Showing posts with label Toyota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toyota. Show all posts

Monday, June 21, 2010

Performance Sports Cars | Toyota Venza SUV Performance Review


Whenever the name of SUV comes into the ears of the children, all of them wish to get that car. Essentially, SUV means sports use vehicle. These are automobiles with additional utilities that are capable of taking the vehicle to the sports standards. In Toyota Venza the sports utilities that are given are the enormous fuel tank, amalgamate rims and plenty more things that may be associated with the car to cause it to look more of a sports vehicle.

Why SUV?:

There is the biggest deal for all of the playboys out there. All the time you're looking to impress girls like you would have not done before. If you are going to purchase Toyota Venza, say the girls of the city,'I am coming ladies' that is the least that you can say from your mouth, rest will be spoken immediately by the vehicle.

Not only this but there are plenty of other things that are associated with the auto that can help you. If you are going to some type of holiday with your family, then imagine if your auto gets out of order or if the tire if punctured or if the auto has run out of fuel, what could have happened. You should consider all of these things before you go to buy some car - as it is good to look before you leap and there's no need to cry over split milk. This is the fact that you can buy a SUV vehicle whenever you're going to buy some, and the priority becomes high if you're a frequent visitor to some other city or other city.

Beside other SUV autos in the market, Toyota Venza SUV incorporates other extra standard features in the car that get built in the car that makes the automobile look more stunning and yes, all that glitters is not gold, but this glittering SUV has the properties of gold. This will only be judged after you would have acquired this auto. Unfortunately, you cannot just go now and buy this auto just after reading this article, because this car has not yet been launched by the company. So, just wait for another cutoff point the vehicle so that it can be launched to the end of this year.

Have you ever thought about the six CD changing player in the auto. Yes, this CD player, just like your own residence theater system in your home can work in your own Toyota Venza SUV. The car has some other features that makes it superior and well managed then the other SUVs in the market.

This is a fact that the car has that it's more a van shaped automobile instead of the formal sports car _ But, at the same time, this is also one of the fats this vehicle has automatic High Beam headlight system which mechanically dips to low beams when the oncoming traffic is active and then revisits the high beams when the road is empty. Does that not sound good? So in this fashion, the car is about an aeroplane.

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Personal Luxury Cars | Toyota FT-86 to be called FR-S when it reaches production?

Toyota FT-86 Concept


It's been awhile since we've heard anything on the tasty little Toyota FT-86 Concept, but it looks like we may finally have an idea of what the car will be called when it hits showrooms. If the rumors buzzing around the Toyobaru forums are to be believed, the Japanese manufacturer won't resurrect any of its fabled names from the company's past. Instead, it's possible that the sportscar may carry an FR-S badge. Toyota just filed a trademark application for the name, so there's a good chance that this particular internet whisper may have some meat to it.

We haven't completely decided where we stand on the FR-S name, partly because we had become so accustomed to calling the front-engine, rear-wheel drive heathen the FT-86. In the end, though, we don't really care what's on the car's badges so long as it makes it to production as an affordable, strong-performing coupe. Toyota could use something with a pulse in a big way, and a spiritual successor to the AE-86 Corolla would be just the ticket.

[Source: Toyobaru.net]

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Lotus puts Toyota's Venza on a Strict Diet


Lotus just released a concept based on the Toyota Venza where the goal was to trim the fat, ultimately reducing CO2 emissions. Officially, the project was meant to showcase a "viable mass reduction strategy" on two representative models: a 2017 near-term version and a 2020 long-term version.
Comparing the Lotus Venza versus the off-the-lot Toyota Venza, overall mass was reduced by as much as 38% on the 2020 (minus power train) at only a 3% increase in component costs. The 2017 model's mass reduction was 21%. All this was done using processes and tech that should be available and affordable by 2020.
Power train included, the 2020's mass was still decreased by 33%, which the US Department of Energy says should be good for a 23% increase in fuel economy.
The process of lightening the two models seems fairly straightforward: take them apart, catalog the parts, evaluate how to reduce mass, and upon reassembly maintain all the standard features (vision, sight line, comfort, etc.).
Key components of the body-in-white have been reduced from 400+ to 211. While the original Toyota used 100% steel in its construction, Lotus's 2020 Venza uses aluminum (37%), magnesium (30%), composites (21%) and high strength steel (7%). No idea where the remaining 5% went, but it may just be regular steel.
The bumpers remain the same, albeit using an aluminum brace beam versus the a steel one (magnesium proved too expensive).
Any hinged parts (originally, again, 100% steel) and fenders were replaced with parts made up of magnesium (33%), plastic (21%), steel (18%), and aluminum (6%). The remaining 22% is made of "other materials".
Inside, the instrument panel was removed and both driver and passenger have "modules containing all key functional and safety hardware". Both the shifter and parking brake have migrated to the touch-screen interface, and lightweight foam front seats get a futuristic floating treatment by being mounted to the center tunnel and side sill (cutting the need for brackets).
Also, full-floor carpeting gets the ax in favor of removable carpet squares. Lotus says "this reduces mass and allows cost effective upgrading of the carpet quality."
Underneath, all chassis and suspension components have been upgraded to account for the updated mass, keeping this a good exercise in future product development.
By Phil Alex

Toyota Suplica Caught in Transition in Texas


Marton from San Antonio, Texas sent us these pics he took at a local auto parts shop thanks to his handy-dandy iPhone. What he and a friend initially thought was some poor Supra turned out to be, in his words, a Suplica; "but good god its ghetto." That one gets a digital high-five.
Marton, if it's ever seen again in a better state of kit, get some more shots and we'll see if the Suplica's gotten any prettier. More photos after the jump.
By Phil Alex
Thanks for the pics Marton!

European Toyota Corolla Sedan Receives Subtle Facelift


The European-market version of the Corolla that's offered exclusively in sedan form has just received a mid-life facelift for 2010 with freshened exterior and interior styling.
On the outside, the updated "Corolla 2010" gets a new front fascia with a redesigned bumper, upper and lower grille, as well as restyled headlamps. To the rear, changes include the new license plate garnish, tail lamps and bumper.
The new, power retractable door mirrors with integral turn indicators and fresh designs for the hub-caps and alloy wheels complete the exterior makeover.
Toyota claims that the goal for the interior redesign was to "enhance perceived quality".
A side from the new, flat bottomed steering wheel with a thicker rim, the "Corolla 2010" also gets a different combination meter while the instrument panel and door handle trim are now finished in silver coating. The same finish is also found on the centre console and door switch surrounds.
Other upgrades include the addition of a remote control trunk opening function on the ignition key, the new seat fabrics and the a newly available, Alcantara upholstery.
The Corolla 2010 engine line-up includes 1.33-liter Dual VVT-i and 1.6-liter Valvematic petrol engines, and 1.4-liter and 2.0-liter D-4D diesel units.