Stop laughing at the new Prius "performance" pack

Stop laughing, this is serious. Toyota today announced a new, add-on performance pack for the Prius. The package mainly improves — now stop that! — the Prius's stance, with a lowering kit, 17" forged alloys and rear anti-sway bar. C'mon, I said no laughing, and I mean it.

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For $4,000, Beige Grows Balls

Few people get all hot and bothered by the Toyota Camry, as driving one is much like eating plain oatmeal. . . from a beige bowl. The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '94 Coupe seems to feel differently, but is it just its TRD supercharger that is pressurizing his passion?

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Toyota TRD HiLux Unveiled in Australia

2008trdhilux_production.jpgAside from winning Le Mans some time during the late '50s, our top automotive fantasy has to be packing a Toyota HiLux with beer, girlfriends and dirt bikes and heading to a remote Australian beach for a week or two. Thanks to Toyota Down Under, that dream just got a little bit closer. The new TRD HiLux gains a…

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Toyota Pulls TRD Aurion After Failure Incident

toyota_trd_aurion.jpgToyota's investigating a report of an engine failure on its new TRD-tuned Aurion/Camry, and suspending sales of the supercharged, 323-hp sedan until tech issues are sorted. According to one Toyota exec speaking to AU's Drive, the failure is unrelated to the supercharger or the engine power output. If we were the…

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New Era for Starlet!

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If CNN can spend hours broadcasting live court custody hearings of decomposing spray-on butter eating pill-popping celebrity types, then we can certainly bring you news from our still rolling 1982 Toyota Starlet. The Starlet is about to turn 200 thousand miles on what is assumed to be a never cracked open stock 4K-C…

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SUPER HATCHBACK AMUSEMENT! 1994 Starlet Grand Cup


We have long maintained that the reason for motorsports getting worse instead of better is the lack of connection between the fan in the stands and the car and driver out on the track. While manufacturers still attempt to employ the old "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" strategy through the creative use of vinyl letters …

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T(u)RD Kit: The Toyota Auris Sportiva

T(u)RD Kit: The Toyota Auris SportivaWe just showed you the new Toyota Auris the other day and folks were already lamenting the plain-Jane upgrades available for Toyota's newest entry into the euro C-segment market. Without a performance upgrade, how could Japan's A-plus number one bestest automaker compete with the VDub GTI's of the world? Well, the…

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Sydney Showstopper: Toyota's Aurion Sports Concept

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If you needed any more proof Australia is the new America, check out Toyota's Aurion Sports concept it unveiled at the Sydney auto show this week. Based on its new Aurion sedan — our Camry — the concept was tweaked by Toyota Racing Development (TRD), which has been making a push toward offering branded performance…

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