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Toyota features Star Wars droids in latest Prius commercial
How do you get a substantial part of your geeky target audience to buy your car? Well, simply stick a bunch of lovable droids in the commercial and you’re bound to have people trample over each other in a rush to their nearest showroom, or so Toyota thinks. The automaker has featured the good old…
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Toyota enables remote controls for Smart Navi system using the Nintendo DS
To us, the Nintendo DS has always been more than just a great way to play games while away from your geek-cave. Toyota seems to have thought jus the same and is now enabling Japanese users to hook up their Nintendo DS devices to the Toyota Smart Navi systems, allowing passengers to remotely control the…
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Toyota unveils hideous and eco-friendly FT-BH Hybrid concept for 2012 Geneva Motor Show
Toyota seems to have a hitch when it comes to designing cars that please the eyes. The guys at Toyota have rolled out yet another contraption on wheels, respectful to the environment indeed,though seemingly ugly. With looks that would match an offspring of an ice-cream truck and a hatchback, the FT-BH Hybrid concept will show…
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Toyota’s Fun-Vii Concept Car has rolling customizable exteriors
The 2011 Tokyo Motor Show hasn’t been anything less than a heavenly delight for automobile connoisseurs. While we saw Nissan and Honda trying to put their best ‘green’ foot forward, Toyota seemed to have pursued an altogether different passion here with its “Fun-Vii” concept. The concept car has exteriors which serve as an external rolling…
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Toyota to launch FT-86 at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show
With the launch of the FT-86 at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show just around the corner, Toyota has released the first look of the car with the official announcement specifications. From the looks of it, this one sticks to the sportier side of automobile design with a two-door setup. To be termed the Toyota GT…
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Toyota develops four new types of Robots to provide support in nursing and healthcare
Toyota held an event today at its vehicle display space and theme park Mega Web in Tokyo to display a number of new robots developed to provide support in nursing and healthcare. The robots form part of the Toyota Partner Robot series, which is being developed to assist humans in their everyday activities.
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Toyota uses arcade-style giant claw game to promote Ractis sub-compact hatchback
Arcade claw games are known causes of frustration and anxiety. The most of us today have had a go at that claw game, desperately trying to get it positioned right, attempting to pick up a not-so-worth-it stuffed animal. Now, Toyota will be using a similar concept, a giant rendition of the arcade claw game to…
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Search for iconic 1977 Star Wars themed Toyota Celica on the go!
Well if you just spotted a Toyota Celica pass by painted to commemorate the 1977 Star Wars flick, you probably might want to let Pete Vilmur know! An expert on the car, Pete has been on the lookout for the whereabouts of this legendary car that started life as a grand-prize in the Star Wars…
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Toyota launches new leisure boat Ponam-35 in Japan
The Toyota Ponam-35—first of a new class in the Ponam series—is a premium cruiser ideal for pleasure cruising and fishing that also offers comfortable accommodation. It features a rigid hull of a high-strength aluminum alloy—a popular Ponam feature, a new 4.5-liter engine derived from the Toyota Land Cruiser 2 SUV, as well as excellent operability…
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Toyota developing steering wheel that measures the heartbeat of the driver to prevent crash during a heart attack
Toyota showed some of its up and coming safety innovations in a demonstration to reporters Thursday at its facility in this town, west of Tokyo, near Mount Fuji. Sudden cardiovascular irregularity (such as ventricular fibrillation) while driving can cause a driver to lose consciousness, thus creating a potentially dangerous situation. Toyota’s newly developed emergency-response technology…
