By Nick Yekikian – MotorTrend
When we tested the 2020 Toyota Camry TRD, we came away confused. Its exhaust sounded great, but it rode harshly and was missing key amenities from higher Camry trims. Frankly, it betrayed the Camry’s core mission of being a usable, easily approachable daily driver, and it underdelivered on the promise of sportiness. The 2021 Toyota Camry XSE Hybrid, on the other hand, is a much more straightforward proposition.
By Nick Yekikian – MotorTrend
The Toyota Camry family sedan benefits from a mild facelift for the 2021 model year.
The current-generation Camry has been with us for three years, meaning it’s more than halfway into its life cycle. That said, it’s aging rather gracefully. The Camry is one of the best-selling sedans on sale right now, and Toyota wants to keep the ball rolling as it moves into 2021. In order to keep the perennial mid-size sedan fresh, Toyota has made a number of meaningful changes to the Camry for 2021.
Outside, a number of small updates to the Camry’s front fascia better separate LE and XLE models from sportier-looking SE and XSE trims. The L trim is dead, meaning the LE is now the least expensive Camry you can buy. It celebrates this feat with a new set of 17-inch wheels. Likewise, the XLE gets a new 18-inch wheel design. Both trims add a more defined chin to the bottom of the front bumper. Meanwhile, SE and XSE models get small adjustments to the front bumper and feature a new honeycomb grill design.
By Christian Seabaugh Words; Jade Nelson Photos – MotorTrend
The 2021 Toyota Supra 3.0 is the car Toyota ought to have launched last year. There, I said it.
If you’re one of the well-heeled among us who paid an excessive dealer markup on a 2020 Toyota GR Supra Launch Edition, well, sorry. Patience is a virtue and all that. The 2021 Supra 3.0 is more powerful, yes, but more important, it’s more rewarding and just plain better to drive both around town and on a good winding road than the debut model.
Before we get too far into what changes Toyota made to the 2021 Supra and why they make it so much better to drive than the 2020 Supra, it’d be a worthwhile endeavor to look at what was wrong with the first year of fifth-generation Supras. The Supra’s 12th-place finish at our 2019 Best Driver’s Car competition was largely due to its poor suspension tuning.
By: Chris Bruce – Motor1
The 2021 Toyota Prius 2020 Edition is a limited, special model that celebrates 20 years of the ground-breaking hybrid model’s introduction to the United States for the 2001 model year. The company is producing just 2,020 of them.
The 2020 Edition uses the Prius XLE FWD as a starting point, and this special version is available in either Supersonic Red or Wind Chill Pearl. Toyota dresses up the exterior with black trim, including on the B-pillars and mirror caps. There’s a body-color rear spoiler. The vehicles ride on 17-in wheels with five, thick black spokes.
By JOSH BOYD – Automoblog
Toyota recently unveiled the all-new 2021 Venza, a midsize two-row crossover. The Venza, in its new form, serves as a further embodiment of Toyota’s ever-growing presence in the hybrid sector. Despite the hype around the initial reveal, if you are in the market for a hybrid crossover, should you buy a 2021 Toyota Venza? Let’s take a look at everything included in the vehicle to help you decide.
Toyota unveiled the all-new 2021 Venza and 2021 Sienna this morning on autonews.com.
Visit https://virtual.autonews.com/toyota to see the reveal video, explore photos and watch an exclusive interview with Toyota dealer council chairman Robby Findlay.
By Kelly Lin – Words – MotorTrend
The only way to really get to know a car is to compare it to something else. So for a week, I swapped my RAV4 for a RAV4 Hybrid in an experiment that proved rather revealing. If I had to sum it up, the RAV4 Hybrid felt like the overachieving sibling that doesn’t get its fair share of attention. That said, both models have their own sets of advantages and disadvantages. Let’s see how the SUVs stack up in this Toyota RAV4 vs. RAV4 Hybrid comparison.
By Mark Rechtin – Words; Wes Allison – Photos – MotorTrend
Brand loyalty makes purchasing a new vehicle an easy call for most folks; you belong to a Ford family or a Toyota household, and you never cross that line.
But there also are plenty of people who are looking for the best deal, or the latest thing, or the most popular vehicle in their particular class, brand be damned. In the case of the Ford Explorer and Toyota Highlander, both are the latest thing in the three-row sport-utility segment, and they’re perennial best-sellers, to boot. So, if you were new to either brand and looking to see what all the fuss is about, which would be the better choice?
By Jeff Perez – Motor1
The 2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback is part of a dying breed. It’s one of just a handful of five-door subcompact hatchbacks you can still buy new in the U.S., accompanying the Chevrolet Spark, Kia Rio, Mitsubishi Mirage, and soon-to-be-discontinued Honda Fit in the slow march toward irrelevancy. But Toyota might just have the most fun option of the bunch, because it’s not actually a Toyota at all.
The 2020 Yaris uses the not-for-North America Mazda2’s sporty underpinnings, a peppy 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine, and Mazda’s decent infotainment system. The XLE Hatchback we tested even sports faux leather seating with real leather accents on the steering wheel and shift knob. And you can get it all for under $20,000.
By: Adrian Padeanu – Motor1
Toyota originally intended to unveil its new small crossover in March at the Geneva Motor Show but the event’s cancelation caused by the coronavirus pandemic forced the automaker to reschedule the premiere. The company said it would delay the vehicle’s debut for weeks or even months, but the wait is now over as Toyota is ready to introduce its Yaris-derived crossover.
Positioned below the C-HR, the new Yaris Cross carries over the supermini’s wheelbase measuring 2560 millimeters (100.8 inches) while featuring longer overhangs increasing the overall length by 240 mm (9.4 inches) to 4180 mm (164.5 inches). It’s also 20 mm (0.8 inches) wider and 90 mm (3.5 inches) taller than the Yaris, while remaining significantly smaller than the aforementioned C-HR.
