New Toyota Cars

Refined and ready for adventure in the wilderness--or suburbia.

How does our Automobile of the Year's V-6 powered little brother stack up to the competition? Can Chrysler stay on top without Hemi power?

With fuel prices in flux and environmental concerns deepening, the seductive song of the hybrid sirens is louder than ever, despite increasing skepticism about hybrid vehicles' positive effects on wallets and the environment. Perhaps the problem is that there

Aspiring to be Camrys when they grow up. The Matrix and Corolla get new looks for 2009.

There had been warnings about money-grubbing Mexican cops, so the deft U-turn by two Nogales motorcycle patrolmen, just as we were pulling away from the curb, made us reach for our pesos. Lieutenant Antonio Lopez Aguilar dismounted his Kawasaki and thrust forw

As more people gravitate toward car-based and hybrid models, Toyota is leading the way toward having your SUV cake and eating it, too.

Off-road cruise control makes its debut. The Land Cruiser gets the 381-hp V-8 from the new Tundra, plus an off-road system for dummies.

Aspiring to be Camrys when they grow up. The Matrix and Corolla get new looks for 2009.

While Honda was seeking conservation with its purpose-built, two-place Insight hybrid, Toyota was taking a more mainstream approach with a small sedan. Decidedly Japanese in its styling quirks, the original Prius was an excellent proof of concept: Hybrids were here to stay.

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA The prelaunch buzz about the 2006 Toyota RAV4 was that the original cute-ute was growing into a bigger brute-ute. Sure enough, the all-new sport-utility vehicle is more than fourteen inches longer and 400 pounds heavier than the SUV

The tree huggers' least favorite species. The Tundra of SUVs catches up to its truck sibling, adding some features of its own.

Bringing a touch of Lexus to the minivan crowd.

With this redesign, Toyota has has created a truck that is far superior to the one it replaces, even if it's not so compact anymore.

Louisville, Kentucky - The Tundra isn't just bigger than its wimpy predecessor, it begs for notice. There's enough chrome in its grille to deplete global reserves of that metal. Ripped flanks shroud eighteen- or twenty-inch wheels shod with rubber that's ten o

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA Toyota, which has already targeted the entry-level subcompact market with its Scion brand, will take another bite at this apple with the new Yaris hatchback and sedan. When it debuts in April as a 2007 model, the Yaris will face plen