Posts tagged ‘Toyota’

1999 Toyota MRS

January 31st, 2012

The Toyota MRS is a sports car that was first unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in the year 1999. It was available with a L-4 DOHC 1.8-liter mid-mounted engine along with VVT-i variable-valve timing system that was capable of producing about 140 hp and better torque at low engine speeds along with lower fuel [...]

Toyota Prius Camper

January 25th, 2012

Certainly, Toyota Prius will draw attention with Camper on the road, all through the very strange form which the car takes because the overloading. Here’s a holiday car unconnected with discretion, but which consume less. Do you like it? The Toyota Prius hybrid car is the most famous in the world, no longer a novelty, so we are not surprised either that it is the best selling car in Japan in 2011. It was natural therefore that the camping specialist who deals with the transformation of normal cars in some good hiking, to put eyes on [...]

Toyota FT-86 G Sports

January 21st, 2012

The new Toyota coupe was already foreshadowed to the concept Toyota FT-86. Behold, before launching production model, we offer you a tuned version of the concept, FT-86 G Sports. It would be already a cliché to make any reference to ”Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift”. But Toyota FT-86 G sport tuning, was made exactly a creation for sports car enthusiasts excesses, where “sport” is not only a certain tuning because it is involved also the racing partner of Toyota, Gazoo. Exterior kit makes the car more aggressive than the concept of the Tokyo Motor Show 2009, because the front bumper and the black athlete hood [...]

Toyota FT-86 Concept II

January 21st, 2012

The Coupe developed jointly by Toyota and Subaru sees daylight at Geneva in 2011 as a semi-concept, announcing a nearly identical model number. His name: Toyota FT86, with a look as good as the concept unveiled two years ago.Here is the almost final version of the Toyota FT-86 coupe, after a teaser released a month ago. If you are not too surprised, this is because changes given to the concept shown in Tokyo in 2009 are quite scarce. For now, note the relatively simple coupe design, which has many lines around the front of the car just to make [...]

Toyota GT 86 Sports Coupe

January 20th, 2012

Finally, the serial version of the concept ”Toyobaru” is launched at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, which simply called Toyota 86. In Europe, the new coupe will be called the Japanese Toyota GT 86. Here is the first official information and images. Here is the true descendant of the famous Toyota Celica: Toyota GT called 86 and is the final version of the series of FT-86 concept, which debuted in 2009 at Tokyo Motor show. In Japan, the new model is called simply, Toyota 86 and the U.S. to besold as the Scion FR-S. Why does not the Japanese chose to seek a name like Celica? Because they believe that the [...]

2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid

January 20th, 2012

The 2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid was first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show before entering into production and it is the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle that has been developed in Europe. It is available with a 1798cc, 4-cylinder engine that is capable of producing about 98 bhp at 5200 rpm which becomes 134 bhp when [...]

Lexus LF-LC Concept 2012

January 12th, 2012

Here it is, finally, in all its glory: the new Lexus LF-LC concept, which unveiled at Detroit in 2012, announces a change of image and exuberant luxury for Toyota corporation. It remains to be seen on the road and the public feedback. The first images of the Lexus LF-LC Concept were already published, but the new [...]

Although Japanese officials have not confirmed this, it seems that the new concept in Detroit Toyota NS4 2012 indicates the design direction of the fourth generation Toyota Prius, which will have a plug-in hybrid drive more efficiently. Let’s start with the statements of people from the marketing department: “The new Toyota Plug-in Hybrid Sedan NS4 [...]

2012 Toyota Prius V

January 9th, 2012

The 2012 Toyota Prius V was first unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show as a petrol and hybrid drivetrain model. The vehicle features a 1.8-liter Atkinson cycle petrol engine that is capable of producing 134 hp including a 98 hp from an electric motor. It has an estimated fuel economy of 42 mpg in the [...]

Toyota Auris 2009

January 6th, 2012

Toyota Auris is not bad at all - but it is stiff and boring. Toyota has promised a quantum leap from the Corolla, but this ain’t the car that they were talking about. Comfort Auris offers plenty of room inside, thanks to its height. All versions are comfortable, which is a good thing considering all of the customers for this version. The petrol engines are a bit noisy at highway speeds. Performance Avoid the 1.4 petrol engine but the 1.6 is ok, with a good torque. In the other side, [...]