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A major innovation in the automotive world comes from Romania: production has begun on the world's first, mass-produced liquified petroleum gas (LPG) direct-injection engine. Signing off on this first is Horse Technologies, a company specializing in the development of low-emission propulsion systems, which was born out of a joint venture…

Toyota took a different approach to electrification than other automakers, and it’s paying off. The company has some EVs where it needs them, but perhaps more crucially, Toyota offers tons of great hybrids. Add in a good truck lineup in North America, and it’s easy to see how Toyota eclipsed…

Just like the trend toward SUVs in the United States throughout the 2000s, there’s another major shift happening that seems unstoppable. Automatic transmissions have become the standard in many markets, threatening the survival of manual transmission cars.

Toyota trucks have long had a reputation for longevity, but even that doesn’t quite prepare you for seeing a Tacoma with more than 620,000 miles and its original transmission still kicking. That’s what one Rhode Island salesman stumbled across at his dealership, and the internet couldn’t look away.