reduced noise and vibration.

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The third model named Prius was already foreshadowed as a concept, but before the official launch of the production model, a Japanese user managed to get hold of the official photos. Som here are the pieces of information about the new Toyota Prius C!

About Toyota Prius, it does not make sense to give details about, as is already the third generation and has gained the reputation of the hybrid car sold in the world. Eventually we mention that the recently launched series production version of the Prius is a plug-in one. For the Japanese, Prius is more than one model, is already a real sub-brand, because earlier this year at Detroit Motor Show 2011, it was released the second model with this name, a compact minivan Toyota Prius V. Besides that, at the same American auto show, Toyota concept has presented Prius C. It is that king of car that was clearly a “more compact Prius”, model that was that kept hidden from public view by the Toyota brand. So far, people have a number of images scanned from the official brochure of the new Toyota Prius C, so probably the Toyota officials are astonishment (it does not seem to be any marketing strategy). Here, the model Prius C series comes with a surprise: the concept is very different and in addition, has managed for small cars. Therefore, we speak of a direct rival for Honda Jazz Hybrid, the only thing that remains unknown is the price of such a car.

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The Toyota Sports 800 was the first sports car that was produced by the company that was produced from 1965 to 1969. It was available with a 700 to 800 cc engine that was capable of producing 28 to 45 hp. The car was able to travel at 45 mph in the city and 100 mph at the race track. It was first unveiled at the 1962 Tokyo Auto Show with a space age sliding canopy and it also had aerodynamic styling that was developed by Shozo Sato and Tatsuo Hasegawa. The Toyota Sports 800 had a length of 3,580 mm, width of 1,465 mm, height of 1,176 mm and a weight of 1,279 lb. It was the first model that had a lift-out roof panel or a targa top and the aluminum targa top can be removed and kept in the trunk. About 3,131 units were built during the first period of production and only ten percent of vehicles are still seen in Japan. Most of the vehicles produced were available with right hand drive and only few were developed as left hand drive models. The Toyota Sports 800 had a very less weight as it was built using aluminum and thin steel on the unibody construction. This model is also known as Yota-Hachi which means Toyota 8 in Japanese short form. The company also produced one prototype model known as Sports 800 Gas Turbine Hybrid that was introduced at the 1979 Tokyo Motor Show.

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The Toyota 2000GT was a two-seat, hardtop coupe grand tourer car that was introduced as a limited edition model. It was available with two engine options such as a 2.0 liter straight-6 engine that was capable of producing about 150 hp and SOHC 2.3 liter 2M engine. The car was able to reach a top speed of around 135 mph and it would also provide 31 mpg. This model was fitted with a 4.375 ratio axle along with a standard 5-speed manual transmission or a 3-speed automatic transmission. A limited slip differential was also introduced during the first production of the car along with all-round power-assisted disc brakes. The Toyota 2000GT was first introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show and its production was started from 1967 to 1970 where about 337 units were produced. This model changed the automotive world’s view of Japan as it showed the country can manufacturers can develop sports car similar to the European models. It is also known to be the first Supercar ever produced in the country. The Toyota 2000GT was available with pop-up headlights, large driving lamps on two sides of the grille, air conditioning, modified additional scoop and larger rear turn signals. The car had a wheelbase of 2,329 mm, length of 4,176 mm and it was also a extremely low car with 45.7 inches. The design of the car is considered to be classic with smoothly flowing bodywork made of aluminum and luxury touches in the interior.

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Once you have earned a reputation as the largest manufacturer of hybrids, the Toyota’s plans to enter with force onto the market even with the hydrogen powered cars. Toyota FCV-R is an interesting preview of the future model.

Toyota could not miss the club car manufacturers who want to enter the territory of hydrogen propulsion. After Honda, Daimler, BMW and even Hyundai have announced plans to launch one of this several cars with fuel cell technology, behold Toyota Fuel Cell Concept FCV-R that comes as a very serious statement of the Japanese, who will produce the car into series in the early 2015.
The concept looks pretty close to the popular Toyota Prius hybrid, with a length of 4.74 meters and a wheelbase of 2.7 meters. The front looks a bit strange, like a character card across the car. For the both front and back of the car, Japanese designers have thought of some headlights equipped with LED technology, while the front bumper has a slit in the center and is unusually large.
The car seems to be higher than a normal Prius - is explained by the fact that the fuel cell system is placed under the floor, so Toyota FCV-R provides sufficient cabin space for four passengers and their luggage. Without other words, the car simply looks futuristic and the high-tech board is dominated by tactile displays with console type peninsula in the rear as they gratulati with the original ideas. From a technical standpoint, the hydrogen and fuel cell system ensures the car a maximum autonomy of 700 km, but for the moment, this is all the information about the car.

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The Japanese hybrid family was enriched with the new compact, from the bottom to the end, so this will surely have to be the Toyota Prius.

Prius is not a long car, it is just a single model of the Toyota range, which refuses to eat only the petrol, because the Japanese have created a range based on Hybrid Synergy Drive and the versions with plug-in such as Prius Hybrid and Prius hybrid V, will now be offered as the new Prius C hatchback, which I think that it is called like that in order to deal the vacancy left in the green range.

Having a form somehow closer to the idea of ​​a classic hatchback, plunged through the ceiling giving the original shape of a Prius, the car is approaching to the size of Toyota Yaris, which performing in terms of length, it is only 4 inches shorter. The design, however, ”betrays” the inspiration, so the bumper and the the side of the car gives a foreign sensation with the sharp lines of the front and backside. The engine offered by Toyota Prius C is represented by a gasoline engine of 1.5 liter capable of delivering a power of 74 hp and a maximum torque that amounts 111 Nm, available at 4,800 rpm, but now is added the 61 horsepower from the electric motor that will materialize through an addition of 169 Nm of torque. Toyota Prius C will debut at Tokyo Motor Show, which opens its doors in late November and will receive the Japanese market model known as Aqua. The presentation of the Detroit Auto Show will mark the introduction of the car into the U.S. market, where sales will begin in spring 2012.

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The 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is a midsize crossover SUV that is available in 2 different versions such as base and limited. The vehicle is available with a standard 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine and three electric motors that are able to generate about 280 hp along with a continuously variable automatic transmission. It is capable of reaching 0-60 mph in about 7.4 seconds and the estimated fuel economy is 28 mpg in the city, 28 mpg in the highway and 28 mpg in combined driving. The standard safety features include front side airbags, full-length side curtain airbags, a driver knee airbag, active front-seat head restraints, antilock disc brakes and stability control. This model also features an all-wheel-drive system which uses separate electric motor to send power to the rear wheels. The 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid interior has a seating capacity for 7 passengers and it has been designed with quality materials and user-friendly control layout. The vehicle also has 94 cubic feet of cargo room when the second and third row seats are folded along with 42 cubic feet of storage space behind the second row seatbacks. The 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is available with reduced engine noise which also offers a smooth ride and secured handling. The driver-selectable EV mode can be used for short distances at low speeds with the help of the battery power alone and the Econ button can be used to soften the throttle response to increase fuel economy.

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Toyota is a big car manufacturer, that has the most sophisticated gadgets, presented at the 2011 Tokyo Motorshow, with the Toyota Fun Living Concept, which translates the ideas into a four-wheel smartphones. So, here’s the real iPhone car!

Again, Toyota proves again that it is a truly avant-garde builder with the new Toyota Fun Live Concept, presented at the Tokyo Motorshow in 2011 which is the best example. If you are passionate about smartphone and iPhone, then undoubtedly you will agree with us that we are in the first car SmartCar ever built.
From the beginning, the style of the car makes a big surprise to all of us, about how it looks: more like a mini-submarine on four wheels and causes your logic: where is the windshield? But the doors? How can the passengers walk inside? Where is the front and the back of the car? Well, for this last question, the answer is given: the lights.

But even they are designed in a very unique mode: the LED headlights are on the edges of the car (the “wings” that separates the front wheels) and continues to the back to form the rods. The taillights look like small wing placed on the top side of the roof. Toyota Fun muffler remembers about the Formula 1 race cars and speed boats, while the back, well, it is up to everyone to challenge the imagination.

Well, if you wonder why this concept looks like the body screen of an iPhone, the answer is very simple: because the exterior panels are nothing more than the displays that use the same technology and materials as the touch screen of a smartphone.

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The 2012 Toyota Aurion is a new mid-sized sedan that is based on the Camry platform. It is available with 3.5 liter V6 VVT-i engine that is capable of producing about 268 bhp at 6200rpm and 336Nm of torque at 4700 rpm along with a 6-speed automatic transmission. Only differentiates this model from the Toyota Camry and other features are almost very similar. It has a combined cycle fuel consumption of around 9.3 litres/100km in Ukraine and it is rated at 9.9 litres/100km in Australia. The 2012 Toyota Aurion has a wheelbase of 2775 mm, length of 4825 mm, width of 1825 mm, height of 1480 mm and it also weighs around 1540 kg. The interior has been developed with updated features such as a new four-spoke steering wheel with selection of buttons for audio and other functions, cruise control, rear parking sensors, revised instrument cluster and centre console. There is a broader woodgrain panel across the passenger side of the dashboard when compared to previous models. The doors of the car are same, but with new character lines and contours. This model also features 17-inch alloy wheels, front fog lamps, rear spoiler, taillights that are stubbier and creep round the body like a boot lid which is flatter and cleaner. The 2012 Toyota Aurion also has sharper headlight, more prominent grille and a redesigned bonnet for a bolder look. The safety features include dual airbags, traction control and ABS along with brake assist.

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