According to the agency “Avstostat”, Russian dealers of Toyota in January sold 6126 cars, which is 15% more compared to the same period last year. This allowed Toyota to take the fifth place in the ranking of the most successful automakers in Russia, and the company’s market share increased from 5.6 to 6.7%, according to […]
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Toyota came up with a steering wheel with a variable diameter. He will simply inflate the rim
Toyota has patented a technology for changing the diameter of a car’s steering wheel. The idea of the company is not at all that the user can adjust the diameter of the steering wheel according to their preferences. The technology is needed as a warning system. In fact, this is a new implementation of the […]
Toyota Motor: Cut estimates for global car production
Toyota Motor Corp. cut production estimates by half a million more vehicles a year, as processor shortages and coronavirus diseases hit production. It will build 8.5 million vehicles a year through March 31, lower than originally estimated for 9 million vehicles, according to the world’s largest automaker, as it announced a 21% drop in operating […]
Honda chief doesn’t believe Toyota’s plans to use hydrogen as fuel for internal combustion engines are feasible
The source said that Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe is skeptical about the possibility of producing cars with a hydrogen-burning engine. He said Honda explored the potential of this technology, which Toyota is about to bring to life, a decade ago. Honda considered it unpromising. Instead, the choice was made in favor of hydrogen fuel cells. […]
All Toyota car models have noticeably risen in price in Russia
The Japanese company Toyota has raised the recommended retail prices for all car models available on the Russian market. The changed prices in the price lists were initially noticed on the Price-Auto resource – cars have risen in price by 38-254 thousand rubles. The exceptions are separate configurations of a pair of models. So, the […]
Triumphant return of Toyota Camry: the famous sedan ahead of the Kia K5 at the finish line
According to the agency “Autostat”, in the Russian market of D-class cars, which for 10 months led the Kia K5 sedan, a month before the end of the year, the leader changed. It was the familiar Toyota Camry business sedan. In November, the sales of the Kia K5 model in Russia amounted to 1,789 cars, […]
The smallest electric car Toyota travels 150 km without recharging. Sales have already started in Japan
Japanese automaker Toyota has begun public sales of the compact electric Toyota C + Pod, which is designed specifically for densely populated cities. The Toyota C + Pod was first introduced in Japan last December for corporate and municipal customers, but it will now also be available to individual buyers in the country. Toyota says […]
Toyota to launch vehicle hardware and software update service in Japan
Toyota Motor said it will launch a service next year offering customization and upgrades for vehicles as customers cling more and more to their old vehicles. The service, known as the Kinto Factory, will be available at the end of January. It will provide for the addition of new security functions, updating the interiors and […]
Toyota decided to remove the remote start button from the key fobs of new cars altogether after the scandal with a paid subscription
The story with the paid ability to start Toyota cars from the key fob was continued. If the initial news was surprising, including how the operation of the button on the key can be associated with any paid service, now Toyota has announced that it will simply no longer add the corresponding button to the […]
Toyota will move to electric vehicles as slowly as possible. At least in Western Europe
Toyota is a fairly active opponent of the rapid transition to electric vehicles, but it has nowhere to go. Recently, the European division of the company presented its 14-year development plan called Kenshiki (“discernment”). The main attention there is paid precisely to the transfer of cars to “green” energy sources. In particular, the company expects […]