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Toyota's Abbas Saadat: Verbal Testimony to House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade

Toyota's Abbas Saadat: Verbal Testimony to House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade

Verbal Testimony of Abbas Saadat Regional Product Safety Executive,Toyota North America, and Vice President, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc. House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade Dec. 3, 2014 Chairman Terry, Ranking Member Schakowsky, members of ... Continue reading

Toyota Seeks Independent, Industry-Wide Joint Testing Initiative for Takata Airbag Inflators

Toyota Seeks Independent, Industry-Wide Joint Testing Initiative for Takata Airbag Inflators

Company invites other automakers to join, and Takata to support, an independent expert testing initiative to expedite customer solutions related to airbag inflators TORRANCE, CA -- Dec 2, 2014: Toyota today called for a coordinated industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators that have b ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Pricing for Refreshed and Renewed 2015 Prius c

Toyota Announces Pricing for Refreshed and Renewed 2015 Prius c

Aggressive, Sportier Look With LED Headlights and Newly Designed Taillights Upgraded Interiors and Available Technology Features New Eye-catching Exterior Colors TORRANCE, CA -- December 03, 2014: The 2015 Toyota Prius c (c for city) rings in the new year with an aggressive, sportier look, upgraded interior features an ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Sales Reports 3 Percent November Increase

Toyota Motor Sales Reports 3 Percent November Increase

Toyota Division #1 Retail Brand Lexus posts best-ever November sales Light Trucks and SUVs set November records December 02, 2014 TORRANCE, Calif. (Dec. 2, 2014) – Toyota, Scion and Lexus today reported total November 2014 sales results of 183,346 units, an increase of three percent over November 2013 on an unadju ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Recall of Certain Model Year 2015 Sienna Minivans for 2nd Row Overhead Grips

Toyota Announces Recall of Certain Model Year 2015 Sienna Minivans for 2nd Row Overhead Grips

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced plans to conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 25,500 Model Year 2015 Sienna Minivans. Approximately 30,000 Sienna vehicles are involved worldwide; including approximately 2,000 in Canada; 1,600 in Mexico; 130 in Korea and 18 vehicles in Germany. The involv ... Continue reading

Toyota Reveals Next-Generation Integrated Safety Technology

Toyota Reveals Next-Generation Integrated Safety Technology

Vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communications for safer manoeuvres and hazard alerts Vehicle-to-vehicle communications for smarter, safer and more efficient cruise control driving Better night-time illumination with new adaptive LED headlight arrays New technologies to be rolled out from 2015, togethe ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion Energi and Toyota Highlander Hybrid Named Green Fleet Car and Truck of the Year

Ford Fusion Energi and Toyota Highlander Hybrid Named Green Fleet Car and Truck of the Year

Bobit Business Media today named the Ford Fusion Energi and the Toyota Highlander Hybrid winners of the Green Fleet Car and Truck of the Year awards, respectively, live from the LA Auto Show®. These awards recognize the most environmentally-friendly cars and trucks for fleet use and emphasize the auto industry's expan ... Continue reading

Toyota's Enhanced Intelligent Clearance Sonar (ICS) Helps Drivers Park Without Bumping

Toyota's Enhanced Intelligent Clearance Sonar (ICS) Helps Drivers Park Without Bumping

Imagine how much easier life would be if your car realised when you’re about to reverse into a high kerb and could intervene to prevent a costly scrape? Or if you could make your car transparent, so you have a complete view of your surroundings when edging back into a parking space? Toyota is ready to help with cl ... Continue reading

2015 Toyota Prius c --Highest Fuel Economy of Any Vehicle Without a Plug

2015 Toyota Prius c --Highest Fuel Economy of Any Vehicle Without a Plug

53 MPG City / 50 MPG Combined in Toyota’s Most Affordable Hybrid Distinctive Youthful Design Appeals to All Ages Aggressive, Sportier Look With LED Headlights and Newly Designed Taillights Upgraded Interiors and Available Technology Features Sized Like A Subcompact Outside, a Larger Compact Inside Available With T ... Continue reading

SpongeBob Out of the Water Gets its Own Toyota Sienna Concept Car

SpongeBob Out of the Water Gets its Own Toyota Sienna Concept Car

Three-Dimensional SpongeBob Concept Car to Take Families on an All-Wheel Drive Adventure Promotional Tour Leading Up to Feature Film’s Feb. 6, 2015 Premiere NEW YORK – Nov. 18, 2014 – Nickelodeon and Toyota have partnered to transform everyone’s porous pal into a new 3-D concept car based on Paramou ... Continue reading

Toyota Ushers in the Future with the Mirai Fuel Cell Car

Toyota Ushers in the Future with the Mirai Fuel Cell Car

Toyota will launch its all-new Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan1 on 15 December, before introducing it in the UK and other selected European markets in September 2015. Mirai - the name means future in Japanese - signals the start of a new age of vehicles. It uses hydrogen, an important future energy source, to ... Continue reading

Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz - Connected Buyers Want Connected Cars

Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz - Connected Buyers Want Connected Cars

When I was a teenager, “connectivity” in a car meant four tires with good tread…a radio with tuning knobs to find my favorite rock stations…and holding my then-girlfriend Barb’s hand on our dates. Today, connectivity is a little different. My Prius with Entune lets me buy movie tickets…it ... Continue reading

2015 Toyota Sienna Inspired by the SpongeBob Movie - Now If Toyota Can Get Moms To Want a MiniVan

2015 Toyota Sienna Inspired by the SpongeBob Movie - Now If Toyota Can Get Moms To Want a MiniVan

NEW YORK – Nov. 18, 2014 – Nickelodeon and Toyota have partnered to transform everyone’s porous pal into a new 3-D concept car based on Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ upcoming film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The SpongeBob Movie 2015 Toyota Sienna features a custom three-d ... Continue reading

The Toyota Mirai Brings the Future to Your Driveway

The Toyota Mirai Brings the Future to Your Driveway

Fuel cell electric sedan marks turning point for zero-emission vehicles Range and refuel time compete with traditional internal combustion engines World-class, 360 Degree Ownership Experience Available for sale or lease in California beginning fall 2015 TORRANCE, CA -- November 18, 2014: For the second time in a genera ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2014 TOYOTA VENZA REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2014 TOYOTA VENZA REVIEW

2014 Toyota Venza with the 268-horsepower 3.5-liter DOHC V6 engine with Dual VVT-i paired to a six-speed automatic transmission and optional all-wheel drive. Available in the base LE, mid-level XLE and loaded Limited trim, my Limited test drive came with the following standard equipment: leather upholstery; eight-way p ... Continue reading

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