Guys from Newport Convertible Engineering have presented their new baby: much revered by the treehugger community Toyota Prius Hybrid with its top removed. Though built to order, the car looks a little bit ugly, to say the least.

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The long-awaited L5 Toyota Prius plug-in conversion kit from Hymotion has finally been launched. Well, at least, the company is taking deposits from those Prius' owners hungry for the readily available electric power.

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The new limited edition Toyota HiLux pickup truck will be officially revealed at the upcoming Commercial Vehicles auto show in Birmingham, UK. Sporting a huge 3.0-liter D-4D diesel engine with a power upgrade, the limited edition vehicle reduces the 0-62mph acceleration time by 2.5s to 10.5seconds. Impressive, but that's not what you are buying trucks for, right?

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The 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 series will be unveiled in October at the upcoming motor show in Sydney, Australia. Just like its more luxurious sibling, the 2008 Lexus LX 570, the new LandCruiser will be available with a couple of powerful V8 engines working on either gas or diesel fuel. It could have been more handsome, though.

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Toyota has presented its new 2008 Toyota Vanguard mid-size SUV. Positioned somewhere between the 2008 RAV4 and Highlander, the Vanguard is 179.9 inches long and about 66.9 inches wide and may be ordered in either five- or five-plus-two seating formula (I'm afraid, you just can't call a seven-seater a car, which is 20 inches shorter than, say, Audi Q7 or Mercedes Benz GL-Class that are not real seven-seaters themselves).

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It took Toyota half a year to make its mind as to the 2008 Toyota Highlander hybrid SUV's price and specifications. Anyway, it's now officially confirmed that the crossover will be presented in two trim levels -Base and Limited- and there won't be a front-wheel-drive model: all hybrid-powered Highlanders will be equipped with AWD powertrain.

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Special edition Toyota FJ Cruiser TRD will not only get rid of the lame white roof of the original FJ Cruiser but will also feature off-road shock-absorbers from TRD/Bilstein and locking differential synchronized with Active Traction control.

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During the upcoming motor show in Paris the European branch of Toyota will present a series of its new models, including the production version of the long-awaited Toyota Yaris TS hot hatchback, unveiled in Geneva last February.

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The new Touring Edition adds to the standard Toyota Prius hybrid gas-sipper a European-tuned suspension, 16-inch wheels, as well as a full set of seat-mounted side airbags and front and rear side curtain airbags, which were previously optional.

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With new top-of-the-line YRX, Toyota expands the Yaris model range to sixteen model variants. As its other companions, the new Toyota Yaris YRX comes with air conditioning, electric steering, dual SRS airbags and 14-inch brake package with ABS, EBD and Brake Assist.

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The luxury Toyota Harrier SUV (known in the other world as the Lexus RX series) was unveiled yesterday at the 2006 Tokyo Automatic Gallery tuner/specialty car show wearing new body kit from Zagato. Designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Toyota's Toyopet dealerships, it will be produced in a number of no more than 250 vehicles, Autoblog reports.

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Toyota GB starts selling its new Toyota Land Cruiser Invincible. Equipped with 3.0-liter D-4D engine which is mated with five-speed automatic transmission, the car became even stronger featuring substantial increase both in power (204 hp against previous 166 hp) and torque (470 Nm vs. 410 Nm).

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Toyota starts selling its redesigned Estima Hybrid minivan, which features an MPV-optimized version of its well-known among enthusiasts THS II hybrid system and E-Four (electric four-wheel-drive) transmission.

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Toyota announced MSRP prices today for the new 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid. Being one of the most popular family sedans on the U.S. market during the last decade, the Camry will have to prove estimates, made by Toyota's marketologists. Those guys think that Japan, the United States and Europe can swallow and digest about 60,000 Camry Hybrids, or 15 per cent of all Camry sales.

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Japanese Toyota announced prices for the all new Toyota Highlander Sport SUV. The yet another member of Toyota's growing SUV family features 'numerous' exterior enhancement, including but not limited to color-keyed mudguards and grille with chrome insert, chrome door handles and rear license plate garnish, fog lamps and chrome exhaust tip, and 17-inch five-spoke aluminum alloy wheels with a high polish finish.

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In its communiqués de presse Toyota Canada Inc., announced that the eagerly awaited 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser 4x4 SUV will be available for test drives tomorrow morning during the 2006 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto.

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