Friday, 07 April 2023 05:51
2023 Toyota Prius Prime
HIGHSPrime time for some horsepower, smooth transition between electric and gasoline, great standard features. LOWSRear seating lacks headroom, center armrest lacks storage, gauge cluster is too busy. VERDICTThe new Prius Prime arrives with more horsepower and better fuel economy than the last one.OverviewLike its gasoline-electric hybrid counterpart, the 2023 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid sheds its prior ugly-duckling design and…
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Saturday, 25 March 2023 06:05
Tested: 2023 Toyota Highlander 2.4T Gives Up a Little, Gains a Little
Toyota's mid-size SUV swaps its six for a four. After laboring away under the hood of countless Camrys, Siennas, Highlanders, and many other models, Toyota's 3.5-liter V-6 is slowly being ushered off stage. In a move common throughout the industry, a turbocharged four is supplanting the naturally aspirated V-6. With the 2023 model year, the Highlander joins the four-cylinder club,…
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Wednesday, 15 February 2023 06:31
2024 Toyota bZ3X
At first, Toyota’s bZ4X electric SUV had us scratching our heads. Was this a nameplate left scrambled? An unsolved CAPTCHA? However, after Toyota teased a larger bZ5X SUV, and later this compact bZ3X crossover, the nomenclature makes a little more sense. As another offering in Toyota’s growing bZ (Beyond Zero) model lineup, the bZ3X exists today as a concept, but…
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Friday, 23 December 2022 07:06
First drive: Toyota Corolla Cross
The best-selling car of all time now has a brother: although younger, the new member of the family is bigger, more powerful, and more advanced. What did we have? So, in the past couple of years, Toyota has rounded out the cross section of its smaller cars. In order: the urban Aygo received a version transformed into a new model…
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Saturday, 29 October 2022 05:36
2023 Toyota Crown Courts Controversy
Toyota embraces polemical design with the Avalon's tall four-door successor, the 2023 Crown. Nobody ever argued about the Toyota Avalon, which was universally described as "perfectly nice." But Toyota, in case you haven't noticed, is no longer content with inoffensive competence. So it replaced the Avalon with the 2023 Crown, a jacked-up four-door coupe-roof sedan that looks like a 1999…
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Thursday, 22 September 2022 04:15
2023 Toyota Sequoia Capstone First Test: Outstanding Numbers, But the Rest?
The new Sequoia is among the most statistically impressive three-rows on sale. Pros Huge fuel economy gains Seriously improved towing capacity Thoughtful and easy third-row access Cons Unsettled ride quality Interior quality fails to match the price tag Mushy brake pedal saps confidence The oldest known specimen of Sequoiadendron giganteum lived for 3,266 years in the Converse Basin Grove of…
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Tuesday, 20 September 2022 02:58
Test: Toyota Yaris 1.0 VVT-i Sol
We couldn't even dream that the Yaris would become the best-handling car in its class. Even with the weakest engine, it easily copes with city traffic, with low consumption and extremely rich safety equipment. It really impressed us with its great performance and low consumption. Of course, there is also a hybrid variant on offer, which is by far the…
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