Tag: toyota
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2018 Toyota Camry gets prepped for NASCAR duty
Toyota unveiled its all-new 2018 Camry at this year’s Detroit auto show. It rides on a new platform, offers up a trio of powertrains, and wears some much sharper bodywork than versions that have come before it. It’s also already set to go racing. That’s because Toyota has a NASCAR Camry that rips around the…
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2018 Toyota Camry arrives with new platform, powertrains and sporty looks
With rivals taking on impressive redesigns in recent years, Toyota was never going to sit back and let its main bread-winner, the Camry, get old. The current car was introduced for 2012, and Toyota gave it a major refresh for 2015 after some negative reviews. On Monday, at the 2017 Detroit auto show, the Japanese…
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US gets standard long-wheelbase Volkswagen Tiguan
Volkswagen on Sunday unveiled the redesigned Tiguan that’s due in showrooms in the United States in 2017. The vehicle is on show this week at the 2017 Detroit auto show. Arriving as a 2018 model, the vehicle is a stretched version of the standard Tiguan compact SUV that was first shown at the 2015 Frankfurt…
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Faraday Future electric car teased ahead of 2017 CES debut
Faraday Future has given us our best look yet at its first production model, an electric car confirmed for a debut at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. The car looks to feature a hatch-like design with a form factor similar to the Toyota Prius. It will ride on the now standard “skateboard” platform for electric…
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Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya reveals restored Toyota AE86
The Toyota AE86 is a legend among drift fans. “AE86” is actually the internal code for rear-wheel-drive models from the fifth-generation Corolla family, launched in the 1980s. The models became popular among Japan’s drifting scene because of their affordability and ease at which to modify. Original AE86s have exploded in…
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2019 Toyota Supra spy shots
Feast your eyes on a prototype for the new Toyota Supra. This is the car Toyota originally announced in 2011 when it signed a deal with BMW to jointly develop a sports car platform. BMW is using the platform for a replacement for the Z4, thought to be a new model called the Z5. Toyota…
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GT-R-powered Toyota 86, Lexus LC GT500, MV Agusta F4Z by Zagato: This Week’s Top Photos
A tuning firm in Australia has shoehorned the engine of a Nissan GT-R into a Toyota 86. Not content with a standard GT-R engine, the mad tuners used a stroked 4.1-liter example capable of delivering upwards of 1,000 horsepower. They also decided to add a mean-looking wide-body kit from Japan’s Rocket Bunny. This little sports…
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Collector on mission to recover U2 Trabants
Some enthusiasts have very targeted, niche car collections. Perhaps you know a person who’s way into the Amphicar. There’s a chance someone is grabbing as many examples of the BMW Isetta as they can find. Someone perhaps even has a love for the Yugo. Collector Tim Cunningham is looking for Trabants. The idea of collecting…
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Street FX swaps a monster GT-R engine into a Toyota 86
The Toyota 86 is a wonderful little machine. It’s a rear-wheel-drive sports car that’s affordable, approachable, and a ton of fun. Still, it could use a bit more power. When I say a bit, I mean another 50 horsepower and it would be perfect. When Street FX Motorsports of Australia says a bit, its goal…
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid for 2016 WEC revealed with twin-turbo V-6, 986 hp: Video
Toyota has revealed full details for its hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the 2016 World Endurance Championship, the highest echelon for endurance racing and whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car is the TS050 Hybrid, which like it its TS040 predecessor will compete in the premier LMP1 Hybrid…