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Toyota Alabama sole producer of hybrid-electric twin-turbo V6 and twin-turbo V6 for new Tundra

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) held an event to mark the first of Toyota’s latest engine products for the all-new 2022 Tundra ( earlier post ) to come off the production line. The V6 Turbo line will produce a new engine every 58 seconds, with a capacity to build 18,000 engines each month. The standard i-FORCE 3.5L

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Toyota Adds Nightshade, Factory Lift to Tundra for 2024

The Truth About Cars

The Big T is adding new trims and options to its Tundra half-ton pickup truck for the 2024 model year, including an expansion of the TRD Off-Road package to its snazzy Platinum-grade 4x4 and extending the availability of the murdered-out Nightshade trim. Of greater interest to this author? Pro tip: They really aren’t.

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Toyota Previews Builds for SEMA 2023

The Truth About Cars

The announcements from auto manufacturers about what they’ve in the pipeline for this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas continue apace, with Toyota promising a quartet of builds – plus a few packages that consumers will be able to actually buy. Shown above is a rendering of the Tacoma X-Runner Concept. Image: Toyota] Become a& TTAC insider.

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J.D. Energy survey unearths automobile trait helps to keep getting worse

Baua Electric

Prior to upcoming, the biggest build up in issues in a given 12 months was once 3 p.c, It also says a lot about the efforts of the entire GM team to design, build, sell and service a diverse selection of gas and electric vehicles.” .” The choice of issues tracked in keeping with 100 cars rose 6.5 Ford Motor Co.’s

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

Clean Fleet Report

Fuel economy numbers have not been announced, but the same gasoline-hybrid power plant in the Toyota Tundra pickup gets 20 mpg city/24 highway/22 combined. The 2023 Sequoia is easy-to-drive with its balanced ride coming from the fully boxed frame that it shares with the Toyota Tundra, Land Cruiser and Lexus LX. Smooth Performer.

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2023 Lexus LX 600 Review - The Chauffeured Land Crusher

The Truth About Cars

I must consider six-figure motor vehicles as a legitimate part of our world. It’s also related to the Tundra and Sequoia, of course. Fake it until you make it, and dodge the calls from the collection agency. So that old-school ethic of consumptive conservatism needs reevaluation for the modern era.

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Toyota investing $1B in new TNGA plant in Mexico, realigning North American manufacturing; expansion in Guangzhou

Green Car Congress

As part of this strategy, Toyota will invest approximately US$1 billion to construct its newest North American manufacturing facility in the state of Guanajuato in Central Mexico to produce the Corolla. The Cambridge South Plant will continue to build the Lexus RX 350 and 450h, the newest models of which were recently unveiled.

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