Posts Tagged ‘TOYOTA’

Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h Class-Action Lawsuit Dismissed by California Court

By Ant On January 12, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-prius-and-lexus-hs-250h-class.html”>If there’s one thing Toyota has in abundance in the U.S., apart from sales and models, it is lawsuits. This time, though, the Japanese automaker scored a victory as U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney in California denied a class-action lawsuit by owners of Prius and Lexus models.

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Three More Bespoke Toyota 86 Concepts from Modellista, TRD and Tom’s

By Ant On January 12, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/three-more-bespoke-toyota-86-concepts.html”>The Toyota 86, aka Scion FR-S in the U.S. and GT 86 outside Japan, is a hot item, especially in its home country. Gazoo Racing has very close ties with Toyota, so launching several concepts in cooperation with other tuners at the Tokyo Auto Salon was pretty much to be expected.

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Toyota Breaths Some Sportiness into the Prius C with Aqua G Sports Concept

By Ant On January 12, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-breaths-some-sportiness-into.html”>Let’s face it; the Prius C’s looks are about as interesting as a corn on the cob. Nevertheless, Toyota believes it can add some character to its sub-compact hybrid with a new concept that was introduced today at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

The G Sports version of the Aqua, which is what Toyota calls the Prius C in its home market of Japan, retains the standard model’s full hybrid powertrain adding numerous  styling bits and a re-tuned suspension into the mix.

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That's NATS! Japanese Students Turn Toyota 86 / Scion FR-S into an Audi R8 Lookalike

By Ant On January 12, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/that-nats-japanese-students-turn-toyota.html”>Ah, the creative minds from Japan’s Nihon Automobile College (NATS) are back again to surprise us in more ways than one with their work at this week’s 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon.

The creators of unusual concepts such as the kei-car version of the Honda NSX back in 2007, took the most popular car of this year’s show, the Toyota 86, and turned it into something that resembles an Audi R8, which they then called the R86.

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Tokyo Auto Salon: Toyota Mark X G Sports Carbon Roof Concept [w/Video]

By Ant On January 12, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/tokyo-auto-salon-toyota-mark-x-g-sports.html”>A host of 86 (Scion FR-S) coupe models marks Toyota’s presence at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2013, but the Japanese carmaker also prepared several other models including a prototype of its recently updated Mark X G Sports sedan.

As the name implies, the Mark X G Sports Carbon Roof Concept trades the regular model’s steel roof for lightweight carbon fibre top, which Toyota says reduces body weight and increases driving performance.

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What do You Think About Toyota's 86xStyle Cb Concept?

By Ant On January 11, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/what-do-you-think-about-toyota-86xstyle.html”>As Japan’s most popular sports coupe, you won’t be surprised to learn that this week’s Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 will be flooded with all sorts of conceptual and production Toyota 86 (Scion FR-S in North America) tunes.

Previously, we reported about the twin-charged and sporty looking (with a hint of Supra, as noted by our readers), ‘GRMN SPORTS FR Concept PLATINUM‘.

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Meet the Toyota 86 / Scion FR-S GRMN SPORTS FR Concept PLATINUM [w/Video]

By Ant On January 11, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/meet-toyota-86-scion-fr-s-grmn-sports.html”>To be frank, Toyota got it right the first time with the original concepts for the 86 and the FR-S, but for one reason or another, it toned down the design of both models when time came to introduce the production variants.

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Toyota Shares New Photo, Not Much Else of Furia Concept

By Ant On January 10, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-shares-new-photo-not-much-else.html”>From the looks of things, Toyota does not intend to show us its new Furia Concept in its fullness before the car’s world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show on January 14.

Instead, the Japanese automaker continues the teasing with a cropped shot of the sedan’s rear quarter revealing its bubbly tail lamps and carbon fiber boot lid spoiler.

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Toyota Believes in Driver-Assistance Technology, Not Self-Driving Vehicles

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-believes-in-driver-assistance.html”>Autonomous vehicle systems are one of the technologies that are being developed not only by automakers such as Audi, but by companies like Google, as well.

Toyota and its luxury division, Lexus, are of a different mindset; namely, that the aim to reduce and if possible, eliminate traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities can be achieved not necessarily by self-driving vehicles but by active-safety features.

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Toyota Recalls the Most Vehicles in the U.S, Ford has the Most Campaigns in 2012

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-recalls-most-vehicles-in-us-ford.html”>For the third time in the past four years, Toyota has been crowned the recall champion of the U.S. auto market, according to a Detroit News examination of all the data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) throughout 2012.

Overall, some 16.

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