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Toyota Engineers Back on the Rally Circuit

Toyota Engineers Back on the Rally Circuit

Toyota R&D Rally Team Kicks-Off 2015 Season February 19, 2015 – Hot on the heels of President Akio Toyoda’s announcement that the automaker will be returning to the World Rally Championship (WRC), the Toyota Technical Center Rally Team (TTCRT) is racing headlong into the 2015 season, doubling their Rally-Amer ... Continue reading

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2015 Yaris and Tacoma Vehicles

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2015 Yaris and Tacoma Vehicles

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will conduct a safety recall of approximately 230 Model Year 2015 Yaris hatchbacks and approximately 20 Model Year 2015 Tacoma TRD Pro model pickup trucks. In the involved Yaris vehicles, the rear axle bearing bolts may not have been tightened sufficiently during veh ... Continue reading

Beat the Winter Blues with the New Toyota Hilux Invincible X

Beat the Winter Blues with the New Toyota Hilux Invincible X

New, top-of-the-range model for Toyota’s super-tough pick-up All the features of the Invincible plus multiple new styling options – all included in the vehicle price Four 17-inch alloy wheel designs and choice of either a hi-over bar or Style Pack Chrome side bars with or without steps and four leather seat u ... Continue reading

Supercars and Horsepower - Chicago Heats Up in February

Supercars and Horsepower - Chicago Heats Up in February

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau Chief The Auto Channel (DSC_0288) Single-digit temperatures are all too common in the Windy City Chicago during February. But cars are hot at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show with the biggest assemblage of supercars in the show’s history. A lineup of 25 supercars was showcas ... Continue reading

Toyota to Reveal New Avensis at the Geneva Auto Show

Toyota to Reveal New Avensis at the Geneva Auto Show

EPSOM, UK -- February 16, 2015: Toyota will reveal the new Avensis at the Geneva motor show (3 – 15 March), the latest development of its contender in the European mid-size (D-segment) car market. New Avensis has been styled at Toyota’s ED2 design studio in the South of France and developed by the company†... Continue reading

2015 Chicago Auto Show Highlights By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell

2015 Chicago Auto Show Highlights By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell

By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Steve: The Chicago Auto Show bills itself as the biggest in the country and based on two criteria they’re right. The show covers more square footage than any other show with well over a million square feet, and it draws more visitors than any other s ... Continue reading

2015 Car Review | Toyota Camry XSE V6 By Carey Russ

2015 Car Review | Toyota Camry XSE V6 By Carey Russ

2015 Car Review | Toyota Camry XSE V6 By Carey Russ ... Continue reading

Mission Accomplished: Robot Astronaut Kirobo Returns to Earth

Mission Accomplished: Robot Astronaut Kirobo Returns to Earth

Kirobo, a tiny talking robot, has made history for robotkind. After an impressive 18 months on board the International Space Station, humanoid communication robot Kirobo returned to Earth as a passenger on SpaceX’s CRS-5 Dragon cargo supply spacecraft, which successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean earlier ... Continue reading

2015 Chicago Auto Show - First Look in the 'Second City:' The Refreshed 2016 Toyota Avalon Premium Mid-Sized Sedan

2015 Chicago Auto Show - First Look in the 'Second City:' The Refreshed 2016 Toyota Avalon Premium Mid-Sized Sedan

Updated Styling Retuned Suspension for Enhanced Comfort New LED Headlights and Taillights Upgraded Convenience Features 2016 Camry and Corolla Special Editions Also Unveiled February 12, 2015 2016 Toyota Avalon reveal - Bill Fay CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2015 – Call it a trio of firsts in the Second City as the refreshed ... Continue reading

2015 Chicago Auto Show - 2016 Toyota Avalon Reveal

2015 Chicago Auto Show - 2016 Toyota Avalon Reveal

February 12, 2015 2015 Chicago Auto Show 2016 Toyta Avalon Reveal Press Conference Chicago February 12, 2015 Bill Fay, Toyota Group Vice President and General Manager First Look in the “Second City:” The Refreshed 2016 Toyota Avalon Premium Mid-Sized Sedan --- Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you ... Continue reading

Toyota, Nissan, and Honda to Jointly Support Hydrogen Station

Toyota, Nissan, and Honda to Jointly Support Hydrogen Station

Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. have agreed to work together to help accelerate the development of hydrogen station infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). Specific measures to be undertaken by the three manufacturers will be determined at a later date. For hydrogen-fue ... Continue reading

Toyota Offers Multiple Consumer Ride And Drive Opportunities At 2015 Chicago Auto Show

Toyota Offers Multiple Consumer Ride And Drive Opportunities At 2015 Chicago Auto Show

CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2015 -- Attendees of the Chicago Auto Show have come to expect a hands-on driving experience in a Toyota vehicle. This year, Toyota is raising the bar, offering two different consumer ride and drive opportunities – one indoor and one outdoor – for show visitors. The Scion Live Drive, by Toyo ... Continue reading

Mirai Drives Toyota to Fast Company's 'Most Innovative' List

Mirai Drives Toyota to Fast Company's 'Most Innovative' List

Toyota has been named one of world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2015 by Fast Company magazine, recognizing the company’s leadership in the development and introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. As Fast Company writes, “Toyota plans to do for fuel cells what its Prius did for hybrids: make the ... Continue reading

Toyota To Donate Winter Boots To Homeless Chicago Area Families

Toyota To Donate Winter Boots To Homeless Chicago Area Families

Toyota Walk In My Boots' Community Outreach Project Enriching Lives…One Step At A Time at The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth Lodge Held in conjunction with the Chicago Auto Show CHICAGO, Feb. 9, 2015 -- Homelessness is on the rise in the Chicago area, and city officials have identified poverty as the leading caus ... Continue reading

9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest "Start Your Imagination": Open for Entry

9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest "Start Your Imagination": Open for Entry

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is making a call for entries in the 9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing Corporation (TMSM) worked with Rotor Studios which produced the promotion video for the 9th contest. In this video, playful children let their imagination run free and visualize the car of ... Continue reading

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