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Toyota Aqua makes a big splash

The Toyota Aqua – known in other markets as the Prius C – has got off to a flying start in its home country of Japan. The Japanese carmaker has reported that it received around 120,000 orders for the new compact hybrid car by the end of January – that’s just one month after the [...]

Toyota shrinks hybrid system to fit Yaris

Developing its smallest ever hybrid model presented a problem for Toyota, just how was it to fit its Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) system into the tiny Yaris supermini without reducing cabin space? That’s where the work began, with the Japanese car maker now revealing details of just how it managed to squeeze its hybrid system [...]

Small is cool for the Toyota Prius C

The new Toyota Prius C, as well as the Toyota Camry, will boast a smaller than ever exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler. Developed by the DENSO Corporation, the EGR cooler is 30 per cent smaller than the smallest currently on the market, with DENSO hoping to offer the product worldwide to assist carmakers with their [...]

Toyota hits 400k hybrid sales

More than 400,000 Toyota hybrids have been sold in Europe, in the latest landmark for reduced carbon vehicles. The vehicle in question was an Auris Hybrid was completed at Toyota’s Burnaston factory in Derbyshire and has been delivered to Belgian IT company CTG. As the first full hybrid to be built in Europe, the Auris [...]

Toyota to introduce hybrid car in Le Mans race

Keep your eye on the FIA World Endurance Championships, with Toyota Racing to introduce its new TS030 Hybrid at the event. The successor to both the TS010 and TS020 vehicles that participated inLe Mansraces during the 1990s, it marks the first time a vehicle has competed in the World Endurance Championships with a hybrid system. [...]

Customise your iQ for a colourful new look

Toyota’s small city car, the iQ, is to be offered with new customisations to give the model a series of new stand-out looks. Renowned for its super-compact body and interior room for four, the iQ is now available with a range of colourful body and roof decals and a choice of leather upholstery options. Customers [...]

Toyota Prius refreshed for 2012

Firm green car favourite, the Toyota Prius is to benefit from a refresh for 2012 with a new look and improvements to equipment levels. Still rated as emitting just 89g/km CO2, the front of the Prius has been given a new look, in line with the car maker’s new design direction while the interior gains [...]

Toyota reveals ‘most affordable’ hybrid car

Toyota has released the first pictures of its Yaris hybrid model, ahead of the car’s debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The Yaris will be Toyota’s compact model hybrid for the European market, while in the US, a compact version of the best-selling Prius, called the Prius C, will be the small car [...]

Toyota unveils new NS4 plug-in hybrid

Earlier this week, Toyota teased us with a cropped picture of its latest plug-in hybrid concept. Now, at last, on the second day of press previews at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), the Japanese car maker has given up the chase and revealed all. The new NS4 features a sweeping coupe-like profile and [...]

Toyota turns to Argentina

We’re used to reading stories about carmakers moving into China and other major markets – but now Toyota is looking to tap into Argentina as it bids to expand its green car line-up. A Toyota Group company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, will start lithium production at the Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in 2013 thanks to [...]