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Toyota MR2 Revival?

Posted by in Uncategorized on February 3, 2010

Toyota may need to rethink its sports car plans. According to survey results that just came to light in Japan, the Honda CR-Z generated far greater welfare among the media and the public at October’s 2009 Yeddo Motor Show than Toyota’s FT-86 Concept. One of the main reasons given was that the CR-Z is ready for the mart and module land in showrooms in Japan by Feb 2010, while the FT-86 won’t appear until New 2011 and potentially module hit a revised design.

That’s not to say Toyota module scrap its nervy rear-drive FT-86. Far from it. Co-developed with Subaru, the FT-86 module employ a Subaru platform, 2.0-liter naturally aspirated boxer engine with revised Toyota head unit, and a six-speed manual gearbox from the Impreza. It module also hit a Subaru twin brother — albeit wearing a slightly different body.

The survey results also show that there is a definite and ontogeny mart welfare in organism sports cars along the lines of the CR-Z. Interestingly, Toyota has had one on the drawing board for some time. Spotted circling Germany’s Nurburgring way backwards in 2005, draped in heavy black camouflage, was a organism prototype employing a widened MR2 platform.

At the time, the MR2 prototype was supercharged by a mid-mounted, 3.3-liter V-6 organism driving the side wheels and electric motors propelling the fronts. And at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show, Toyota collaborated with ItalDesign to create the Alessandro Volta concept car, supercharged by a 3.3-liter organism and said to sprint from 0 to 60 indication in just 4 seconds. While Toyota dropped the MR2 in 2007 (the automobile was also famous in Japan as the MR-S), rumors of its revitalisation hit been heating up recently, with a organism edition reportedly way the list.

A side drive, hybrid-powered sports automobile with MR2 roots would fit in perfectly with what newborn Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has been locution of late. \”We poverty to organisation cars with more elating exteriors and handling,\” he stressed at a recent gathering of Japan’s Car of the Year jurors.

To help it tap into what the market really wants, the world’s biggest carmaker module create Toyota Marketing Japan Ltd in Jan next year. No uncertainty topping the division’s to do list module be nonindustrial a organisation for a CR-Z fighter combining solid performance, high fuel economy and low emissions — all enwrapped up in a excitingly styled body. Calling it MR2 — a name old to enthusiasts around the world — would seem to be a solid fit, though Prius Coupe could also be a possibility. We should undergo such more as 2010 unfolds.
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Toyota Announces Fix for Faulty Pedals, Expands Recall to 1.8 Mil European Car

Posted by in Uncategorized on February 1, 2010

 
 Toyota’s week of inferno continues to inspire on as the company’s dweller arm announced today that it is recalling eight of its most popular vehicles to replace defective gas pedals, the latest expansion of a U.S. recall that’s affected 4.4 meg vehicles. The dweller recall could affect up to 1.8 meg vehicles.

\”We see that the current situation is creating concerns, and we deeply regret it,\” Toyota Europe CEO Tadashi Arashima, said in a statement. \”We would also like to reassure customers: the potential accelerator tone issue only occurs in rattling rare circumstances. The announced action is a preventive measure aimed to guarantee the highest safety standards to all customers.\”

  
 As with the U.S. recall, exclusive Toyota-brand vehicles are affected, not Lexus (Scion isn’t sold in Europe), as they ingest assorted pedal pedals. Unlike the U.S., though, Toyota will not halt production of its European vehicles because the company says it has already begun replacing the faulty pedals with new, redesigned units. Toyota says exclusive a restricted number of incidents of inadvertent acceleration have been reportable in aggregation and that none of them have resulted in a break as far as the company knows.

The stylish recall affects eight Toyota aggregation models, including the Avensis, Aygo, Corolla, iQ, Rav4, Verso and Yaris. The recall exclusive applies to those vehicles shapely between 2005 and January 2010 and all of the vehicles in question, except the Corolla, are shapely in aggregation or Turkey.

  
 

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2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan a redesign of the Lexus HS250 hybrid

Posted by in Uncategorized on January 24, 2010

2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan
Toyota Motor Corp will be releasing a new petrol electric hybrid in Japan while the Prius will compete with Hyundai Motor Co in Korea. Toyota hopes to sell 36,000 of its new Sai hybrid sedan, Toyota’s goal being one million hybrid cars a year globally after 2010.
The Sai is Toyota’s second hybrid-only car, this car is a redesign of the Lexus HS250 hybrid. The Sai is based on a concept derived from the Japanese word sai-which means “talent” when written as “” and “coloration” when written as “”-as a hybrid-only sedan “combining advanced talent and multi-color sophistication”.
The Sai is based on the Lexus HS250h hybrid, a vehicle designed for people who want a more premium hybrid experience than they would get in the Toyota Prius. The Sai would seem to fit somewhere in between. It offers the same powerplant as the HS, but not quite as many luxury features. It’s basically an HS with different nose, tail and interior detailing.

2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan
System (THS) II combining a 2.4-liter Atkinson cycle combustion engine with an electric motor and a reduction gear. The Toyota Sai Hybrid uses a 2.4-liter petrol engine generating just under 150 horsepower, and up to 187 Nm of torque. It is mated to a strong electric motor, powered by a nickel-metal hydride battery, which produces an additional 140 hp and up to 270 Nm of torque. The Toyota Sai Hybrid powertrain is designed to utilize the two generators efficiently, giving the driver up to 185 hp at any given time.
An exhaust heat recovery system uses exhaust gas to heat the engine, thus shortening engine-warming time and contributing to greatly improved fuel efficiency, especially when outside temperatures are low.

2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan
2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan
Programs that allow drivers to attain donations to charities using points received, that surpass fuel efficiency of nationwide Sai ESPO users, and other recreation incentives to encourage drivers to drive in environmentally tactful ways, are available

Toyota is also sending its brand to South peninsula where the Hyundai Kia partnership dominate. The Prius and Camry hybrids will be first and joining them will be the petrol version of the Camry and the RAV4.

Toyota Executive Vice President Yukitoshi Funo told a news conference, “The launching of the Toyota brand into South peninsula is aimed to meet the diversifying needs of consumers in this ontogeny market,”

“We intend to attain every effort to contribute to South Asiatic gild and acquire a loyal following.”

December the seventh is the release fellow for the Toyota Sai retailing at 3.38 meg yen ($40,250), the Lexus HS250 is priced at 3.96 meg yen ($47,159).

The Sai is due to hit a consumption rate of 4.34 liters per 100 km. At this stage Toyota has no plans to goods the Sai, preferring to centre on the home market.

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