IIHS Highest 2014 Top Safety Pick Award Earned By Twenty-Two Vehicles +VIDEO
Dec 19, 2013
ARLINGTON, Va. â Twenty-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's highest safety award for 2014, Top Safety Pick+, thanks to a high level of protection in crashes and the availability of front crash prevention technology to avoid many collisions in the first place. An additional 17 earn Top Sa ... Continue reading
Toyota Embraces Changing Face of U.S. Market
Dec 18, 2013
Walk into any dealership in the United States today, and you will notice the vast diversity of customers shopping for vehicles. In the changing marketplace, the multicultural customer is the new mainstream. In fact, according to US Census data, 88 percent of all future population growth will be from multicultural consu ... Continue reading
Consumer Reports Names Toyota Prius Best New-Car Value For Second Year In A Row
Dec 18, 2013
Nissan Armada ranked lowest overall in CR's annual Best- & Worst-Value Ranking Consumer Reports finds the Toyota Prius to be the best overall value for the automotive dollar and the Nissan Armada the worst in its annual Best New-Car Value analysis. This is the second straight year that the Prius has topped CR's best-va ... Continue reading
Toyota's Bodyshop Champions Rewarded With Japan Trip
Dec 18, 2013
Worldwide Toyota invests in the skills of its people through its training and career development programmes, and with competitions that encourage and reward excellence ... Continue reading
Auris Hybrid The Right Choice For GMB Union's "Buy British" Fleet Focus
Dec 16, 2013
When GMB, Britain's third largest trade union, looked to sign a new vehicle fleet deal, "buying British" was a top consideration. ... Continue reading
Tri-State Toyota Dealers and partners donate more than 70,000 pounds of food
Dec 12, 2013
How much food can you fit in the bed of a Toyota Tundra? How many Tundras does it take to deliver 70,000 meals? We're about to find out at noon this Friday, thanks to the Tri-State Toyota Dealers' annual "Toyota Tundra Food Drive" for Philabundance, the region's largest hunger relief organization. ... Continue reading
Dec 11, 2013
Toyota has confirmed Holden's decision to end local production will put "unprecedented pressure on the local supplier network and our ability to build cars in Australia." The company stopped short of saying they would follow in the footsteps of Ford and Holden but acknowledged "We will now work with our suppliers, key ... Continue reading
Now That's What I Call Quality: Toyota Takes 15 Top 10 Places In New TÜV Reliability Report
Dec 10, 2013
Toyota proves it's no seasonal one-hit wonder with yet another dominant performance in the annual TÜV reliability report. ... Continue reading
Lexus Love, BMW Boasting and An Almost Perfect Prius In This Month's Letter from Europe
Dec 8, 2013
By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel This letter in the making for quite a while. Partly because I have very tied up with my newly released book, which I pleased to say is selling very well. Having printed 499 copies I am down to the last 100 and it was only published at the beginning of November. Bu ... Continue reading
Tanner Hulette, General Manager of Mechanicsville Toyota, Named Autobytel Dealer of the Month
Dec 6, 2013
Autobytel Inc. , the company dedicated to connecting automotive consumers with dealers, has named Tanner Hulette, General Manager of Mechanicsville Toyota in Mechanicsville, Virginia, the Autobytel Dealer of the Month for October 2013. âAn Internet lead is a hand raiser and you want to respond to them in a way tha ... Continue reading
Toyota Licenses WiTricity Patent Portfolio for Wireless Power
Dec 6, 2013
WiTricity, the industry pioneer in highly resonant wireless power transfer over distance, today announced an intellectual property license agreement with the worldâs top-selling carmaker, Toyota Motor Corporation. âWiTricityâs mission is to make wireless charging available as widely as possible, and this ... Continue reading
Dec 5, 2013
WHAT: Toyota invites SWAC Championship fans and local media to an exclusive tasting of eco-friendly delights during the Toyota Green Initiative Healthy Tailgate hosted by actor and Toyota Green Coalition Member Lance Gross. The Toyota Green Initiative (TGI) is an environmental stewardship platform that tours select His ... Continue reading
Toyota Canada sets annual record for truck sales
Dec 4, 2013
TCI's total November sales up by 7.4% versus 2012 Best-ever November for sales of Lexus vehicles - With one month of 2013 still remaining, Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) has established a new annual record for truck sales. After a November record of 7,906 trucks sold, the total for the year reached 86,057, breaking the previ ... Continue reading
Dec 3, 2013
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported November 2013 sales results of 178,044 units, an increase of 5.9 percent over November 2012 on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. On a raw-volume basis, unadjusted for 26 selling days in November 2013 versus 25 selling days in November 2012, TMS sales increased 10.1 ... Continue reading
Lacks Chromtec Technology on 2014 Toyota Highlander SUV
Dec 3, 2013
Lacks Wheel Trim Systems LLC, a business unit of Lacks Enterprises, Inc., announced today that all-new Chromtec aluminum wheels and matching chrome roof rack rails are featured on the 2014 Toyota Highlander mid-size SUV truck. These wheels are a highly engineered, lightweight, composite wheel technology that creates an ... Continue reading
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