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Toyota launches 'ist' compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - The new ''ist'' compact car, launched by Toyota Motor Corp. on May 8, is a new-genre vehicle targeting young people and offering better driving performance, safety and environmental technologies than conventional compact cars. The ''ist'' has a lightweight body with an engine displacement of 1500 cc or 1300 cc, which is combined with a high-performance super ECT automatic transmission, Toyota said.

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Modified electric car makes 520-km Tokyo-Osaka run

A car converted from gasoline to electric power by a Tokyo Denki University team is parked outside Osaka's Expo Memorial Park on March 16 after bettering its own distance record, traveling 520 km from Tokyo to Osaka on a single charge. The team set its previous record of 460 km last July with the same vehicle extensively modified from a 1300 cc gasoline-powered car. The group installed 26 high-performance nickel-hydrogen batteries on the car for the Osaka run.

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Toyota's joint venture begins engine production

Hiroshi Okuda (2nd from R), president of Toyota Motor Corp., shakes hands with a Chinese official during a ceremony marking the start of engine production in Tianjin, China, on July 9. Tianjin Toyota Motor Engine Co., which the Japanese auto giant set up with Tianjin Automotive Industrial (Group) Co., will assemble 1300 cc gasoline engines developed for the Charade small passenger car assembled by Tianjin Automotive.

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Idling stop' drive helps cut fuel use, greenhouse gas

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s 1300 cc Vitz car equipped with its ''idling stop system'' is displayed at an international exhibition in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Toyota's new car inspired by horse-drawn carriage

NAGOYA, Jan. 17 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp. on Jan. 17 introduced its WiLL Vi passenger car, which has body styling reminiscent of horse-drawn carriages of yesteryear. The standard, two-wheel-drive model with an engine displacement of 1300 cc is priced at 1.3 million yen, Toyota said. The car's body incorporates grooved panels and a sharply angled rear window, which Toyota says evoke the image of a horse-drawn carriage.

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Modified electric car makes 520-km Tokyo-Osaka run

A car converted from gasoline to electric power by a Tokyo Denki University team is parked outside Osaka's Expo Memorial Park on March 16 after bettering its own distance record, traveling 520 km from Tokyo to Osaka on a single charge. The team set its previous record of 460 km last July with the same vehicle extensively modified from a 1300 cc gasoline-powered car. The group installed 26 high-performance nickel-hydrogen batteries on the car for the Osaka run. ==Kyodo

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Toyota's joint venture begins en

Hiroshi Okuda (2nd from R), president of Toyota Motor Corp., shakes hands with a Chinese official during a ceremony marking the start of engine production in Tianjin, China, on July 9. Tianjin Toyota Motor Engine Co., which the Japanese auto giant set up with Tianjin Automotive Industrial (Group) Co., will assemble 1300 cc gasoline engines developed for the Charade small passenger car assembled by Tianjin Automotive.