Japanese Automakers Shut Down their Chinese Plants as Protests Get More Violent [w/Video]

The Anti-Japan protests that have been raging in China for months due to a territorial dispute over some uninhabited islands reached critic...

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Toyota Targets Younger Buyers with New Yaris Trend, will be Shown in Paris

As it turns out, the new Yaris Trend won't be limited to the UK market as Toyota announced that it will bring the special edition model...

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Toyota and Panasonic's Chinese Facilities Damaged After Anti-Japanese Riots Become More Violent

The consequences of a territorial dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea seem to become more serious as anti-Japanese sentime...

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Japanese Automakers Urge Government to Implement Measures to Counter Strong Yen

Last Thursday, the yen hit a seven-month high against the U.S. dollar. That wouldn’t be so bad if the country’s currency hadn’t strengthened...

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Toyota Exec Rebuffs Rumors About the New Auris Replacing the Matrix in North America

If the next generation of the European market Toyota Auris had you thinking about the possibility of the five-door hatchback model replacin...

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Toyota Says Prius Plug-in Hybrid U.S. Sales Top 6,000 Units, Beats Volt and Leaf...or Did it?

A Toyota press release bragging about the achievements of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid variant since it went arrived in U.S. showrooms at the en...

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Hagwalah: And the Award for the Most Imprudent Driver and Crowd Goes to…

We have seen a slew of eventful episodes from Middle Eastern and especially Saudi Arabian drivers practicing the popular but unlawful art o...

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Nissan’s China Sales Slow Down Due to Row with Japan Over Territorial Dispute

Over the past few months, a series of anti-Japan protests begun in China and Hong Kong after Japanese activists landed on an East China Sea...

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Nissan GT-R Transformed Into a Robot for New Japanese Gaming and Film Franchise

Autobots and Decepticons move over because there's a new Japanese franchise about cars transforming into robots and it's named Chō S...

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Toyota MR2 Poses as a Lamborghini Murcielago

Over the years, we have seen the Toyota MR2 falling into the hands of numerous kit car makers who have used the Japanese sports model as a ...

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New 2013 Camry SE Sport Limited Edition is Anything but "Sport"

The word "Sport" has become one of the most abused terms in the auto industry by far, and this new edition of the 2013 Toyota Camr...

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2013 Toyota Auris Comes Out of the Closet Again, Stars in Video with Transgender Singer Avu-Chan

We don't know if Toyota is doing it on purpose, but the new 2013 Auris seems set to become the new automotive face of the LGBT (lesbian...

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Watch Saudi Arabian Drifters Chase Down a Police Officer

We all know how popular (there's even a music video ) but also how dangerous the Saudi Arabian street drifting practice known as 'H...

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Toyota Unveils Facelifted 2013 Mark X Sports Sedan for the Japanese Market

Yet again, Toyota has refreshed its Japanese domestic market Mark X sedan , which benefits from a series of cosmetic and mechanical tweaks f...

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Toyota gets Nonsensical with 2013 Auris Hatchback "Spanking Orchestra"

At first, we had the " Not in trend, not casual, not for everyone " TV commercial staring 19-year old androgynous model Stav Stras...

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10 years of Toyota truck evolution from an ordinary 2003 Tacoma Pre-Runner daily driver to off road soldier

2003 Tacoma Pre-runner, 2 wheel drive, 2.7liter engine w/stock automatic trans.  Began life with 265-70-16 BFG Rugged Terrains and a non-loc...

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