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Toyota Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer (ATG) concept: gullwings, hydraulic chairs & more

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

With LCD displays and even consoles being reasonably common among upmarket cars these days, you need to go a little further if you’re going to attract significant amounts of attention. For Toyota and the Microsoft Xbox team, that meant seemingly crashing a Toyota Tacoma truck first through a Jurassic Park themed paint display before throwing all the gaming and custom hydraulics to hand at the tricked-out interior. Even then, you’ve still got some way to go to match the Toyota Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer (ATG) concept shown at SEMA this year.

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Aston Martin Cygnet city-car revealed

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 30th 2009 No Comments

Aston Martin have revealed their plans for a city-car, the Cygnet, offering environmentally-conscious motoring and 5-star Euro NCAP safety together with the brand’s premium badge. Based on the Toyota iQ, the Aston Martin Cygnet will apparently be priced at under £20,000 ($33k); it’ll also offer dramatically less performance than the company’s DBS, DB9 and Vantage models.

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Toyota Winglet ‘Personal Transport Assistants’ take on Segway

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 1st 2008 No Comments

Toyota have unveiled a trio of “Personal Transport Assistants” that, like the Segway, balance on two wheels using internal sensors and gyroscopes to remain upright. The Winglet range consists of the L, M and S versions, the latter two of which don’t have handlebars and instead are gripped by the calves.

Video of the Winglets in action after the cut

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Rumor – Prius to be the first Solar Hybrid

By Abby McVay on Tuesday, Jul 8th 2008 1 Comment

Nikkei, a Japanese business news source is reporting that Toyota will be unveiling a Prius that will have built-in solar panels. It is also said to be manufactured by Kyocera Corp. There is no official word on this, since Toyota has not actually confirmed the reports just yet.

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Toyota Camer Monitors Sleepy Drivers

By Christina Crouch on Tuesday, Jan 29th 2008 No Comments

I don’t condone driving while you’re sleepy, not one bit, and I’m not above calling someone to come and get me if I don’t think I’m fully alert and able to drive. I’ve seen too many people get hurt or killed due to car accidents and that’s why I love this idea from Toyota to install face monitoring cameras that will wake up those of you who don’t know your limit.

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Toyota Prius Limo

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Oct 25th 2007 3 Comments

Yep, you read that right, just when I though I’d seen it all, someone goes and makes a limo out of a Toyota Prius. If his reasoning behind it wasn’t so sound, I’d think he was crazy.

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Basically here’s what it came down to, the guy needed a vehicle that could haul his family of 6, do it for cheap, and save some gas. The salvaged Prius’ and about 200 hours later there was the Prius limo. The two vehicles reportedly cost him $10 grand and had non-rebuildable junk titles to go with them.

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Toyota RiN hybrid is friendly to more than just the environment

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Oct 25th 2007 No Comments

hybrid toyota RiN If cars were like hotels, this would be the 5 star spa attached to a 5 star hotel, the one you could feel good about going to. Not only does it look fairly good, but it’s a hybrid.

Now why is it worth a 5-star rating? Well, the heated seats, oxygen-level conditioner, pinpoint humidifier, and green grass growing just inside the windshield to prevent UV rays from affecting the passengers are all a really good start.

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Toyota FT-HS Hybrid on Steroids

By Rue Liu on Thursday, Dec 28th 2006 3 Comments

Toyota has released several renderings of a stunning RWD hybrid concept car that will be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2007. Dubbed the FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept, this futuristic vehicle will have a 400-horsepower hybrid powertrain with a 3.5-liter V6 engine and a target performance of 0-60 in 4 seconds.
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This “Prius on steroids” as some call it, is envisioned to replace the retired Supra and add more emotional punch to Toyota’s product line which hasn’t had a sports car since they dropped the Supra in 1997.
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Toyota’s Hybrids to be Lighter and Cheaper

By Rue Liu on Thursday, Oct 5th 2006 No Comments

Over the next three years, Toyota plans to cut the cost of its hybrid technology in half. Also to be reduced is the weight of the hybrid drivetrain, which will increase both fuel efficiency and performance. This next generation Prius is planned for 2009 with an anticipated fuel rating of 90mpg.
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