Toyota: August 29 will attempt the record for electric cars at the Nürburgring

Toyota Motorsport has today launched, in the middle of summer, a surprise announcement: the branch of the sport Nissan, which is based in Cologne, announced Aug. 29 that the next attempt to break the current lap record at Nurburgring with regard to the category of electric cars. Today, the primacy belongs to the Peugeot EX1: The French prototype scored at the end of April, a 9'01 "338, which according to the ads of Toyota will be passed with relative ease.

Toyota: No sub-brand for the Prius

Toyota denies rumors officially related to the will of the manufacturer to create a sub-brand for the Prius: U.S. marketing director for advanced technology vehicles, Ed Larocque, held that the Prius is too important a name for the image of Toyota and the house can not afford to opt out. Larocque has also specified that the model remains the third most popular vehicle of Nissan North American market: a factor that makes it, in fact, a pillar business of the Japanese manufacturer.