Toyota has cooked up a lineup of six tuned cars for SEMA this year, in addition to what we’ve already seen.
Toyota has cooked up a lineup of six tuned cars for SEMA this year, in addition to what we’ve already seen.
The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada has announced the winners of their 2011 Canadian Car of the Year Awards.
A Toyota “Swagger Wagon Supreme”, based on the Sienna, will be making its debut at SEMA.
The poor guys over at Toyota just can’t stop the recalls. They’re now recalled 600,000 Toyota Siennas, model year 1998 – 2010, due to corrosion problems on the spare tire cables.
Continuing with Car of the Year nominees, here’s the second part. Family Car of the Year and Cheap Car of the Year are here.
Family Car of the Year
This is where we choose the ideal car for people with big families. Lots of space is an absolute must.
Fiat Doblo: Looks great, seats plenty of people, and it’s quite economical as well.
Toyota Sienna: The looks are a bit iffy in some places, but it promises sporty handling with a comfortable ride, great interior, and plenty of room.
Volvo XC60: A good looking car with a great, spacious interior. Very safe as well.
Vauxhall/Opel Insignia Sports Tourer: New Vauxhalls/Opels have said good bye to their old, conservative, ugly ancestors and buried them in the middle of nowhere. As a result they now make good cars and this good looking estate Insignia is one of them
Dacia Duster: A funky looking car with plenty of space, promising a low price tag.
Citroen C3 Picasso: Funky Citroen looks, with plenty of practicality and a reasonable price.
Cheap Car of the Year
These are cars for those of us who don’t want to, or simply can’t, spend too much money. Price range we set is $25,000 CAD and under.
Renault Twingo: A nice looking car with good handling and interior. Comes in a fantastic Renaultsport trim too.
Ford Fiesta: Ford has launched the new Fiesta hatch in 2008 in Europe but not in North America so we actually found an excuse to nominate it as it is a very, very good supermini.
Volkswagen Polo: This small, German hatchback has actually won the European Car of the Year Award, but that’s not important, as now it faces the most important test ever: Will it be our Cheap Car of the Year?
Toyota has released a new Sienna at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
It’s taking a bit of an interesting approach compared to other minivans. It looks a bit sporty, albeit ugly at the front end, especially if you go for the SE trim, which I’ll go into further detail about a bit later.