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The Toyota IQ, the little City Car Nippon brand, presents the sporty version called City Racer. This is a special edition limited to 300 units initially available for the French market.

The Toyota IQ Racer City is known for its sporty appearance given by the alloy wheels painted in color as the exterior mirrors, tinted windows, black bands that run along the bonnet, roof and rear, side stickers referring to the version , covered with specific design, browser, automatic climate control, rain sensors and rearview keyless entry and start. The engine is the 1.3 VVT-i 99 hp that works in conjunction with a manual transmission. Read the rest of this entry »

The New Toyota Camry 2012 officially presented in the local market in two equipment versions: Camry L4 2.4 to a price of 47,500 dollars and Camry V6 3.5 to a price of $ 56,100. The new Camry is presented as having a new exterior, interior improvements and a lower level of consumption.

The exterior highlights the wheels 16 and 17 pugadas (top version), new headlamps with clear lenses of high-strength polymer and Xenon headlights with AFS, chrome-edged fog lamps integrated into the bumper, grill of new design with horizontal bars chrome front bumper with new design air deflectors, chrome tailpipes, new design rear lights, exterior mirrors new design, electrically adjustable, heated and turn signal incorporated. Read the rest of this entry »

Toyota Pre-testing

While sometimes the advertising lies here is not so – If you’re from anywhere in Latin America, Mexico or Spain, you have probably seen the new commercials by Toyota which, in summary, show that their employees who test the quality of their models are almost relentlessly improving these aspects, and certainly have thought that is pure advertising, but since you commented here and that is not so! Read the rest of this entry »

Keep our car in perfect condition is not as easy as some might imagine, since it is always susceptible to an untimely scratch, a brush with another vehicle or an unfortunate blow. And that fateful split second is enough to leave an ugly mark on our body, also can be expensive to repair and / or complicated.

Fortunately, Toyota presents a practical solution, easy and much cheaper than a workshop. The Japanese company has invented stickerfix, a novel product consisting of layers of adhesive film A5, precut in 33 different shapes and sizes. They are available in 29 different types of paint, and new colors will join the range will be included gradually.

How to using the stickerfix?

With this handy attachment, we ourselves can repair the areas affected by scratches our car, picks or scratches. In addition we also serve as prevention in vulnerable areas to receive impacts, as the edges of the doors for example.

How to use the Toyota stickerfix is ​​quite simple. First you must clean it with a cloth in the area to be placed, and then choose the label of suitable size and shape. Next, we will stick the blade in the affected area.

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The Toyota Land Cruiser remains the chassis rails on which is anchored to the body. Now is 11% stiffer than before, according to Toyota.

Retains independent suspension by double wishbones at the front wheels (with reinforced lower leg) and a solid rear axle. It has coil springs and shock absorbers. Free path is larger: 510 mm 570 mm front and rear (an improvement of 30 and 40 mm respectively).

The optional suspension “KDSS ‘consists of two hydraulic cylinders connected to the stabilizer bars (one bar), video. Each cylinder is divided into two halves. The tops of each cylinder are interconnected and the lower is the same. Each connecting line has a reservoir for fluid video.

When the car leans when cornering, the fluid does not move within the cylinders. This controls the body roll. If the ground is very irregular, the hydraulic circuit absorbs some of the vibrations by moving the fluid to the reservoir for video.

The damping “AVS” reduces the rolling and pitching of the body controlling the hardness of the dampers. There are three programs: “Normal”, “Comfort” and “Sport.” These dampers are two air springs for the rear suspension (which replace the coil). The springs can vary the ride height at three levels (normal, high and low). This can happen to the driver or automatically so that the height is kept constant regardless of load, or in terms of speed.

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The time is fast … with that in mind is that the people of Tesla is doing piecework and although not yet presented to society the production model of his beautiful Model S (actually begin production in the year 2012) , they are thinking a little further, in what is to come, in the models a little later or a little earlier, the market will inexorably cars.
We know then that the catalog offers the brand will grow almost certainly after 2012 and will be hitting a good look at what we get to see at some point next to the great and phenomenal hybrid sedan.

The first of these developments come to us all before the end of the current year 2011, more precisely at the motor show in Los Angeles, opportunity to leverage the brand to show a new crossover model. On this model, little or nothing is known, only (and then only based on strong rumors) that will look and overall style quite close to the Tesla Model S.
This apparently referred Crossover Model X and plans are to put on the production line for when the year 2013 (an estimated time as the Tesla Model S is well entrenched in the automotive market).

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