While Toyota works hard with Subaru on getting the production Toyota FT-86 rear-wheel-drive sports coupe on the road, the Japanese automaker is also working on a successor to the MR2 and a replacement for the Supra. Both models are expected to hit markets within the next four years. The Toyota MR2 replacement is due in [...]
Toyota’s new CEO Akio Toyoda is hell-bent on making the Japanese automaker more fun, appealing and sporty. Besides introducing the Toyota FT-86 G Sports at the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota introduced the GRMN Sports Hybrid, a vehicle based on the outgoing MR2 platform. The two-seater, four-wheel-drive gets a 3.3L V6 mated to Toyota’s THSII [...]
At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, Honda showed the second iteration of its CR-Z hybrid coupe concept, of which a production model will debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show in January. Ever since, there have been rumors of Toyota planning a competitor to the CR-Z with plans of extending the company’s Prius brand. According [...]
Honda is really scaring the pants off of Toyota executives with their new 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid and their ambitious target of selling 400,000 hybrids by 2012. However, Toyota is not about to give up any time soon. It was recently reported that Toyota is working on a cheaper hybrid that it will aim at the [...]
