Larry P. Vellequette

Subaru's redesigned 2024 Impreza will be exclusively hatchback in Canada and the U.S., starting next spring, when the brand will also bring back the Impreza RS hot hatch trim level with a more powerful engine. The 2024 Impreza was revealed Thursday at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

The Toyota Crown, the brand's new lifted, fastback-shaped sedan replaces the Avalon in the automaker's lineup and arrives for the 2023 model year.

The engine change will not impact Highlander's fuel efficiency, but will result in an estimated 50-per-cent reduction in nitrogen oxides emissions and improved carbon dioxide emissions.

Volkswagen of America detailed its pricing for the 2023 ID4 electric compact crossover, equipping the base model with a smaller 62-kilowatt-hour battery that gives it a range of just over 200 miles — or 330 kilometres.

The 2023 Toyota Crown, built in Japan, will feature a hybrid powertrain and replace the large Avalon sedan in the brand's Canadian lineup.

The moves are part of a number of executive changes being made at Toyota Motor North America.

Cabin Awareness, developed by Toyota subsidiary Toyota Connected, uses advanced radar capable of detecting micromovements to ensure that passengers or pets aren't left unattended in a vehicle. The concept is being tested with an autonomous driving company.

The 2023 Lexus UX, the brand's smallest crossover, will go on sale this summer featuring the new Lexus Interface infotainment system.

Invisible AI has developed a sophisticated motion capture device that Toyota will begin using on a widespread basis across its plants to improve quality and safety and increase efficiency.

The automaker's research arm has identified nine new studies it will conduct over the next five years to improve automotive safety.

Lexus' first BEV appears similar in size to the bZ4X, the Toyota brand's first EV designed from the ground up.

The 2023 Toyota bZ4X electric crossover will go on sale this spring at Canadian dealerships with perhaps one of the most quizzical nameplates since the ill-fated Merkur XR4Ti.

Toyota’s next-gen rally racer features a manual-only transmission as well as a powertrain that allows the driver a choice of front/rear power distribution biases — 60-40, 50-50 or 70-30 — to best suit driving conditions.

A standard hybrid powertrain, vastly improved towing capability and refined interior creature comforts and technology should allow the redesigned 2023 Sequoia to make inroads into a segment dominated by domestic automakers.

A sneak peek posted to Toyota's media website shows that the Sequoia large SUV will be upscaled to fill in some white space left by the end of the Land Cruiser.