In the ninth month in a row, the Toyota Prius is still the lead car salesin Japan. In February, Prius sales in the country Sakura reached 35.875 units. Closest rival is the Honda Fit with sales of 24 973 units. Very interesting, other Toyota hybrid cars, which is Agua, the Priuswith more compact size, which was launched late last year, was able to poke into the third position and almost catch up with the Honda Fitsales of 21,951 units. Read the rest of this entry →
Like all the other cars, the Toyota Yaris has also passed the Euro NCAP and has withstood five stars under his arm . Moreover, the scores obtained in 2011 also meet the requirements to get the 5 stars by Euro NCAP the next program in 2012, with a more stringent level of protection and safety for pedestrians. These good results were achieved thanks to the work of research and development to create a body that effectively disperse the energy of the collision, preventing it is to prime with the occupants.
Besides that the car has plenty of security systems, as it should. It has seven airbags (driver, passenger, driver knee, front and side curtain front and rear). Now, unlike the previous model, the two front airbags are of two stages. Do not forget such basic systems such as ABS, the electronic brake force distribution EBD, ESP, traction control and assistance of the jump you braking. After video of the crash test.
Floods ravaging Thailand have been raised to the closure Toyota production in U.S. facilities due to shortage of spare Thai suppliers.
The floods began in mid-July, and have largely been caused by the highs reached by the Chao Phraya River, which flows through Bangkok and the most industrialized area of the country.
Until recently, the authorities believed that the damage caused by flooding was limited to rural areas, but in the last two weeks in Thailand floods have killed at least 2.5 million affected. The impact on the sector industrial country has been devastating the country’s business sector: Last week hundreds of Honda cars from the assembly were under water, so that distribution problems are expected of this brand in Southeast Asia for the remainder of the year. Read the rest of this entry →
Toyota is all set to launch its new Prius V 2012 , a larger version and more practice of Japanese hybrid.
The design of this car meant the extension of the platform of the old Prius all its dimensions, adding width and length in order to provide greater height and interior space.
The cargo space increased by 5%, while legroom in all seats will grow about 2 inch. The weight also increased by about 115 kilograms, but even so, fuel economy will continue between the 4.6-liter (highway) and 5.1 liters (urban) to 100 kilometers.
Among the most notable change is expected in this new version of the Prius are:
Largest tailgate
Torsional rigidity increases by 5 percent
New 215/50 series tires mounted on 17 inch wheels
Hybrid Synergy Drive revised to 134 hp
The Prius V, which hits the market this fall, will be one of the 4 cars Toyota is expected to lead the market for an alternative engine cars with the original Prius, plug-in Prius in 2012 and a new model smaller than is presumed to be based on the concept Prius C.
Toyota has reached an agreement with U.S. company WiTricity, in order to implement a charging system for batteries here wireless car. Japan house plans participate in a capital increase WiTricity.
Charging technology WiTricity company employs resonance , which charges the battery without the need for physical connections between the vhicules and the docking station. Toyota believes this is the best way to recharge here wireless, knowing that they can also be achieved with electromagnetic technology, although this does require direct contact between devices. In this way it would be easier to recharge the car and we never would forget to do so , because the same thing we do not like to find the car in reserve, knowing that we will have to refuel to reach our destination, the less we would find our brand new car with electric batteries for an oversight.
In the ninth month in a row, the Toyota Prius is still the lead car salesin Japan. In February, Prius sales in the country Sakura reached 35.875 units. Closest rival is the Honda Fit with sales of 24 973 units. Very interesting, other Toyota hybrid cars, which is Agua, the Priuswith more compact size, which was launched late last year, was able to poke into the third position and almost catch up with the Honda Fitsales of 21,951 units. Read the rest of this entry →
Until recently, the authorities believed that the damage caused by flooding was limited to rural areas, but in the last two weeks in Thailand floods have killed at least 2.5 million affected. The impact on the sector industrial country has been devastating the country’s business sector: Last week hundreds of Honda cars from the assembly were under water, so that distribution problems are expected of this brand in Southeast Asia for the remainder of the year. 
The Prius V, which hits the market this fall, will be one of the 4 cars Toyota is expected to lead the market for an alternative engine cars with the original Prius, plug-in Prius in 2012 and a new model smaller than is presumed to be based on the concept Prius C.
Toyota has reached an agreement with U.S. company WiTricity, in order to implement a charging system for batteries here wireless car. Japan house plans participate in a capital increase WiTricity.