The Latest Breaking News from Toyota

As long as I’ve been reading and writing about cars, Mazda has served as a sort of anti-hero counterpart to the automotive giants, namely Toyota. Like, check any comments section of any sort of news information about any given Toyota (especially hybrids) at any time between 2003 and, well, now,…

Having joined Toyota in 1984, Akio Toyoda likely knows the ins and outs of the automotive industry better than anyone. As CEO for over a decade before stepping down in 2023 to become chairman of the board, he played a crucial role in Toyota’s rise to global dominance. In 2024,…

Coroner records Richard Woods’s death as suicide after he crashed into family’s car while driving wrong way

A man who drove the wrong way on the M6, killing himself and a family of four Scots, intended to take his own life, an inquest into the incident has…

Japan's government warned Thursday of a "significant impact" on its economic ties with the United States and on global trade, after President Donald Trump announced import tariffs on cars.

Infiniti sales in the United States peaked in 2017 when Nissan’s luxury brand delivered 153,415 cars. Fast-forward to 2024, demand plummeted to 58,070 units, or 10.2 percent less than the year before. To put that number into perspective, Honda’s Acura brand moved 122,600 vehicles last year. Toyota’s Lexus outsold the…

The Trump administration’s constant shuffling on tariffs or its saber rattling against Europe, Canada, Mexico and China may feel somewhat more calm this week, but that doesn’t mean the car industry isn't shoring up its defenses. Several big legacy manufacturers are making big moves to secure their future in an…

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sound good. But DEI programs divide people more than they empower.

I hate to start anything with a "Back in my day!" type sentiment, but do you realize how freakin' expensive pickup trucks have become? I mean, we were just talking about how you could get a Toyota Tacoma into the $70,000 range on Slack and asking, "How have we come…