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It's Made Of Wood! Its An EV! It's The Toyota Setsuna

It's Made Of Wood! Its An EV! It's The Toyota Setsuna

Toyota to Debut the Setsuna Concept Car at Milan Design Week Toyota City, Japan, Mar, 04 2016 - (JCN Newswire) - Next month, Toyota will make a fittingly stylish first appearance at Milan Design Week(1) by debuting the Setsuna, an attractive new concept car made primarily of wood.The decision to use wood - a material t ... Continue reading

Future Look At EV Batteries

Future Look At EV Batteries

Special to The Auto Channel From: Dr. Brian Morin President & COO of Dreamweaver International •There are technologies that can take >50% of the cost out of manufacturing batteries. •If the Tesla Model 3 and Chevy Bolt can achieve volume, these technologies and others are sure to be implemented. •Once im ... Continue reading

Toyota Expanding Takata Air Bag Recall

Toyota Expanding Takata Air Bag Recall

Washington DC March 3, 2016; The AIADA newsletter reported that Toyota is expanding its recall of cars with faulty air bags manufactured by Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata by 198,000 vehicles, the company announced on Wednesday. According to The Detroit News , the new recalls will apply to 2008 editions of Toyo ... Continue reading

SUV Buyers Research 1997-2017 (Still The Best)

SUV Buyers Research 1997-2017 (Still The Best)

SUV Buyers Research 1997-2017 ... Continue reading

Toyota Reorders Worldwide Management Structure - Complete Details

Toyota Reorders Worldwide Management Structure - Complete Details

Toyota City, Japan, March 2, 2016―In keeping with its overarching goal of making ever-better cars by promoting the continued development of a talented workforce, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will make substantial changes to its structure in order to streamline work processes on a company-wide basis. The changes ... Continue reading

Toyota Canada Inc. Reports February Sales Results

Toyota Canada Inc. Reports February Sales Results

February sales record for TCI and TCI hybrids Fourteenth straight monthly record for TCI truck sales and seventeenth straight for Lexus TORONTO, March 1, 2016 - Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) sold 14,284 Toyota, Scion and Lexus vehicles in February, up 9.9% compared to 2015. It's a new February record, which follows a new Ja ... Continue reading

Toyota U.S. Auto Sales February 2016; 4.1 Percent Increase

Toyota U.S. Auto Sales February 2016; 4.1 Percent Increase

TORRANCE, Calif.—Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. today reported February 2016 sales of 189,852 vehicles, an increase of 5.2 percent from February 2015 on a volume basis. With the same number of selling days in February 2016 and 2015, sales were also up 5.2 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Toyota ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports 2016 Annual Brand Report Card - It Ain't The Money Honey

Consumer Reports 2016 Annual Brand Report Card - It Ain't The Money Honey

Audi, Subaru, Lexus, Subaru & Mazda Keep Pace with Luxury Brands, Porsche, BMW lead the pack April 2016 Cover [Hi-YONKERS, NY— Consumers don’t always have to spend top dollar to get a great car. The Consumer Reports 2016 Brand Report Card reveals mainstream brands like Subaruand Mazda can often deliver as muc ... Continue reading

2016 Toyota Highlander earns IIHS 2016 Top Safety Pick+ Award +VIDEO

2016 Toyota Highlander earns IIHS 2016 Top Safety Pick+ Award +VIDEO

ARLINGTON, Va.February 23, 2016; The 2016 Toyota Highlander earns a good rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's small overlap front test, improving from acceptable to clinch a 2016 Top Safety Pick+ award. Last year's model was also a Top Safety Pick+, but the criteria for the award were tightened for 20 ... Continue reading

Marty's Marketing Musings© - Too Many Small Crossovers Means DUELING DOPPELGANGERS!

Marty's Marketing Musings© - Too Many Small Crossovers Means DUELING DOPPELGANGERS!

by Marty Bernstein Senior Editor at Large The Auto Channel Detroit January 31, 2016; Of all the manufacturers at the recently concluded Detroit Show the one ubiquitous link was the small crossover. It was in almost every booth and it is hot, hot. Year-end sales from 2015 show a dynamic surge in the sales of the mini-mo ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2016 Toyota Prius Review by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

First Drive: 2016 Toyota Prius Review by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor THE HAGUE - February 25, 2016: Until last November I would never have guessed that I a Toyota Prius would ever be called a dynamic car. Never say never, a saying that now refers to the Prius. When the California test route of our first drive event lead us from Laguna Niguel to El ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports' 2016 Top Car and Truck Picks

Consumer Reports' 2016 Top Car and Truck Picks

Ford F-150 named top pickup truck for first time in 17 years YONKERS, NY — Seven new vehicles made Consumer Reports’ 2016 Annual Top Picks list—the Mazda MX-5 Miata, Kia Sorento, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Camry, Lexus RX, Honda Fit, and Ford F-150¬—in each of their respective categories. The redesign ... Continue reading

Toyota Camry Drivers Dominate NASCAR Biggest Event 2016 Daytona 500

Toyota Camry Drivers Dominate NASCAR Biggest Event 2016 Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin Captures Toyota's First Daytona 500 Victory DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 22, 2016) – Camry driver Denny Hamlin won NASCAR’s biggest race – the Daytona 500 – when he finished first in Sunday’s 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season-opener at Daytona International Speedway. Hamlin ... Continue reading

Toyota Recalls Certain RAV4 and RAV4 EV Vehicles

Toyota Recalls Certain RAV4 and RAV4 EV Vehicles

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2016 – Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. today announced that it is conducting a safety recall of approximately 1,124,000 Model Year 2006-2012 RAV4 and Model Year 2012-2014 RAV4 EV vehicles. The involved vehicles are equipped with lap-shoulder seatbelts in both second-row outboard seats. The ... Continue reading

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