Taking an econobox 3 or 5 door hatchback, popping in a high output motor mated to a manual transmission and…
Toyota, Lexus & Scion Connoisseurs
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The Center for Automotive Research (CAR), defined by Wikipedia as “a nonprofit research organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that…
A bare-bones Japanese language Toyota news release linking to a page on the Toyota Japan website promising a new Harrier…
Last month, we commented on Mike Connor of Motor Trend‘s May 2013 print edition good news/bad news MT Confidential column.…
On the fringes of the “top tier” of super sports car makers (think Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and McLaren) that make…
Another day, another set of teaser hints and pronouncements over what new or revised vehicles Toyota, Scion and Lexus will…
Back in 17 November 2010, a Toyota RAV4 press release concluded by informing us, in an almost throwaway fashion, that…
As the calendar turns from 2012 to 2013 and we look back at our previous predictions (some dating back to…
Rare is the car magazine that does not have a section dedicated to brief notes and comments on future vehicle…
Back in the mid-to-late 1990s, Toyota almost singlehandedly created 2 vehicle segments which would go on to become of pivotal…
What do cars and politics have in common? All the fiery debate, finger-pointing and hand-wringing over the U.S. government/taxpayer bailout…
Over two years ago, the first thing this author wrote for Kaizen Factor included these passages: Although Toyota President Akio…