Toyota People: Fergus McIver, resto-modder
We meet the Japanese car fan who cannot resist restoring and modifying classics, even when it’s as rare as a 1968 Toyota Corona Deluxe.
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Toyota is reducing the use of rare-earth materials in electric motors
Toyota has made the world’s first neodymium-reduced, heat-resistant electric motor magnet. What breakthroughs enabled its development?
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Toyota Yaris GRMN: what came before
GRMN stands for Gazoo Racing: Masters of Nürburgring and was applied to performance vehicles such as the Yaris GRMN before the name evolved into simply Gazoo Racing, or GR.
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Toyota 222D: the story of the secret WRC car
Developed almost to completion yet never used in competition, this is the story of our ill-fated WRC car – the Toyota 222D.
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Think Hilux is tough? Meet the Hilux Tonka Concept
When the going gets tough, the tough can now become unstoppable in the Hilux Tonka Concept – the full-size dream toy for grown-ups.
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What was Toyota’s first rally car?
We remember Toyota’s first rally car, the 1957 Toyopet Crown that launched us into international motorsport.
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The story of Twiggy and the gold Toyota 2000GT
Soon after this picture was taken, supermodel Twiggy’s gold Toyota 2000GT suffered a series of disastrous events. What happened to it, and where is it now?
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Under the skin of the Toyota Prius G
Can a hybrid car be sporty? Toyota USA certainly thinks so, and commissioned this outrageous Prius G for the SEMA tuning show in 2016.
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Under the skin of the Toyota Land Speed Cruiser
Following its reveal at SEMA last week, we take a closer look at the convention-defying, 2,000hp and 220mph Toyota Land Speed Cruiser.
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Poka-yoke – Toyota Production System guide
The Toyota Production System is focused completely around maximum efficiency and fault-free processes. That’s the idea behind Poka-Yoke.
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Toyota launches automated driving technology testing
Toyota begins automated driving technology trials on public roads, using Lexus GS test car
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The first Toyota car – discovering a Toyoda Model AA
The ultimate barn-find: We meet the only surviving example of Toyota’s first production vehicle, the 1936 Toyoda Model AA.
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Toyota Crown – history of a living legend
We look through the first six generations of the evergreen Toyota Crown, from its post-war beginnings to the end of its availability in the UK in 1984.
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TNGA explained: engineering for the future
In the first part of an in-depth series on Toyota New Global Architecture, we seek how the revolutionary design and production process came into existence.
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Why does Toyota use Atkinson cycle engines?
We look at why Toyota pioneered the Atkinson cycle engine in hybrid vehicles and why it took 100 years for this technology to make it into production.