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The new Toyota Vios is launched in Thailand now as per our previous post on the spyshots.

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Toyota had been hit badly with all the recent recall of its Toyota Prius, Toyota Brake recall, and also Toyota lawsuit of shrinking resale value. Despite getting hit with so much bad news, we are glad that Toyota is trying to convey that they had learn the lesson and that they will work to restore [...]

It seems that the 8 million Toyota Recall has not ended. Toyota plan to recall its 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid model after some complaints regarding its brake.
Toyota will be recalling at least 311,000 with 103,000 in the United States and 176,000 in Japan. Two other model is also under investigation if it should be recalled, [...]

Are we looking at the facelift version of the new Toyota Vios? From what we can see the most obvious change is at the front grills which definitely would look nicer. Then we have some commenting on the fog light and the rims.

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It seems that the recent Toyota recall due to “Sudden Acceleration Problem” has affected a total of 8 million cars worldwide mostly in United States and Europe. The models affected are:-

Certain 2009-2010 RAV4
Certain 2009-2010 Corolla
2009-2010 Matrix
2005-2010 Avalon
Certain 2007-2010 Camry
Certain 2010 Highlander
2007-2010 Tundra
2008-2010 Sequoia

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This is the small sedan specially created for the India market that will be revealed around 6th January 2010. Guess Toyota is really eyeing on growth in India nowadays

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Although it does not look like the Toyota FT-86 that was earlier release at Tokyo Motor Show, it may be due to the heavily plastered to make the car unrecognizable. Anyhow this car definitely seems to have the characteristic of what Toyota FT86, Hachi-Roku should perform on the road especially the cornering.
The FT86 is suppose [...]

The new Toyota AE86 is very likely to be this new FT-86 concept car by Toyota. This car is featured in Tokyo Motor Show, and like AE86, it is a compact rear-wheel drive sports car. Although details of the engine performance is yet to be release, this Hachi-Roku is already attracting some fans with 2 [...]

Seems that everyone is very very interested in the upcoming Toyota Wish, so below are some commercials on the new Wish that i can find, but some are in Japanese hope you guys won’t mind and just admire the ride !

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The Camry received its facelift recently here in Malaysia. Most notably is the front grille-bumper changes. I’d have to say that this facelift have really a lot more difference compared to the previous.
There are still the same 3 variants available :
2.0 E – RM 144,900
2.0G – RM 154,990
2.4G – RM 174,990
All prices inclusive of Insurance.

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