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Toyota has announced first photos and details on the North American version of its facelifted Land Cruiser SUV that will go on sale later this year. In exterior, the facelifted Land Cruiser gains an updated front grille and headlamps with HID low-beams and LED Daytime Running Lights, enlarged front and rear fenders, chrome side moldings, [...]

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Toyota unveiled its new Prius, called “C”. The new five-door hatchback model will be based model in the Prius family. At 3,995mm long, 1,695mm wide, and 1,445mm tall with a wheelbase of 2,550mm, the Prius C is bigger than the latest Yaris (153.5″ long, 66.7″ wide, and 59.4″ tall with a 98.8″ wheelbase).

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The best selling minivan has earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick award. The 2012 Chrysler Town & Country joins the Honda Odyssey, the Dodge Grand Caravan, the Volkswagen Routan and Toyota Sienna at the top of IIHS’s rankings.

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Today Toyota officially revealed its Opel Insignia-rival at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The facelift brings cosmetic changes both on the outside and the cabin. While overall dimensions remain the same as the previous model, the mid-size sedan and the estate version benefit from a fresh face with a redesigned grille that has a chrome upper [...]

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Toyota has unveiled its brand new Yaris which will be available later this year. The revamped car, based on the model which was first designed in 1999, is loaded with modern technology. The designers have tried to keep to the original concept of the design and the car is only is 100mm longer than the [...]

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Look at the spy video of the new camouflaged Toyota FT-86 prototype, which was caught during testing in Germany. The European market Toyota FT-86 prototype foreshadows the production version of the rear-wheel drive coupe’s North American sibling, the Scion FR-S. There is no question about the mechanical hardware as both iterations of Toyota Motor Corp’s [...]

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Toyota has presented today its all-new Prius V minivan that will join the current, third-generation Prius, starting from late summer 2011. The Prius V Hybrid shares the same platform and drivetrain as the regular, five-door model.

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What exactly is a cult car for Russians? Its a big black SUV. Made some money? Buy a car. Made big money? Buy a big black SUV. The sinkhole incident involving this new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado reportedly happened during a test-drive event organized by a Russian Prado fan club.

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2011 Toyota Highlander made its world premiere yesterday at the Moscow International Motor Show. The 2011 Toyota Highlander’s exterior benefits significantly from a much more crisp, defined nose and headlights, along with restyled tail lamps and new bumper trim at the back. The rest of the crossover appears to go on mostly unchanged for the [...]

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Domestic auto brands have demonstrated higher initial quality than import brands for the first time, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010. Overall, the industry average for initial quality is 109 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100) in 2010, increasing slightly from 108 PP100 in 2009. However, initial quality for domestic brands as a whole [...]

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