Germans have yet again dominated this year’s International Engine Of The Year (IEOTY) awards which are judged by a panel of 65 renowned motoring journalists from 32 countries. The awards ceremony took place yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany.
Topping the list with the most coveted of them all, the IEOTY awards has gone to VW’s 1.4 Liter TSI Twincharger [...]

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Toyota’s chief test driver, 67 year old Hiromu Naruse, who has been credit with being the  ”Godfather of the LF-A” supercar, has died in a crash on highway 410 near the Nurburgring race track in Germany.

He was driving the Lexus LF-A Nurburgring Edition at the time of the accident which veered into the oncoming traffic [...]

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According to the latest buzz going around, Toyota is expected to launch the Corolla diesel 1.4 on 21st July 2010. The official word earlier suggested a August launch date which we reported here.

Corolla diesel will come powered by a 1.4 liter turbocharged common rail diesel engine which develops 90 ps of maximum power mated to [...]

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Toyota Kirloskar Motors have launched the “Innova Special Edition” to commemorate five successful years of the Innova in India.

The new special edition variant gets power windows, power door locks and air conditioning  and has been priced at Rs. 8,86,960 ex-showroom Delhi. The new variant will only come in one color -Premium Super White and will also [...]

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Toyota has officially confirmed the launch of the diesel version of the already hot selling Corolla Altis in India. This should be a final nail in the coffin of the Honda Civic which has already dropped down to a low of 188 units sold in the month of April 2010.
The news confirmed by our friends [...]

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Toyota has quietly launched the facelifted Corolla (sold in India as Corolla Altis) for the European market close on the heels of the upgraded Auris launch.
The new model gets subtle changes to the exteriors and the interiors in a typically Toyota fashion. The front gets new front bumper, fog lamps and front grille which has [...]

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Toyota had announced a voluntary recall on Monday for the 2010 Lexus GX460 after influential magazine Consumer Report reported a rollover risk and pushed the SUV in the “do not buy” list, a first for a Toyota branded vehicle. Toyota stopped the sales of the SUV soon after the report was published and started working [...]

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Prompted by persistent complaints from the owners and the reviewers, Toyota has finally decided to upgrade the brakes on the hot selling Fortuner SUV.
Source: autocarindia

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Toyota has issued a formal recall of the 2010 Toyota Lexus, a week after Consumer Report tests reported a rollover risk and push the big Toyota in the do not buy list.

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It seems there’s no end in sight to Toyota’s current problems in US. After a spate of recent recalls, Toyota has now issued a stop sales on the 2010 Lexus GX460 after the influential magazine Consumer Report warned of a rollover risk and added it to its “Do Not Buy” list.
This is the first time [...]

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