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Want one great website to keep you updated on all your favorite drivers, race results and the latest news? Toyotaracing.com has got it all!

This action-packed site has all the latest video clips of race highlights, featured stories like Randy Wallace’s partnership with Toyota and race updates. You’ll also find an online store packed full of great gear that would excite any NASCAR racing fan along with a great collection of free wallpaper options for their desktop!

Toyotaracing.com also provides comprehensive listings of the latest standings for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the National Hot Rod Association. The site also includes photos and bio information for all of Toyota’s drivers.

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Reporting on Toyota’s decision to begin retailing a plug-in version of the Prius, The Washington Post cited Toyota as “the worlds biggest seller of gasoline-electric hybrid cars’.

Toyota wants to ramp up it’s hybrid offerings in response to a growing demand for fuel-efficient cars. According to Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyotoa Executive Vice President, Toyota plans on selling “several tens of thousands” of the new plug-ins a year throughout the world.

The article also reports news that Toyota plans on marketing a short-distance, pure electric car as soon as 2012.

The new plug-in can be charged using household electrical outlets and has an overall fuel economy of “about 134 miles per gallon” according to Uchiyamada. With those numbers we’re sure all environmentally responsible drivers will consider driving one. You can read more from this article on www.washingtonpost.com.

According to reporter, Jim Robinson, this years Los Angeles Auto Show was all about SMALL. He gives a great round-up of all the major car manufacturers in his recent article, Test Drive: Small cars take centre stage at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show.

Here’s what he had to say about this years auto trends:

“Hulking SUVs and hyper fast supercars were all shunted to the periphery of the display stands. In fact, the smaller and more fuel efficient each vehicle was, the closer it was to the front.”

This is great news for Toyota and our 3rd generation Prius, which can boast the best hybrid technology currently on the market. He gave a comprehensive report on Toyota’s offering at this years show:

• The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut.

• Built specifically to support a global demonstration program that began in December, the Prius PHV is based on the third-generation Prius.

• The vehicle expands Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive technology with the introduction of a first generation lithium-ion battery that enables all-electric operation at higher speeds and longer distances than the conventional Prius hybrid.

• When fully charged, the vehicle is targeted to achieve a maximum electric-only range of approximately 13 miles and will be capable of achieving highway speeds up to 60 mph in electric-only mode.

• For longer distances, the Prius PHV reverts to “hybrid mode” and operates like a regular Prius.

• This ability to utilize all-electric power for short trips or hybrid power for longer drives alleviates the issue of limited cruising range encountered with pure electric vehicles.

• Toyota also had the next generation Sienna minivan on display.

Thanks for the great reporting and in-depth coverage, keep it coming!

We love Trail Tracker, a  sweet tool that makes sharing your favorite off-road adventures quick and painless. Currently California is leading the way with 11 featured trails, Oregon off-roaders have uploaded ZIP!

It’s easy to map out your trail and share your experience with other drivers looking for something more than just seamless pavement.

So Oregon, consider this a challenge. Do we got trail?? Prove it!

About Trail Tracker

Simply, Trail Tracker is both a user-generated trail guide and an interactive tool geared toward improving the planning and sharing of off-road excursions. Drivers can create visual interactive trips by uploading GPS data and photos. Read the rest of this entry »

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces it will display 45 concept and production vehicles, in separate Toyota and Lexus brand booths, at the 7th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition (also known as Auto Guangzhou 2009), to be held at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center from November 23 to 30. The theme for the two booths is “The Environment, Safety, and the Future”. Read the rest of this entry »