Toyota

Toyota has already moved to a hybrid setup in the Tacoma, Sequoia, and Tundra, but it’s not done electrifying its truck and SUV catalog. Autoguide recently reported that the automaker is considering its powertrain offerings in those vehicles to include plug-in hybrid variants.

Toyota has never seemed all that excited about the shift to electrification, but the automaker is now openly stating that it will withhold future EV investments “until the very last moment” as it sees profits slide. The automaker expects its volume to recover in the coming months, but its full-year production totals will still fall way short of 2023’s delivery numbers.

The crew from Toyota is on a roll at this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas, trotting out plenty of product – some of which would be mighty interesting in production form.

The Toyota Grand Highlander arrived in 2024, offering more space and comfort features than the already well-equipped three-row Highlander. That said, the SUV isn’t cheap, though that’s changing as we head into the 2025 model year. Toyota recently announced pricing and configuration details for the extended family hauler, and there’s a new entry-level trim joining the lineup with a slightly lower starting price.

Interestingly, the car photographed above is a contemporary GR86 with the gubbins of a GR Corolla shoved up its nose.

The new Toyota Land Cruiser is great, but it’s a far cry from the open-top, boxy off-roaders the automaker built decades ago. Toyota’s Calty Design Research Center in Michigan wants to grab some of that nostalgia with its recent ROX concept SUV, which will debut at this year’s SEMA show.

Toyota owns a small chunk of Suzuki, and it will lean on its smaller counterpart for help in the extremely challenging EV market. Toyota said that Suzuki would supply its first electric SUV, which is expected to arrive in several global markets next year.

This facelift ain’t a facelift. Weird, I know, but Toyota’s latest Sienna was a pretty darn great take on the minivan in 2024, so why mess with success in 2025? At least, I suppose that was the attitude going into this at Toyota. You’ll need a microscope to spot the changes made for 2025, so let’s get them out of the way now: Toyota will sell busy parents with messy occupants a vacuum in the van now, a fridge to keep drinks cold, and a new safety system so you don’t forget your own flesh and blood in the back seat (who does this?). Lastly, there’s a new infotainment system.

Minivans are nowhere near as popular as SUVs, with buyers looking for family-friendly vehicles, but Toyota has seen an uptick in sales of Sienna this year. The automaker recently told Automotive News that it plans to boost production to meet increased demand for the hybrid-only minivan.

Among a host of other changes, the 2025 Toyota GR Corolla now has an 8-speed “Direct Automatic Transmission,” or DAT. Is it better than whipping the Corolla with a good ol’ six-speed? That answer is going to depend on the person. My close friend who needs hand controls? Well, he’s going to say that a GR Corolla with an automatic transmission is better than not having one at all. Can I say the same? No. It’s all about perspective.

Toyota sold the E70 Corolla in the United States for the 1980 through 1983 model years, and it was the final rear-wheel-drive-only generation of the Corolla. We saw a discarded 1983 AE72 Corolla wagon in California over the summer, and now it's the turn of a sporty TE72 Corolla Liftback that I spotted recently in a Denver-area boneyard.

Whereas the Toyota Tacoma has embraced many of the traits of other mid-size pickups as part of its redesign, the Nissan Frontier has stuck more closely to its roots. The former now offers hybrid power while the latter has become the only pickup in its segment offering six cylinders on the base trim.

After 15 years away from Formula One, Toyota is returning to the sport by way of a new technical partnership with Haas. Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) has confirmed an agreement on entering into a formal partnership concerning the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team’s vehicle development and collaborative efforts. However, we need to break down exactly what Toyota will be doing since it sounds like Ferrari will still be the team’s go-to supplier.

Today we bring you a 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser.

We're back at it after a break while I was playing with UTVS in the desert (more to come later this week). We jump back into the madness with a 1985 Toyota MR2.

Toyota is delaying production of a new EV model, citing “production preparation issues.” The company denies that the move is related to wavering EV demand, but won’t begin building the new model until 2026 at its plant in Kentucky.

Flying cars are a thing, though it’s hard to imagine a world where they become anything slightly resembling mainstream. That hasn’t stopped Toyota from pouring funds into Joby Aviation, a company focused on making eVTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) air taxis, making it one of a few automakers deeply invested in the space.

Already in its second model year, the handsome Toyota Land Cruiser is getting a smattering of updates for 2025.

Today's podcast was all about the longest-lasting cars and trucks you can buy.

Hey all, it's the end of the week, and you know what that means. It's podcast time!

I swear it's a coincidence that I am bringing you this 1985 Toyota Supra after bringing you drive notes on a modern Toyota sports coupe.

I just returned a 2024 Toyota GR86 Premium to sender this morning, after a week of being both charmed and occasionally annoyed by Toyota's small, speedy sportster.

When I bought my 2024 Toyota GR Corolla, I waited several months for the dealer to finally agree to let go of its markup, but it looks like 2025 model-year buyers will have things even worse. Toyota recently released pricing for the new car, which gets an automatic transmission for 2025, and the numbers are up across the board.

Today I have a 2025 Toyota Camry XLE AWD in my driveway.

While no one was looking, the Toyota Highlander had its 25th birthday, originally showing up in the calendar year 2000 as a 2001 model – causing the sort of mathematics chicanery in which us mere mortals would actually identify the thing as being twenty-three years old, not twenty-five. Anyway.

Today we have a person selling their 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder because they live in the city of Chicago and congestion makes it too hard to have fun with the car.

As a fellow Chicagoan, my gosh do I feel that.

Last year, Toyota confirmed that the Century SUV would make its way to the States, but the automaker has more planned for its home market. The Century GRMN SUV, currently a one-off, has been confirmed as a production model, thanks to lobbying by Chairman Akio Toyoda.

Toyota has been forced to recall 33,848 vehicles located in North America because a Texas-based distributor applied the wrong load-carrying capacity labels. The problem impacts 22 individual models. Despite the mistake causing no physical defect, it does mean the impacted automobiles are out of compliance with U.S. regulations.

Padding a lineup with new-yet-familiar trims is a sure-fire way to maintain interest in a model after the fanfare of an initial launch.

Toyota FJs are popular in this segment, and it's easy to see why. Today we are bringing you one that is off-road oriented -- even more so than a basic FJ. This 2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Teams Ultimate Edition will let you row your own and has relatively low mileage.

Today we go to the Buckeye State for this 1985 Toyota Celica Supra.

The first-generation Toyota Celica was sold in the United States from the 1971 through 1977 model years, and this Mustang-influenced coupe became a frequent sight on American roads. The second-generation Celica debuted here as a 1978 model, and I've found one of those first-year cars in an extremely hot Northern California car graveyard.

I own a 2024 Toyota GR Corolla Premium, and while I adore its manual transmission, I understand that some people can’t or don’t want to drive one every day. After introducing an eight-speed “Direct Automatic Transmission” (DAT) to the GR Yaris, Toyota is doing the same for America’s GR Corolla. The 2025 model year brings other improvements, including more torque and a shuffling of available features.

We haven't featured Toyota's big boy Sequoia in this space much, so let me bring this 2007 Toyota Sequoia to your attention.

Honda and Nissan are reportedly interested in formally creating the EV and software alliance the duo hinted at earlier this year, with Mitsubishi apparently asking if it can come along for the ride.

Nissan and Honda signed a memorandum of understanding in March that confirmed the companies were actively considering joining forces on the development of electric vehicles and automotive software. That partnership now seems closer than ever, with sources claiming that Mitsubishi (34 percent of which is owned by Nissan) may also be getting in on the action.

On Wednesday, the Japanese government demanded that Toyota Motor Corp. make sweeping reforms after finding additional violations of the automaker’s certification protocols. The nation’s transport ministry has been coming down hard on the industry after several Japanese manufacturers were not precisely following regulatory procedures, however the current focus seems to be on Toyota.

I've been in the automotive media since 2007 and a car enthusiast for long before that, and I've been hearing about hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles for as long as I can remember. I've even driven one.

Yet, unless you live in California, you still can't get one.

Will they ever be on our roads en masse?

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are slowly gaining traction in some parts of the world, but their road forward in America isn’t as clear. They are only on sale in California, and even there, “fueling” them can be a real pain. It’s such a pain that some Toyota Mirai owners are suing the automaker over issues with non-functional hydrogen fueling stations.

Toyota is bringing back the limited edition Hakone trim for the 2025 GR86, reviving the green machine we last saw in 2020.

Special editions are rampant, especially on models that have been around for a while. Automakers use them to bait car collectors and driving enthusiasts that may have passed on the standard model. While they’re often little more than an appearance package, the good ones usually offer some performance upgrades. The Hakone is a little bit of both.

One of my favorite things about my GR Corolla and the factor that makes the car so engaging to drive is its six-speed manual transmission. That said, I understand that automatics are often quicker and have better fuel economy and that there are plenty of people who can’t or don’t want to drive a manual for one reason or another. Toyota knows that, too, moving to offer an eight-speed automatic in the related GR Yaris, which now appears to be making its way to the States in the 2025 GR Corolla.

CHICAGO – As part of the festivities during 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race event in Chicago this past weekend, NASCAR unveiled a prototype EV.

Hey there B and B, I am going to level with ya a bit. This week has gotten off to a slow start in part because it's a holiday week and news is slow, in part because I was working on our podcast, and in part because I've been working on a long op-ed. So the QOTD is a bit late today.

Toyota will be abandoning the 2.0-liter GR Supra from the 2025 model year, making the 382-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder the default powertrain. That’ll be a disappointment to some drivers hoping to save some money. But the assumption is that most customers would have rather stepped up to the 3.0.

I own a 2024 Toyota GR Corolla Premium, and the turbocharged three-cylinder makes it one of the most enjoyable cars I’ve ever driven. Evasive Motorsports is taking that powertrain and slapping it into a Toyota GR86 for the 2024 SEMA show, giving it the GR Corolla’s AWD system and transmission to boot.

Today we're going back to the early Aughts for this 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder.

Toyota’s largest and newest SUVs have only been on sale for a little while now, but the automaker has issued a stop-sale and recall on the Grand Highlander and Lexus TX for an issue that could cause the driver’s side curtain airbag to deploy incorrectly.

Earlier today, we told you that one of the bosses at Toyota said that the sports-car market is shrinking so much that brands will have to partner to make the economics of selling sporty cars work.

Toyota deserves credit for its line of sports cars and manual-transmission offerings, but the Japanese auto giant isn’t planning to keep those efforts afloat by itself. Toyota Gazoo Racing (GR) president Tomoya Takahashi recently told reporters in Australia that the company would look to collaborations with other brands to continue making sports cars going forward.

Today we're going with a pretty clean 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser.

Toyota’s Crown brand has been around for decades but has never had a significant foothold in the U.S. market. That’s about to change in a more substantial way than has already happened. While the Crown sedan debuted in the U.S. for the 2024 model year, the automaker recently announced plans to release the Crown Signia, an SUV that fills the gap left by the recently departed Venza.

I've spent the past week behind the wheel of a 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958. This base model exudes retro charm -- it's clear Toyota is trying to play off of the classic Land Cruiser's reputation for no-frills utility.

Japanese manufacturers are in the middle of a minor crisis after the nation’s transport ministry noticed irregularities in the certification process of several domestic models before launching a formal investigation. Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha Motor have all been faulted with submitting either incorrect or intentionally misleading information in regard to vehicle certifications.

Last week we brought you news that Fiat is bringing gas back -- and we also discussed Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru's decision to back off from full electrification.

Meanwhile, Nissan says it won't invest in any new gas engines.

What's going on?

Today we're going back in time with this 1982 Toyota Celica Supra LE.

Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru conducted a press event designed to explain why they’re walking away from full-blown electrification. While this is something numerous automakers have done in recent months, the “Multipathway Workshop” faced a predictable amount of criticism from EV acolytes.

Today we present you a 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo that's been sitting in a garage for a decade and a half.