Toyota Decides To Add Turbocharging And Direct Injection Into Line Up

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to introduce 11 new or redesigned hybrid vehicles by 2012, but the carmaker is hardly neglecting the humble internal combustion engine.

Takeshi Uchiyamada, executive vice president in charge of r&d, also wants to increase the fleet's fuel efficiency by putting turbochargers and direct fuel injection in smaller vehicles. "In the next five years, the general trend is downsizing of engines and the use of turbochargers," Uchiyamada said in an interview. "Another development will be direct fuel injection."

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Whelan - 11/23/2010 11:01:43 AM

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"Toyota Decides to RE-Introduce Turbocharging..." There! fixed it for ya. Now just dump some DI and TC love into the next Matrix freshen up, keep the AWD platform and throw in a 6 speed manual all for under 30k. Sold!

Agent009 - 11/23/2010 11:46:21 AM

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Welcome to 2005.....

B7FAN - 11/24/2010 8:58:03 AM

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it was re introduced after Hyundai started doing it. They used to offer the TRD solara back in 2000 with the turbo charger I remember clearly they had a red and a white TRD solara on the lot when I bought mine. they were $34,000 sticker price but it was a dealer add on it didnt come from the factory like that

mpls - 11/23/2010 1:58:42 PM

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No, Mitsubishi in 1996...

KeyserSoze - 11/23/2010 2:16:03 PM

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Supra two stage turbo

KeyserSoze - 11/23/2010 2:16:18 PM

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Supra twin turbo!

Agent009 - 11/23/2010 3:56:14 PM

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Maybe more like corolla 1.2 liter turbo

KeyserSoze - 11/23/2010 2:17:11 PM

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Sorry for double post

thetruth01 - 11/23/2010 4:09:34 PM

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Toyota has been using DI and turbos for years.

ceric - 11/24/2010 12:16:50 AM

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Turbo, I know.
DI? When?
I don't know Toyota has any DI engine. Do you?

thetruth01 - 11/24/2010 1:12:47 PM

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Yeah in Europe and Japan for at least a decade on Toyota products, check TTAC for a listing on this same topic. In US on Lexus (IS, GS, LS) since 2007ish. As an across the board engine technology, it has still been rather expensive for the incremental performance and FE gains. I guess cost is likely coming down significantly now, if even Hyundai can affordably use it. Point is, this is being heralded as Toyota finally embracing, in fact lagging the industry on this, which is just not true. It is merely Toyota stating that they will be increasing movement in this, as all mfrs are, and not really news.

800over - 11/24/2010 1:20:40 PM

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2001 Toyota Avensis....direct injection. Plus other japanese only cars and I think a GS model too.

uaw_lax - 11/24/2010 3:38:05 AM

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Toyota is not known for performance but just maybe..........

uaw_lax - 11/24/2010 9:18:55 AM

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I keep asking myself (after I make these comments) why are there so many biased people here?

800over - 11/24/2010 1:12:14 PM

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Kettle, meet pot.

truckman - 11/24/2010 4:25:07 AM

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Good news, Although Toyota is still behind Ford, Hyundai and Chevy with the direct injection.