The Continental: Merced...

Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. Right now, traveling anywhere between Mercedes-Benz’s...

Name That Exhaust Note,...

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. We sort of gave this one away by running through all eight gears. That, combined with a (sometimes) thundering V-8, can only mean one thing: it was a Lexus IS F . Like that...

2012/2013 Toyota FT-86 ...

This horribly mutilated STI shows that development continues on the joint Toyota/Subaru sports coupe. Sports-car loving Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda is committed to producing a Lexus LFA for the masses—or at least some kind of affordable rear-drive sports car—possibly as...

Carjacker! – Archived...

For a band of special cops in South Africa, every night is dangerous, every traffic stop can be deadly. The witch doctor scatters the bones onto the dirt floor of a shanty lit only by a candle. The air is close, smelling of burnt sage. Around the witch doctor—he’s called a...

Toyota Launches Noisema...

Toyota has developed an “Approaching Vehicle Audible System” for the Prius that makes a synthesized warning tone to make up for its electric-only quietness. The speaker system works at speeds under 16 mph when the Prius is rolling without the gasoline engine running. It’s...

Toyota planning small R...

Toyota has started developing a cost-effective, RWD coupé from a hot-hatch concept. The coupé is being prepared in honour of Toyota’s chief engineer, Hiromu Naruse, who was killed in a road traffic accident, driving Lexus LF-A in Nürburgring, Germany. Naruse had an idea of a...

Mahindra preferred bidd...

Mahindra & Mahindra, the Indian SUV manufacturer has been named as a favoured bidder for SsangYong, the failing South Korean car firm. SsangYong racked up debts of $634m (400m) and is presently being reorganised under court control. Last year saw fierce protests from SsangYong’s...

What Toyota Really Thin...

Toyota ’s apparently coming to grips with its car clueless consumer base, offering up this stunning example of corporate hand-holding for its fearful buyers. Oh Jesus! What’s that noise from under the hood!? [ Toyota ] More » Go here to see the original: What...

Subaru’s RWD coup...

Subaru’s variant of Toyota’s forthcoming FT-86 sports car is likely to have 60bhp more than the Toyota if development plans come to end, according to sources in Japan. Subaru’s sports car is being developed in co-operation with the Toyota FT-86 – a sports car that has been...

Toyota May Be Planning ...

Toyota’s supposedly planning a cheaper , sub- FT-86 RWD coupe. We’ll believe it when we drive it. More » Here is the original: Toyota May Be Planning Second RWD Compact [Over The Back...