Mazda and Panasonic Energy announced today that they have they have agreed to enter into discussions on establishing a medium- to long-term partnership to meet demand for battery EVs and automotive batteries in a rapidly expanding market. Panasonic Energy and Mazda will begin concrete discussions with a view toward Panasonic Energy supplying Mazda with automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries manufactured at Panasonic Energy's plants in Japan and North America, and Mazda installing batteries

In 2020, it was reported that VW will drop the VW Passat sedan and the coupe-like VW Arteon from its line-up. The news about the Passat has come to pass and VW brand CEO Thomas Schäfer confirmed yesterday that the Arteon will not be replaced. Speaking at the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany yesterday to announce the global “ACCELERATE FORWARD | Road to 6.5” program to achieve greater efficiency and higher profits at lower cost, Schäfer said: “The program is the number one priority fo

It looks like the A90 Toyota GR Supra is a far more successful, much better received product by enthusiast drivers than its non-identical twin the BMW Z4. Of course, differences in body style – coupe vs convertible - as well as the additional premium that BMW charges for what is essentially the same car underneath, is also a factor but the gap in price is not that big. In the US, the biggest market for both cars, the Toyota GR Supra is priced from USD 43,990 (2.0-litre B48 4-cylinder), while the

Toyota has truly perfected the art of hot hatches with the Toyota GR Yaris but according to a recent scoop, the Japanese carmaker will be following that up with a Corolla hot hatch. This will be the first time the Corolla nameplate will be given a proper performance variant. That’s right, the humble Corolla is expected to be the fourth Gazoo Racing model. According to a report by Japanese media, Toyota is looking to push more power from one of the world’s most powerful 3-cylinder engines, report

Mag X, a Japanese publication has reported that a manual gearbox is “under preparation” for the A90 Toyota Supra. The manual gearbox is expected to make the infamous coupe even more engaging to drive. There are yet to be any specifics on the manual gearbox. Currently the A90 Toyota Supra utilises the 8-speed automatic transmission with shift paddles. Earlier this year, Toyota had already introduced a 4-cylinder turbo B48 base variant of the Toyota Supra alongside the B58 turbo 6-cylinder variant

UMW Toyota Motor just released a teaser video of the Toyota GR Supra, hinting that there might be a power hike. In the 10-second video, there is a stopwatch counting that ends in 4.10 seconds, with the caption, "Every second counts." You can watch the video below. As if the GR Supra needed any more horsepower. The current model's 3.0 straight six is rated at 340 PS and 500 Nm. Elsewhere, the Supra has been given an upgrade that bumps up its power to 387 PS (torque is maintained at 500 Nm), and s