Toyota News
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While it has unveiled the all-new 2016 Prius hybrid twice--once at a glitzy event in Las Vegas, once at the Frankfurt Motor Show--Toyota has been very stingy with technical information about the powertrain that will let the car earn promised EPA combined ratings of 55 mpg or better. At an event in Japan this morning, the company released a bit more information on the technology that propels the car. As with the three previous generations of Prius, efficiency improvements come from hundreds of incremental changes. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius: Official Auto Show Debut At Frankfurt Motor Show...
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More Than 1,000 People Want 2016 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Toyota says it's received 1,900 requests for the 1,000 2016 Mirai build slots.
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Toyota Mirai Spawning Entire Family Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Models?
The Toyota Mirai's chief engineer proposes a Prius-like "family" or fuel-cell models.
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2016 Toyota Prius: Leaked Technical Details Confirm e-AWD Option On Higher Models
A leaked staff manual indicates the 2016 Toyota Prius will be offered with all-wheel drive.
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2016 Toyota Prius: Official Auto Show Debut At Frankfurt Motor Show
It was actually introduced to the world last week, but the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid made its official auto-show debut yesterday at the huge Frankfurt Motor Show. A large crowd of journalists from around the world crowded around the covered car, eager to see in person what so far they'd only seen in...
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2016 Toyota Prius Preview Video
One of the most important new cars of the 2016 model year isn’t some 600-horsepower sports car, or a big crossover wagon. It’s the hybrid that started it all, or at least made hybrids what they are today. Recently in Las Vegas, and also at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, Toyota gave the...
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With sales of small crossover utility vehicles growing, not just in North America but around the world, two of the world's three largest automakers still don't have entries in the segment. One of them, Toyota, announced today at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it had plans to change that. It displayed a second version of its C-HR concept car, and confirmed it as a vehicle that would be sold very soon, with the final production version to be displayed at next spring's Geneva Motor Show. DON'T MISS: 2017 Toyota Subcompact Crossover Spy Shots The news came in a presentation by Karl Schlicht...
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2016 Toyota Prius: Few Details At Global Launch Of 55-MPG Hybrid (Photos)
The new 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid made its debut in Las Vegas Tuesday evening, where 350 guests watched the latest model of the world's most popular hybrid car raised into the night sky at an elaborate event to mark its global launch. But "it's not just about MPG any more," according to the press...
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Car And Driver Reviews 2016 Toyota Mirai: Not A Sport Sedan, Unsurprisingly
Car and Driver reviews the 2016 Toyota Mirai, and the infrastructure that supports it.
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2016 Toyota Prius: What We Want To Know About All-New Hybrid
Next Tuesday evening, the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid will make its world debut in Las Vegas, kicking off what its maker calls "the next era of an icon." "We’re pulling out all of the stops for this exclusive event to celebrate the future of Prius in a truly spectacular way that will be anything...
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2016 Toyota Prius: Full View Photos Finally Leaked
With the 2016 Toyota Prius scheduled to make its global debut in Las Vegas on the evening of September 8, you had to figure that photos of the car would leak out at some point. And so they have. After years of spy shots of camouflaged Prius development mules, pre-production prototypes, and test...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Runs On...Leftover Lemonade? Huh?
Toyota continues to claim that hydrogen for its Mirai fuel-cell car can come from just about anywhere.
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Toyota recently sold its 8 millionth hybrid car globally.
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2016 Toyota Prius Spy Shots
And here it is: the 2016 Toyota Prius. Ahead of a preview September 8 in Las Vegas, and an official debut at Frankfurt, spy photographers already found the 2016 Prius, uncloaked, in Malibu, California. ALSO SEE: Coming This Fall: The Return Of Cheap $2 Gas The Prius was widely expected to adopt...
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2016 Toyota Prius To Debut Next Month, Prior To Frankfurt Show
The fourth-generation Toyota Prius is fast approaching. Toyota Motor Corporation has confirmed to Bloomberg that the fully redesigned 2016 Toyota Prius will be shown in Las Vegas on September 8, 2015—ahead of its anticipated debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show later next month. The last time the...
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2016 Toyota Prius Spy Video: New Hybrid In San Francisco Testing
A camouflaged 2016 Toyota Prius prototype is caught testing in San Francisco.
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Cheap & Thrifty: Toyota Prius C Vs Mitsubishi Mirage Compared
A 2014 Toyota Prius C owner test drives a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage.
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Latest Toyota Prius C Dubbed IIHS Top Safety Pick After Updates
The 2015 Toyota Prius C gets a higher IIHS crash-test rating after safety modifications.
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The Toyota Prius V gets $4,000 in discounts in San Francisco.
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Toyota Tackles Hydrogen Fueling Challenges As Mirai Launch Approaches: UPDATED
As this autumn's launch of the 2016 Toyota Mirai fuel-cell car approaches, its maker is taking steps to ensure that the small number of initial buyers and lessees will be able to fuel up their hydrogen-powered sedans with ease. Some of the 70 or so Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell SUV drivers in Southern...
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Toyota Avalon Hybrid Discounts: Large 40-MPG Sedan Discounts Rise
With gas prices still relatively reasonable, sales of hybrid cars seem to have plateaued--and that means carmakers are boosting incentives on several models. The Toyota Avalon Hybrid has always been one of our favorites, and in recent months, incentives have risen on the three-year-old big sedan...
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Toyota: Negative On Batteries Because It Has More Experience Than Any Other Maker
A Toyota executive says the company's experience with hybrid powertrains legitimizes skepticism about batteries.
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Next Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid To Have 30 To 35 Miles Of Range: Source
Cars with plugs have been on sale since December 2010, and a second generation will start arriving next year. But while long-range battery-electric cars--the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and an all-new 2017 Nissan Leaf--grab attention, another vehicle on the way could be equally important. That's the...
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Recall: 2012-2014 Toyota Prius V Software Update To Cure Stalling
The Toyota Prius V is recalled for the second time this year.
Stephen Edelstein