Tag: Toyota

Major car rental firm swaps petrol for hybrids

Toyota-backed service Kinto announced its move away from traditional petrol vehicles on Friday, revealing its fleet would feature almost 500 hybrid cars. The announcement comes in the same month Australia recorded a 40

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Deluxe 4WD confirmed for Australia

This rugged seven-seater is the first of its kind, giving families a new option for conquering off-road environments in the lap of luxury. Lexus has launched its plush new LX four-wheel drive that’ll

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Your questions answered: Why don’t EVs have spare wheels?

Lots of questions on electric cars this week covering Tesla, BYD, Nio, EV home charging and PHEVs, plus whether to buy a used Toyota HiLux given its particulate filter and dusting issues Electric

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The cars we were buying in 1998 | Drive Flashback

Some 25 years later, sales of medium and large passenger cars, the segments that once played host to perennial favourites like Holden Commodore, Ford Falcon, Toyota Camry, and Mitsubishi Magna, account for just

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F-150 Lightning discount, Renault-Geely hybrid push, Toyota fuel cells: Today’s Car News

A joint venture between Renault and Geely appears to target Toyota’s juggernaut. Toyota hopes to edge closer to hydrogen fuel-cell profitability this decade—infrastructure aside. And there’s F-150 Lightning pricing news, and it’s not

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Dealer Sold Toyota Supra With No Cat, Accident History

When buying a used car, you have to be as thorough as you can to make sure that everything with that vehicle is fine. Not everyone does that, though, and can sometimes let

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Toyota Australia Achieves $137M After-Tax Profit

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited (TMCA) today revealed an after-tax profit of $137 million for the financial year ended 31 March 2023. Financial-year sales by Toyota and Lexus continued to represent more than

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We Need More Hybrid Cars and Fewer EVs. Here’s Why

It sounds like heel-dragging from a latecomer whose first electric car was met with a lukewarm reception. But if you take a closer look at how efficiently hybrids and EVs use their batteries,

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US New Car Sales in July 2023: Toyota, GM

General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. both posted strong sales gains in the second quarter, signs of consumer health in the auto market as semiconductor supply improves. GM sales rose almost 19%

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Australian new car sales: Winners and losers so far in 2023

The Australian new vehicle market has rebounded over the first half of 2023, showing 8.2 per cent growth over the same period in 2022. It’s the strongest H1 result since 2018. Some of

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