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Toyota Camry Getting DAB+ As Standard

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9:30AM December 14, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Digital radio is great and all, but its take up has been hindered by a lack of options of in-car devices. Toyota has announced the’re about to change all that, installing a DAB+ radio as standard in its Camry Atara SL model. More »


Science

Video: Mythbusters Cannonball Goes Wrong, Hits Home And Minivan

9:20AM December 8, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

UPDATED The cannonball was supposed to blast through an array of water barrels and a cinderblock wall. Supposed to. Instead it hit the wall, a hill and Jasbir Gill’s Toyota Sienna. Now do you see why they tell you not to try this at home? More »


Cars

Is This Insane Video Your Future Car Experience?

2:24PM December 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

You already saw a photo of the Toyota Fun-Vii concept. This video shows how they want that car to work in… THE FUTURE! More »


Cars

Toyota Concept Car Has Giant Touchscreen Doors

6:30AM November 29, 2011 | Brent Rose

Meet the Toyota Fun-Vii, a futuristic concept car that Toyota’s president described as “a smartphone on four wheels”. Smartphone screens have certainly been growing, from 3.5 inches, to four inches, to 4.5 inches, but holy crap, is this the logical conclusion? More »


Entertainment

The First Cars In Australia With Inbuilt DAB+ Are Trucks

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4:00PM November 24, 2011 | Alex Kidman

OK, you’ve been able to pick inbuilt DAB+ as an option on certain high end vehicles for a while. But if you’d asked me what the first vehicle range to come with a DAB+ as absolutely standard was going to be, I would not have picked trucks. More »


Cars

Toyota’s New Infotainment System Mirrors Your Phone’s Display

3:53AM October 27, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Some level of smartphone connectivity is standard on nearly every new car, but Toyota appears to be the first to implement the Car Connectivity Consortium’s MirrorLink protocol in their iQ later this year. More »


Science

This Rocket Car Can Race At 128km/h Running On Nothing But Air

3:20AM September 25, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The Ku:Rin three-wheeled eco-car just took the speed record for a car running on only an air compressor, clocking in at 128km/h. Designed by Toyota, its engine uses a reversed A/C compressor that fires compressed air to create a burst of speed. More »


Cars

Toyota’s Magic Steering Wheel Will Take Over If You Have A Heart Attack

3:20AM July 29, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Cars have already come such a long way since the Model-T days, but if you think Google’s driverless cars were fancy, wait until you hear about Toyota’s heart attack-detecting sensors, that will steer a car if you lose control. More »


Gaming

Toyota ‘Backseat Driver’ App Lets Kids Steer A Bubbly Car

7:20PM July 22, 2011 | Justin Hyde

We’re all in favour of getting children interested in cars at an early age, but leave it to Toyota to take the idea and run with it through an iPhone game that lets preschoolers steer along with their parents. More »


News

Toyota Aims To Stop ‘Pig In Shit’ Odours With Deodorant

3:00AM June 21, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Farmers know it; country-dwellers know it; heck I bet even pigs know they smell. It’s taken Toyota of all companies to do something about it, with 9.5kg bags of odour-destroying “ButaRescue”. More »