Toyota may have made a name for itself building sensible, reliable family haulers that can last for up to a million miles, but the company is really full of big kids at its heart. Case in point, the Japanese automaker has partnered with Pokémon to create a real life Miraidon motorbike from Pokémon Violet. Jalopinions … Read more
We finally have a reason to be excited about a fully-electric Toyota, now that the carmaker turned its Accessible People Mover EV into the “Catbus” from My Neighbor Totoro. Ever since sisters Mei and Satsuki climbed aboard the feline in the seminal Studio Ghibli film, kids and former kids alike have dreamed of taking a … Read more
Image: Cadillac The Allanté only gets an honorable mention here because of how wild its production process was. In late 1985, GM signed a $100-million air cargo deal with Alitalia and Lufthansa Airlines. The reason? So the company could embark on one of the most complex and inefficient assembly processes ever imagined. The whole process … Read more
Toyota’s all-new Land Cruiser is probably one of the most anticipated automotive debuts in the last few years. After a two-year hiatus, during which fans here in the U.S. had a will they/won’t they moment on whether Toyota would bring the nameplate back to the U.S, Toyota blew everyone away by debuting an all-new Land … Read more
Joke about the new Lexus TX’s name all you want, but it’s no joke when it comes to what the three-row crossover is designed to do: haul people and their families in spacious luxury. Lexus offers the TX with three different engine options, and buyers wanting to ease into electrification can go for the TX … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, February 13, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Electric Car Charging Still Sucks, But That Might Change 1st Gear: Stellantis Adding Tesla Charger In 2026, Now … Read more
Goldwater Brewing Co. out of Scottsdale, Arizona is brewing up comedy with its Wittle Wadder witbier, capitalizing upon a viral TikTok that mocks Toyota 4Runner owners who have fitted their SUVs with rugged looking yet rarely useful ladders. This microbrewery is either about to make a ton of money off of wannabe overlanders, or make … Read more
Happy Friday! It’s February 2, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Could Tesla Move To Texas? After a Delaware court ruled that Elon … Read more
Image: Toyota Despite 2023 being a weird year for car sales with high interest rates, global shortages, shipping delays, and reduced inventory, Volkswagen and Toyota were locked in a tight race to deliver more cars than ever before. Both the German giant and the Japanese behemoth were aiming for the global sales crown, and 2023 … Read more
Some members of the automotive press were bamboozled by a Toyota press release and accompanying conference last week. The story was that, in order to promote the company’s electrified offerings, Toyota had released an AI companion named Electra — an AI that immediately went off the rails and began talking about Toyota’s hesitancy to embrace … Read more
