2013 3rd Gen Toyota Sienna Minivan

Toyota is the first carmaker in North America to be offering this innovation. 2013 3rd Gen Toyota Sienna Minivan - The Auto Access Seat has a seat-mounted ingress/egress switch and a wireless remote control that allows for easy and flexible seat operation. The seat is able to rotate 90 degrees and can be lowered to within 19 inches of the ground to further facilitate easier passenger transfers at the exact height required. The Toyota Sienna is well known as a transportation solution for moving people and cargo comfortably and efficiently. The third-generation Toyota Sienna will look and drive more like a sedan, conform to new ideas about personal comfort, easily accommodate cargo, and handle big loads. The Toyota Sienna will come in five conveniently configured grades, all sharing a distinctly new visual direction and features. Toyota unveiled the all-new, third-generation Toyota Sienna minivan at a media conference at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto show.

Toyota FT-Bh Concept

Toyota is the undoubtedly biggest car-maker in the world, and there is a reason for this leadership: innovation. The Japanese colossus always tried to combine technology with affordability and always got it right. The first milestone on this path was the Prius:  they made an incredibly weird-looking car become the first and bestselling mass-produced hybrid vehicle.  At Geneva 2012, Toyota showed off its new creation: the FT-Bh Concept. The car, if ever produced, would revolutionize the market. This time they didn’t invent anything: Toyota just took the simple idea of the Yaris city car and improved it, making it unbelievably efficient in terms of emissions and performances.

The most fascinating side of this new concept is the way Toyota mixed the design with the weight saving and emission reduction. We thought LED headlamps and matte paint were just cool and pricey optionals, but with the FT-Bh we now know they can be more. The LED technology reduces the power consumption by half and the matte paint is used for its heat insulation characteristics. Key panels, such as the roof, are formed to represent the way fabric can be stretched taut between fastening points to reflect their ultra-light weight. Toyota used a combination of high-tensile steel, aluminum and magnesium that trimmed the mass: it means there is less load applied on the body structure and suspensions, allowing components to be downsized. The car’s light weight makes it agile and responsive to throttle and brakes. The 1.0 liters petrol engine of the FT-Bh takes down CO2 emissions to an impressive 134.5 mpg and 49 g/km, a new benchmark for full hybrid vehicle.

Longer than a Yaris, but 25 percent lighter, highly aerodynamic, with impressive results in terms of emissions and consumption savings: the FT-Bh is going to be the new Prius and perhaps even more.

2013 Third-generation Toyota Sienna Minivan

2013 Third-generation Toyota Sienna Minivan Toyota is the first carmaker in North America to be offering this innovation. The Auto Access Seat has a seat-mounted ingress/egress switch and a wireless remote control that allows for easy and flexible seat operation. The seat is able to rotate 90 degrees and can be lowered to within 19 inches of the ground to further facilitate easier passenger transfers at the exact height required. The Toyota Sienna is well known as a transportation solution for moving people and cargo comfortably and efficiently.

2013 Toyota Corolla Furia Concept

2013 Toyota Corolla Furia Concept - today release car. The Toyota Corolla Furia design includes a swept windshield, with a sloped roofline and pronounced fender flares, to help communicate a sense of motion even when the car is stationary. The aggressively styled front fascia, with a blacked-out grille treatment, helps highlight a pair of sculpted front LED headlamps that combine with the rear composite LED taillight assemblies to add a sense of advanced technology to the Furia’s impactful exterior.

Toyota "advanced active safety research vehicle"

Toyota will reveal an advanced active safety research vehicle. at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On Monday, Jan. 7

Toyota added that Templin will discuss Toyota’s Intelligent Transport Systems research and development efforts, which focuses on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technology.

Templin also plans to discuss Lexus’ new Intelligent Transport system. The technology from the Japanese luxury brand features vehicle to vehicle communication as well as vehicle to infrastructure communication in an attempt to create a smarter vehicle.


Press Release

Toyota Motor Corp and Lexus Will Show and Tell About Autonomous Technologies at 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 20, 2012 – At a press conference the day before the opening of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nev., Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will reveal an advanced active safety research vehicle.

During the press conference at Mandalay Bay on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 at 11 a.m. PST, Lexus Group Vice President and General Manager Mark Templin will discuss the North American based program, designed to explore the use of autonomous technologies and high-level driver assistance systems related to TMC’s Integrated Safety Management Concept.

Templin will also discuss the current state of TMC's Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) research and development, which includes vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technology.

Also highlighted will be the new 2013 Lexus LS, equipped with the world’s most advanced pre-collision safety system.

The active safety research vehicle, ITS system and 2013 LS will be shown at the Lexus display at the Las Vegas Convention Center from Jan. 8–11.