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Gallery of 2008 toyota fortuner minorchange leaked true color picture
July 3rd, 2008 — spyshot, toyota
Sneak preview of 2008 Toyota Fortuner minorchange
July 3rd, 2008 — spyshot, toyota
The pictures are taken from sale manual guide in thailand of 2008 Toyota fortuner guide book.
It will launch in august 2008 and add more optional i.e. NaviagatorGPS,VSC.Overall looking is more tough front and adjust taillamp.
Sanyo says to team up with VW in hybrid batteries
May 28th, 2008 — toyota
German automaker Volkswagen AG will team up with Japan’s Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery for next-generation hybrid vehicles, the Japanese company announced Wednesday.By joining forces with Sanyo, which aims to be a world leader in rechargeable batteries, Volkswagen is apparently seeking to catch up with rivals in the race to develop and sell eco-friendly vehicles.
Sanyo and Volkswagen have worked together in the past in battery development. The Japanese company has also supplied nickel-metal hydride batteries to Ford Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co.
Automakers are stepping up their focus on lithium-ion batteries amid increasingly interest in fuel-efficient vehicles at a time of soaring petrol prices.
Photo Leaked Toyota Vellfire’brotherhood Alphard not be Bellefire
April 23rd, 2008 — spyshot, toyota
Toyota Codename 800L for emerging market to be ecocar for thailand ?
April 14th, 2008 — toyota
After years of dithering, Toyota has finally decided to enter the Indian small-car market.
Its car, codenamed 800L, is critical to increasing volumes and market share in India.
The car is being designed and developed in Japan with the BRIC economies —- Brazil, Russia, India and China —- in mind.But it would be first launched in India.
Small car war in thailand
April 8th, 2008 — TaTa, mitsubishi, toyota
Thailand Wednesday approved granting tax privileges to automobile-makers Mitsubishi, Toyota and Tata to invest a combined 16.6 billion baht (536 million dollars) to produce more than 300,000 eco-cars for the domestic and export markets.
Thailand’s Board of Investment (BoI) Secretary General Sathit Chanchouwakul said the three companies would be ready to begin operations within two to four years.
Volkswagen, which has also submitted a proposal to produce eco-cars in Thailand, was not included among the approvals granted by BoI Wednesday.
The Mitsubishi project promised to invest 4.7 billion baht to produce 107,000 eco-cars in Thailand, 88 per cent for export, while Toyota will invest 4.6 billion baht to make 100,000 units by 2012, 50 per cent for export, and India’s Tata Motor has pledged to invest 7.3 billion baht to make 100,000 units by 2010, of which 52 per cent will be exported.
Toyota denies using government money to develop Prius
April 3rd, 2008 — toyota
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. denied on Wednesday it had received any funding from the Japanese government to develop its hit Prius gas-electric hybrid car.
Japan’s top automaker rejected a March 24 Business Week report that quoted Jim Press, vice chairman and president of Chrysler LLC and a former board member at Toyota, as saying, “The Japanese government paid for 100% of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.”
Press worked for 37 years at Toyota, including the years of research for the Prius, which went on sale 10 years ago. He left Toyota for Chrysler last September.
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Leaked Pictures Toyota Bellefire minivan’s Alphard brother
February 25th, 2008 — spyshot, toyota
Toyota Redesigns ‘Crown’ modelchange 2008
February 18th, 2008 — toyota
Crown Athlete
Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today it has completely redesigned the “Crown Royal Saloon” and “Crown Athlete” series and added a hybrid model to the product lineup. The Royal Saloon and Athlete series go on sale in Japan today and the “Crown Hybrid” will be launched in Japan on May 6.
The 13th-generation Crown unveiled today retains the sense of poise and reliability that characterizes the Crown series, which has earned a reputation as the leader among luxury vehicles in Japan over the more than half a century since its debut in 1955. At the same time, the new Crown adopts advanced technologies to create luxury sedans that provide performance at the world’s highest levels.
While the hybrid version delivers outstanding cruising and environmental performance, all three series benefit from the excellent vehicle stability and preventive safety performance offered by VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management).
Other advanced features include a Pre-crash Safety System that can determine - as a world’s first* - whether the driver’s eyes are properly open. Such features, together with an integrated navigation system, result in one of the world’s highest levels of driver support.
Toyota to present two new additions to its small car line-up,iQ and urban cruiser
February 13th, 2008 — Auto show / Motor Show, toyota
At the Geneva Motor Show, Toyota will unveil the production design of its all-new small car – Toyota iQ. First
shown as the Concept Car iQ at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, iQ will go into production during late 2008.
iQ represents a break-through in compact urban transportation. For a first, up to three passengers can
be comfortably seated in a compact urban vehicle at sub three metres in length, and additionally have
enough area to accommodate a child or luggage.
The spaciousness of iQ is a result of its ingenious packaging, which was created by six space-saving but
inter-linked engineering innovations that represent a revolution in Toyota’s automotive vehicle development.
