Having joined Toyota in 1984, Akio Toyoda possible is aware of the ins and outs of the automotive trade higher than anybody. As CEO for over a decade earlier than stepping down in 2023 to turn into chairman of the board, he performed an important function in Toyota’s rise to world dominance. In 2024, the …
A brand new soft-hybrid diesel Toyota Hilux is on the market within the UK, priced from £ 49,640, with the model claiming it gives the identical capabilities as its common peer plus higher refining and responsiveness. It makes use of the identical 2.8-liter turbo diesel 4 already provided within the Hilux, however provides an electrical …
The Toyota Land Cruiser is already a reasonably robust SUV, however you may make it even harder by turning it into an all-out armored automobile. Inkas Armored presents such an improve, turning the boxy off-roader into an not easily seen tank in Land Cruiser clothes. Inkas presents a bunch of upgrades that any necessary dignitary …
An electrical successor to the Toyota Yaris is within the firm’s plans – however that is not the best second for it now, Base instructed Autocar. The Supermini is the Japanese model’s greatest vendor within the UK and the second greatest in Europe. It bought about 22,000 examples right here final yr, accounting for about …
Toyota will use ‘nicely -known’ names for incoming electrical fashions, which transfer away from the alphanumeric title sample set by the BZ4X SUV. That RAV4-sized EV arrived in 2022 as the primary EV of Toyota, with ‘BZ’ standing out of zero (emissions), ‘4’ is the dimensions of the automotive in Toyota Lexicon and ‘X’, referring …
In at present’s SUV-obsessed world, Toyota has discovered a treatment for automotive weight problems: the FT-Me. It makes the iQ appear like an enormous by comparability—heck, it is even smaller than Japan’s kei automobiles. This oddly angular contraption is a pint-sized EV constructed for the city jungle. At lower than 2.5 meters (98.4 inches) lengthy, …
An explosion that occurred on Thursday at an automotive provider is disrupting Japan’s provide chain. The incident, which occurred at Chuo Spring Co. in Toyota Metropolis, killed one employee and injured two others. It is inflicting ripple results by way of the native trade, forcing Toyota to droop RAV4 manufacturing. Based on an Automotive Information report, …