by Mike Gulett - The entire automobile industry and most governments around the world are moving full speed ahead to convert the auto industry from internal combustion gas powered vehicles to battery powered electric vehicles - except one … [Read more...]
Toyota Thinks The Transition to Electric Vehicles Will Not Happen So Fast
October 4, 2022 By 8 Comments
What Hydrogen Powered Autos Need is an Elon Musk…
November 28, 2020 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - But Musk doesn't like hydrogen. He thinks it's the long way around getting rid of internal combustion engines. He calls them "fool cells" and a "load of rubbish". He told Tesla shareholders at an annual meeting years ago that … [Read more...]
The Toyota Sport 800
November 12, 2019 By 1 Comment
by Mike Gulett - At the Carmel Concours on the Avenue in August 2019 I saw this unusual Japanese car that I did not recognize - the Toyota Sport 800. Toyota Sport 800 Here is what the owners, Michael and Barbara Malamut, … [Read more...]
Design Analysis: 2020 Toyota Supra
December 15, 2018 By 7 Comments
Toyota will do the coupe while BMW does the roadster. by Wallace Wyss - It’s a little risky talking about a car that is so far off but pictures of the new Supra are leaking out. The big news is that this is a car made in combination with … [Read more...]
Built By Yamaha For Toyota – The First Japanese Super Car
November 1, 2017 By 8 Comments
by Mike - The Toyota 2000GT was Toyota's, and Japan's, first grand touring car and first super car. First shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT was produced for Toyota by Yamaha between 1967 and 1970. It was well … [Read more...]
With Perfect Timing A Toyota 2000GT Is Crushed By A Tree
June 11, 2014 By 9 Comments
by Mike - From the Japanese Nostalgic Car web site, There were only 337 production examples of the Toyota 2000GT built. Now there’s one less. At about 9:00 am this morning in the Gokayama area of Toyama Prefecture, the classic flagship car … [Read more...]
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