Born out of a lifelong love for the classic Toyota Land Cruiser, the Icon FJ Series ($126,000 and up) is a modern re-imagining of the legendary off-roader. Available in three body styles, the FJ’s features include a standard 5.3 Liter, 350hp V8 engine, four-wheel disc brakes, Dynatrac Dana 60/40... more
Posts Tagged ‘Toyota’
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Toyota test drivers die in LFA crashThursday, June 24th, 2010While testing the recently spied LFA Nurburgring Edition on highway 410, two Toyota test drivers die in a crash after veering into the oncoming lane and colliding with a BMW. Read More → |
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Toyota working on a new AE-86Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Road & Track magazine says Toyota is working on a smaller version of the much lauded AE86. This front-engine/rear-drive 2-door will reincarnate the spirit of the 1983–1987 Corolla Levin/Trueno (AE86), a car that’s still popular today, especially among drift enthusiasts. Read More → |
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Toyota Echo + SR20DET + RWDWednesday, April 14th, 2010Some guy in Japan actually put a SR20DET in a pink Echo and drifts it. There is no shortage of innovation over there, this much is clear. Read More → |
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DMCC Round 1: the season is on!Wednesday, June 17th, 2009For the first round of the Castrol DMCC Eastern division, drift fans got their money’s worth at the Autodrome Montmagny near Quebec City juts like last year. Good thing the pooring rain of last year got replaced by some hot and sunny weather. On top of that, a lot of drift junkies showed... more |
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RHD vehicles: No New Registrations in QuebecWednesday, April 29th, 2009At around noon today one of our members, prelude83, published a forum discussion thread containing a draft ministerial press release that had some very disturbing news for JDM lovers in it. According to the press release, the SAAQ (the Quebec Auto Insurance Board) has banned new registrations of right... more |
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Rallye-Cross: round 2Tuesday, February 17th, 2009Temperatures were not too chilly and the sun was shining for the second round of the SUPER-SÉRIE DE RALLYE-CROSS CASDI 2009. The main issue was the unfavorable track conditions that consisted of either sheer ice or dry pavement due to the lack of snow over the past few weeks. This made for quite a few... more |
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Car of the Month: Lexus IS300 TurboTuesday, February 3rd, 2009We used a photo of February’s car of the month on our merry x-mas article back in December so you may have already seen it. We all know this rear wheel drive car isn’t being driven in the winter but why not feature it to remind us of our city’s great summers? Mario Isabel’s IS300... more |
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Montreal International AutoshowFriday, January 16th, 2009The Montreal International Autoshow is the one show that car enthusiasts in Montreal can look forward to attending in the dead of winter. I’m here at the annual press day where the show is kind enough to offer journalists a sneak peak at all the new models complete with presentations from the auto... more |
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Modified Car CategoriesMonday, December 8th, 2008By: Vincent Aubé We often have the impression that the local tuning scene started ten years ago. The truth is, it blew up when the movie Fast’n’Furious first appeared but there has always been car buffs in the “Belle Province” The different sub cultures involved in this big scene are mature... more |
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