Toyota to Exhibit 45 Vehicles at Auto Guangzhou 2009
Nov 16, 2009
Tokyo, Nov 13, 2009; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces it will display 45 concept and production vehicles, in separate Toyota and Lexus brand booths, at the 7th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition (also known as Auto Guangzhou 2009), to be held at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhi ... Continue reading
Nov 12, 2009
Platinum by name, silver in colour and probably worth its weight in gold, Toyota's top-of-the-range Aygo is big on driver appeal. But for all its bling connotations, it comes with a modest price tag. ... Continue reading
Toyota Prius Smoothes Into Abrasives Fleet
Nov 12, 2009
Sales managers working for one of the UK's leading distributors of abrasive discs and accessories have been upgraded to the latest Toyota Prius five-door hatchbacks. ... Continue reading
Toyota Announces Expanded Service Support for Independent Repair Facilities
Nov 5, 2009
TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 4 -- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) unveiled today valuable new service resources for the independent repair community at the annual Automotive Service and Repair Week, hosted by the Automotive Service Association. These new services, improve upon the Toyota/Lexus/Scion technical informat ... Continue reading
Toyota Pulls Out of Formula One Leaving No Japanese Team
Nov 4, 2009
TOKYO November 4, 2009; Alastair Himmer writing for Reuters reported that Toyota Motor withdrew from Formula One on Wednesday, leaving Japan without a team in motorsport's premier series. Company president Akio Toyoda apologized for the team's failure to record a single race victory since joining F1 in 2002 despite an ... Continue reading
Toyota Says It's Been Cleared in Floor Mat Cases
Nov 3, 2009
Washington DC November 3, 2009; The AIADA newslettert reported that Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its vehicles are not at risk of accelerating out of control unless the driver's side floor mat is improperly installed or is not meant for that vehicle. According to MSNBC, the auto maker said the conclusion is the result ... Continue reading
Nov 3, 2009
TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 3 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported October sales of 152,165 vehicles, a decrease of 3.5 percent from last October, on a daily selling rate basis. The Toyota Division posted October sales of 132,663 units, a decrease of 5.8 percent from the same period last year. The Lexus ... Continue reading
Subaru Legacy Outpoints Ford Fusion in Consumer Reports' Tests of All-Wheel-Drive Family Sedans
Nov 3, 2009
Toyota Camry and Mazda3 also perform well in CR's latest tests YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The redesigned Subaru Legacy outpointed the freshened Ford Fusion in Consumer Reports' latest tests of family sedans with all-wheel drive. Also included in the sedans test was the freshened Toyota Camry, whic ... Continue reading
Toyota's New U.S. Plan: Trim Trucks, Add Hybrids
Nov 2, 2009
Washington DC November 2, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that according to Automotive News, Toyota President Akio Toyoda is rewriting his U.S. playbook to revive battered sales and a tattered image. The new strategy: review and possibly trim the lineup of full-frame trucks; skip mid-cycle vehicle enhancements to f ... Continue reading
Nov 2, 2009
Letter Confirms No Defect Exists in Vehicles with Properly Installed Floor Mats TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 2 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it has begun mailing letters to owners of certain Toyota and Lexus models regarding the potential for an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat t ... Continue reading
Consumers Digest Magazine Names 2010 Automotive Best Buys
Nov 2, 2009
DEERFIELD, Ill., Nov. 2 -- Thirty-six vehicles and 12 companion models received Best Buy ratings from Consumers Digest out of some-240 total 2010 models. The ratings, published in CD's December issue (on sale November 1), span 10 categories: Small Cars, Family Cars, Luxury Cars, Sporty Cars, Pickups, Minivans, Compact ... Continue reading
Hybrid Buyers Guide - Specs and Prices
Nov 1, 2009
The trendiest vehicles on the road today are hybrids, cars and trucks powered by drive-trains that use both internal combustion engines and electric motors for propulsion. The two current strategies are "full hybrids", which can operate under internal combustion power only, electric power only, or a combination of the ... Continue reading
Toyota to Host Classic Car Festival in Tokyo
Oct 29, 2009
Tokyo, Oct 29, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that the Toyota Automobile Museum, a TMC-run cultural facility in Aichi Prefecture, will host a classic car festival at Meijijingu Gaien in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, on Saturday, November 28. The festival, called "Toyota Automobile Museum Classic ... Continue reading
Toyota Prius Named Japan Car of the Year
Oct 27, 2009
The new Toyota Prius has clinched its first major award, voted Japan Car of the Year by a panel of distinguished motoring journalists and industry experts at the Tokyo motor show. The accolade is a formal acknowledgement of the advances Toyota has made with the third generation Prius, which delivers more power yet even ... Continue reading
2010 Toyota Prius Review and Four Trim Comparison
Oct 26, 2009
2010 Toyota Prius - Four Model Comparison DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Toyota Prius Review A decade ago, it was hailed as the car of the future. Today, the Toyota Prius defines the gasoline-electric hybrid genre, and is the benchmark against which every other hybrid is compared. And if the majority of car ... Continue reading
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