It's a momentous year for the Detroit Auto Show. Last to face the bitter chill of January in Michigan, before moving out of the shadow of CES to the summer in 2020, this year's show also saw the return of much-beloved nameplates and dawning new ages for others. Muscle cars at one extreme; category-shaking EVs at the other. Read on for the top five cars of the Detroit Auto Show 2019.
When Toyota took the wraps off the 2020 Supra earlier today, we were left with one big question: why, on paper, was it faster than the 2020 BMW Z4 M40i? BMW might be supplying the engine, but Toyota was tuning it, and something about the numbers of the two cars just wasn't adding up.
The Toyota Supra is back, more striking than ever and promising everyday GT usability and no shortage of fun. Finally revealed at the Detroit Auto Show 2019 this week, it marks the end of months of leaks and teasing. With the iconic car now in its fifth generation, read on for five things you need to know about the Supra's return.
After all the teasing, the leaks, the speculation, and the controversy, the 2020 Toyota Supra is here. Making its world debut at the Detroit Auto Show 2019, the all-new Supra marks the return of an iconic nameplate and an aggressive collaboration between Toyota and BMW. It also promises to be the first Toyota in some time that you'll really, really want to drive.
The long-awaited 2020 Toyota Supra will finally be unveiled at next week's Detroit Auto Show, and thanks to a handful of previous leaks and camouflaged spy shots we already had a pretty good idea of what the two-door coupe would look like. But today get a full-blown look at the car in video with no obstructions. It's another leak, of course, but this time the source is the carmaker itself, thanks to an accidental Twitter post by Toyota Mexico.
The new 2020 Toyota Supra isn't due to make its official, out-of-camouflage debut until the Detroit Auto Show 2019 next month, but that hasn't stopped the clearest images of the coupe yet from leaking - and from a very unexpected source. The curvy two-door is the result of a collaboration between Toyota and BMW, though the automakers promise that the new Supra will be a different beast behind the wheel from the new Z4 it shares its architecture with.
Car guys and gals at this point know that Toyota is bringing the Supra back after many years of being away. The car is the result of a tie-up with Toyota and BMW. We've already seen much of what the Z4 will offer with its decent enough styling. Most are hoping for something more sporty looking from Toyota.
Toyota and NTT DOCOMO have announced that they have teamed up for a test of the T-HR3 humanoid robot. In this test, the T-HR3 robot was controlled using a 5G connection from a remote location. The remote controller and the robot were 10km apart.
Toyota has pulled the wraps off a first for the US market with the introduction of the 2020 Corolla Hybrid. As with any hybrid model, the big focus for the Corolla Hybrid is fuel economy. Toyota is estimating that the Corolla Hybrid will be capable of at least 50 mpg combined fuel economy.
It’s been 22 years since the first-generation Toyota RAV4 arrived in US shores. Back then, compact-based crossovers or small SUVs were as ubiquitous as smartphones, emojis, and selfies - in short, it was a tiny market, compared to the behemoth it has become today. Who would have thought larger SUVs would take the place of family sedans or station wagons as the everyday driver?
As candidates for a track-tuned upgrades go, Toyota's two largest sedans might not come to mind first, but the 2020 Camry TRD and 2020 Avalon TRD would like to buck those expectations. Handiwork of the Toyota Racing Development (TRD) team in collaboration with Calty, the automaker's US design studio, the pair of sporting sedans promise to be more than just a body kit.
It could well be Toyota's most important car, and so the 2020 Corolla is leaving nothing to chance. The sedan version of the 12th generation Corolla made its debut today, and it's promising just as much driver engagement, tech, and style as the 2019 Corolla hatchback launched earlier this year.