Kelley Blue Book: Toyota Residuals Increases Along with Rise in Industry
Mar 22, 2010
Market Intelligence Data Shows Toyota Brand Consideration Rebounds Higher Than Pre-Recall Levels IRVINE, Calif., March 22 -- According to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com Kelley Blue Book® Values data to be published in the company's May/June Residual Value Guide shows that the average year-over-year change in 36-month re ... Continue reading
Feds: Human Error Caused Prius Crash
Mar 21, 2010
According to The Detroit News, federal investigators say last week's highly publicized accident involving a suspected runaway Toyota Prius in New York was caused by human error, not bad brakes. "Information retrieved from the vehicle's onboard computer systems indicated there was no application of the brakes and the th ... Continue reading
U.S. Says Driver Error Possible in NY Prius Crash
Mar 18, 2010
WASHINGTON - March 18, 2010: Reuters is reporting that U.S. safety officials believe driver error may be behind the crash in New York of a Toyota Prius that has been investigated as a possible case of unintended acceleration. Federal investigators made the report available today, Thursday. According to the report, the ... Continue reading
Black Is Back: Toyota Releases New Top-Of-The-Range Aygo
Mar 18, 2010
Order books have opened for Aygo Black, a new version of Toyota's friendly and frugal city car ... Continue reading
Toyota On Course With Recall Programme
Mar 16, 2010
Just one month on from the launch of Toyota's accelerator recall campaign, work has been completed on more than half - 90,000-plus - of the cars that have been identified as requiring attention. ... Continue reading
NUMMI, UAW Reach Tentative Shutdown Agreement
Mar 16, 2010
FREMONT, Calif.--NUMMI announced that the United Auto Workers and NUMMI have come to a tentative shutdown agreement including a retention package which is subject to a ratification vote of the bargaining unit team members. No details about the agreement will be publicly discussed until the Union has had the opportunity ... Continue reading
Mar 15, 2010
Toyota Engineers Conclude Two Days of Investigation; Driver's Account Of Event Inconsistent With Initial Findings SAN DIEGO, March 15 -- At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on March 10 and 11 ... Continue reading
Hyundai Owner Loyalty Speeds Past Honda, Replaces Toyota to Take No. 1 Spot, According to One Study
Mar 15, 2010
Hyundai Values Outperform Segment; Sonata Recently Breaks into Top 10 Most-Researched New Vehicles List IRVINE, Calif., March 15 -- According to the latest Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com Market Intelligence data, brand loyalty for Hyundai recently surpassed that of Honda and Toyota, leading Hyundai's brand loyalty to the ... Continue reading
Establishment of CHAdeMO Association in Japan to Promote Electric Vehicles
Mar 15, 2010
CHAdeMO is a trade name of quick charging method that this Association is proposing globally as an industry standard. "CHAdeMO" is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving", and is a pun for "O cha demo ikaga desuka" in Japanese, meaning "Let's have a tea while charging" in English. ... Continue reading
Is James Sikes and His Prius the Latest "Balloon Boy" Story?
Mar 14, 2010
By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Last Tuesday, just one day after Toyota staged a live video demonstration that utterly destroyed the ridiculous tests conducted by Sean Kane and Professor Gilbert; we were all treated to the latest Toyota SUA (sudden unintended acceleration) story. This one involved a ... Continue reading
New Study: Toyota Customers Remain Loyal Despite Recalls
Mar 13, 2010
New survey reveals consumer attitudes and perceptions about carmaker FINDLAY, Ohio, March 12 -- The current Toyota recalls have had massive effects on the automaker's sales but the issues have had less of an impact on current Toyota customers than owners of other auto brands, according to a recent survey conducted by C ... Continue reading
Toyota Sales Incentives and Discounts Boost Retail Sales
Mar 12, 2010
DETROIT/WASHINGTON March Kevin Krolicki and John Crawley(Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures. Toyota's U.S. sales surged by nearly 50 percent in the first eight days of March comp ... Continue reading
Rukus by Name, Ruckus by Nature
Mar 11, 2010
Toyota Australia today announced it will launch an all-new model for Australia, to be known as "Rukus", before the middle of the year. ... Continue reading
Toyota Manufacturing UK Employees To Return To Full-Time Working
Mar 10, 2010
Toyota Manufacturing UK has announced that its employees at Burnaston, Derbyshire & Deeside, North Wales will return to full time working from April 1st 2010. ... Continue reading
Toyota Responds to Inaccurate Reports of Future Prius Recall for Floormat Entrapment
Mar 10, 2010
TORRANCE, CA - March 10, 2010: Media reports, citing a Wall Street Journal article, have incorrectly reported that Toyota plans to announce a new recall for the 2004-2009 Prius to address the potential risk for floor mat entrapment of accelerator pedals. There is no new recall being planned for the Prius to address thi ... Continue reading
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