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Toyota has decided to press ahead with a new 150,000-unit small car factory in Sorocaba, in southeastern Brazil, which will treble its local output. Full story...

Toyota Australia has extended the warranty on the high voltage battery packs used in its Prius and Lexus hybrid models to eight years or 160,000km (100,000 miles). This is in contrast to Toyota's UK unit which has reduced the hybrid system warranty from eight to five years for the latest Prius. Full story...

Toyota Rav4, enters a new era. For the first time, the compact crossover will be available in front-wheel drive models. Full story...

Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has forged an innovative alliance with Toyota to develop what could be the world's first luxury city car. Full story...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKML), the Indian unit of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp (TMC), is to invest an additional INR8Bn (US$164.8m) in the company's second manufacturing facility near Bangalore, for completion by 2016. Full story...

Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has forged an innovative alliance with Toyota to develop what could be the world's first luxury city car. Aston Martin on Monday released a photo of the Cygnet, which is a Toyota iQ with restyled front sheetmetal. Full story...

Toyota has reportedly decided to make a hybrid version of its Auris hatchback at its UK car making plant at Burnaston. It would be the first site for Toyota hybrid car production outside of North America or Asia. Full story...

Toyota is to build a city car for Aston Martin on its iQ platform, the underpinnings of the industry's smallest four seat car and an all-electric model the Japanese automaker is expected to launch in the next two years. Full story...

Toyota is to build a city car for Aston Martin on its iQ platform, the underpinnings of the industry's smallest four seat car and an all-electric model the Japanese automaker is expected to launch in the next two years. Full story...

Toyota is to build a city car for Aston Martin on its iQ platform, the underpinnings of the industry's smallest four seat car and an all-electric model the Japanese automaker is expected to launch in the next two years. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

"As part of its long-term viability plan, General Motors has decided that its ownership stake in the New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) joint venture with Toyotawill not be a part of the 'New GM'. After extensive analysis, GM and Toyota could not reach an agreement on a future product plan that made sense for all parties." Full story...

Aston Martin has developed a new luxury commuter concept; the 'Cygnet' which will offer customers a distinctive, intelligent and exclusive solution for urban travel in style and luxury. The concept will offer Aston Martin trademark design in a commuter car package based on the critically acclaimed Toyota iQ with a Euro NCAP 5-star safety package. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

The Tiburon was initially launched into a market full of sporty models like the Honda Civic SI-R, Toyota Celica, Ford Probe, Dodge Avenger and Nissan 240sx. Interestingly, its nameplate is about the only dedicated sport compact model to have survived the high insurance rates and fuel prices that killed off the vast majority of its competition. As the axe fell on the Tiburon's original ringmates, the Korean shark thrived. Full story...

General Motors has not found a vehicle it could produce at a joint-venture factory it operates with Toyota Motor Corp. in California, a senior GM executive said today. Troy Clarke, GM's president of North American operations, said that the U.S. Full story...

When the new-generation Highlander debuted in 2008, a four-cylinder version was no longer in the catalog. Well times change. It's back. Speaking at a press event designed to showcase Toyota's strategy for these trying times, Stephen Beatty, the company's managing director, noted that new and more four-cylinder models are part of Toyota's grand scheme, and definitely not a knee jerk reaction to the economic climate. Full story...

When the new-generation Highlander debuted in 2008, a four-cylinder version was no longer in the catalogue. Well times change. It's back. Speaking at a press event designed to showcase Toyota's strategy for these trying times, Stephen Beatty, the company's managing director, noted that new and more four-cylinder models are part of Toyota's grand scheme, and definitely not a knee jerk reaction to the economic climate. Full story...