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Toyota announced a $30 million investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky plant a week and a half ago to increase engine production by 100,000 units. But the company has even bigger plans for ...    Read more

Longtime Toyota tuning partner Gazoo Racing will show a concept version of the Toyota GT86 -- sold here as the Scion FR-S -- at this weekend's 24 Hours of Nürburgring race. The car, called the GRMN Sports FR concept, packs far more power than a regular Toyota GT86 thanks ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named three new Top Safety Picks in its latest round of testing. The agency has named the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, 2012 Hyundai Azera, and 2012 Toyota Prius C Top Safety Picks. To become a Top ...    Read more

Thanks to numerous setbacks last year, Toyota was bumped from its title of the world's largest automaker. Fret no more, Toyota fans: a new report from the Detroit Free Press states that as of the first quarter of this year the Japanese juggernaut has reclaimed its crown. Last year, General Motors ...    Read more

Vehicle sales in the U.S are currently on pace for their best year since 2007, reports Bloomberg, and automakers are currently boosting their production capabilities in order to meet pent-up consumer demand. According to Bloomberg, analysts have revised their initial estimates of 13.6 million vehicles sold upward to 14.3 million following ...    Read more

After a financial year in which it suffered serious losses due in part to natural disasters in Asia, Toyota expects that in fiscal year 2013 its sales volume will grow 25 percent in North America, and 18 percent worldwide. The predictions were revealed as Toyota shared its fiscal-year 2012 results, which ...    Read more

Google's autonomous car project is marching on after hitting a new milestone: the company's fully autonomous Toyota Prius was formally registered in the state of Nevada as an autonomous vehicle, allowing it to operate on Nevada’s public roads. Last year, the Nevada Assembly passed legislation ...    Read more

The Toyota RAV4 hasn't had an electric vehicle version since the last model went out of production in 2003, but that soon will change. After months (or years, rather) of teasing, Toyota’s finally unwrapping the : Toyota released the new RAV4 EV production version, which promises a 100-mile range, a ...    Read more

In the latest development stretching over several years and involving the largest recall in the company’s history, Toyota did get some welcome news from a ruling from a U.S. District Court in California. Judge James Selna’s ruling Friday effectively bars plaintiffs in Florida and New York state from suing Toyota ...    Read more

Toyota once lacked a true sports coupe from its vast lineup, but this year, it has two: the $25,000 Scion FR-S, and the $375,000 Lexus LFA. Give it a few years ...    Read more

The long-anticipated Toyobaru twins hit showrooms soon and many want to know if these sports cars are worth buying over the similarly priced and more powerful Mustang V-6. In this Feature Flick, Motor Trend’s Angus MacKenzie takes to the canyon roads to get a better impression of the Subaru ...    Read more

The compact crossover continues to provide volume close to that of the midsize sedan class and, for April, the new Honda CR-V was the segment’s best-selling example at 23,627 units sold. That number represents an improvement of 9.0 percent over April 2011, when the model sold ...    Read more

In the high-volume compact car segment, the 2012 Toyota Corolla pulled ahead of the pack with 24,804 units sold last month. Just a few hundred units shy of the Corolla was the 2012 Honda Civic, which found its way home to 24,423 customers ...    Read more

My, how the mighty have fallen: in a month where the midsize segment's top contender and bottom third didn't change, competitors from Chrysler, Honda, and Nissan are making things interesting. As we just said, the top spot didn't change at all in April: the Toyota Camry sold 36,820 units, enough to ...    Read more

Toyota's cars saw strong sales in April, while all Toyota, Lexus, and Scion vehicles combined for a total of 178,044 units, representing a gain of 11.6 percent over the 159,540 units sold in April 2011. Honda recovered from last month with total sales of 122,012 units, though the ...    Read more

The long-anticipated 2013 Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ twin are about to hit showrooms, and everyone wants to know if the cars live up to expectations. We have found two feature flicks that give us hope that the new sports cars will herald in a new era of fun-to-drive ...    Read more

If we learned anything about compact crossovers late last year, it was that 2012 would shape up to be the year of the fuel economy number, with the key face-off being between the 2012 Honda CR-V, 2013 Mazda CX-5, and 2013 Ford Escape. Ford has released the final EPA fuel economy ...    Read more

There’s thinking ahead, and then there’s this: 293 vehicles bought by the south Florida metro county have sat unused for years in a Miami parking garage, according to a report from AutoMinded. Many of the vehicles are 2006 or 2007 model-year Toyota Prius models, still in the wrapping ...    Read more

Toyota is taking the wraps off three concepts at this week's Beijing Motor Show including one concept that previews a locally developed and made hybrid for China. Toyota president Akio Toyoda hopes the Yundong Shuangqing will make Chinese customers happy. "We ...    Read more

Although its awareness has gone mainstream among consumers, Earth Day dates back more than four decades, to 1970. The first Earth Day pre-dated the 1973 oil crisis that first brought the issue of petroleum dependence to the national consciousness by a few years, but with fuel prices now averaging around ...    Read more

A late March explosion at a chemical manufacturer's plant in Germany could have an adverse effect on automotive production across the globe, a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report suggests. Evonik Industries produces a key ingredient to make automotive resin – a product used in both brake and fuel lines – and up ...    Read more

Recalls are being issued for a number of vehicles including the new Toyota Prius V, 2012 Toyota Tacoma, and Cam-Am Spyder as well as various BMWs and Rolls-Royce models using V-8 and V-12 engines. 2012 Toyota Prius V The Problem: Weakened actuators in the ...    Read more

While those of us it the U.S. are still awaiting to get our hands on the new Toyota GT 86/Scion FR-S sports car, Japanese tuners have already been able to tweak the rear-wheel drive coupe and take it out to play. However, playtime might not be so successful, as shown ...    Read more

Yes, we have seen what performance hop-ups Toyota plans on selling in Japan for the GT-86, but until now, details surrounding accessories for the U.S.-spec 2013 Scion FR-S have been fleeting, at best. As the on-sale date for the FR-S grows ever closer, we’re starting to learn more about what ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. Middle Child: 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS Debuting at Beijing Motor Show Porsche is using the Beijing Motor Show to add yet another model ...    Read more