It is almost the end of the year and typically the best time of year to be shopping for a new car. Car dealers would like to move inventory to close their yearly sales books on a positive note before the year-end.

The sporty Matrix marches to the beat of a different Vibe

The good news for fans of roomy, practical transportation is that a new Highlander is arriving. The really great news is that it’s available in a more appealing wrapper and sings a sweeter song under the hood.

“Just since May we have about doubled our new and used car sales”, says Scott Zolnowski, New and Used Car Sales Manager for the newly acquired Earnhardt Toyota at Superstition Springs. And with that this week Earnhardt Toyota at Superstition Springs officially put out the welcome mat.

Toyota’s passion for pickups is readily apparent with the upcoming release of the 2007 Tundra. From nose to tailgate and every square inch in between, this truck appears ready to mount a serious challenge to Ford, Chevy and Dodge supremacy.

With a familiar name and throwback looks, the Toyota FJ Cruiser is set to embark on the same well-worn trail pioneered by its predecessor more than 45 years ago.

Over the years, the compact little runabout that established and defined the car-based sport-utility-vehicle segment had become one of the smaller commuters in its class and one of the few that did not offer a six cylinder engine as an option.

Could the Yaris be exactly the right car at the right time?Toyota certainly thinks so and will introduce its newest sub-compact fuel miser next spring to what it hopes will be an onslaught of customers eager to curb their gas-consumption habits in the face of steadily mounting energy bills.

Hybrid, meet horsepower. Simply put by Barry Kendall, sales consultant for Liberty Toyota in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this four-door, seven-passenger sport-utility vehicle, “...gives you V-8 power with four-cylinder gas mileage.”

TOKYO - With video games, baby strollers and manicure kits to welcome visitors, dealers at a Toyota showroom in suburban Tokyo are working to convince buyers that today’s models have nothing to do with their parents’ boring old cars.

When cars undergo a complete restyling, as Toyota's new Avalon has, the result can be a boon or a bane. Luckily, the designers at Toyota have done an admirable job with this third-generation flagship sedan, creating a stylish design that is subtle and aggressive at the same time.