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Toyota Announces Prices for 2010 Tundra Pickup and Sequoia Sport Utility Vehicle

Toyota Announces Prices for 2010 Tundra Pickup and Sequoia Sport Utility Vehicle

TORRANCE, Calif., April 23 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) for the 2010 Tundra full-size pickup truck and Sequoia full-size sport utility vehicle (SUV). Tundra Prices for the 2010 Tundra will range from $22,960 for the Regular Cab 4x2 standard bed ... Continue reading

Japan Auto Makers Output Down Again In March

Japan Auto Makers Output Down Again In March

TOKYO April 23, 2009; Tomoko A. Hosak writing for the AP reported that Japan's top automakers reported deep production declines in March as the unprecedented collapse in global demand maintained its painful grip on one of the country's key industries. Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest automaker, said its worldwid ... Continue reading

'LF-A' Prototype to Again Enter 24-hour Nurburgring Race

'LF-A' Prototype to Again Enter 24-hour Nurburgring Race

Tokyo, Apr 21, 2009; Lexus announces plans to again enter its "LF-A" premium two-seater sports car in the 24 Hours Nurburgring1 endurance race in Nurburg, Germany, from May 21 to 24, 2009. Based on a prototype of the LF-A being developed with an eye toward commercial release, the race vehicle, entering the Nurburg even ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Prices for 2010 Prius

Toyota Announces Prices for 2010 Prius

TORRANCE, Calif., April 21 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the all-new 2010 Prius midsize hybrid, scheduled to go on sale beginning in late May at Toyota dealers nationwide. The third-generation Prius will be available in one grade with a star ... Continue reading

Toyota to Show Infrastructure-linked Driving Safety Systems

Toyota to Show Infrastructure-linked Driving Safety Systems

Tokyo, Apr 17, 2009; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces it will demonstrate TMC-developed infrastructure-linked driving safety support systems1 at a public display2 of intelligent transport systems technologies sponsored by the Universal Traffic Management Society of Japan3 (UTMS Japan) in Toyota City, Aichi Pref ... Continue reading

2009 BMW X3; Mini Cooper S Clubman; Honda Insight and Other Thoughts in This Months Letter From Europe

2009 BMW X3; Mini Cooper S Clubman; Honda Insight and Other Thoughts in This Months Letter From Europe

Letter from Europe Andrew Frankl European Bureau ChiefThe Auto Channel You only discover the advantages of a solid automobile when you get hit. Luckily it took me a long time to find out the hard way and even more fortunately I was in BMW’s 2009 X3. The lady behind me was obviously distracted-and was the first to ... Continue reading

Who's Number One? It Could Be Volkswagen

Who's Number One? It Could Be Volkswagen

TOKYO/FRANKFURT Apr 17, 2009; Chang-Ran Kim and Christiaan Hetzner writing for Reuters reported that Volkswagen AG may have overtaken Toyota Motor Co to become the world's top-selling carmaker in the first quarter, thanks to government incentives that fueled demand in VW's major markets. Although overall VW deliveries ... Continue reading

China-made RAV4, Highlander to Debut in Shanghai

China-made RAV4, Highlander to Debut in Shanghai

Tokyo, Apr 15, 2009; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces plans to display approximately 50 production and concept vehicles, including the China-produced "RAV4" and "Highlander" SUVs-both being shown for the first time-at the 13th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, to be held at the Shanghai New ... Continue reading

Toyota To Show Highlander, RAV4 In Shanghai

Toyota To Show Highlander, RAV4 In Shanghai

Toyota to show Highlander, RAV4 in Shanghai http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1010043/Toyota-to-show-Highlander- RAV4- in-Shanghai.html Shanghai, April 16 (Gasgoo.com) To highlight its growing presence in the Chinese auto market, Toyota Motor will display the China-made versions of its Toyota Highlander and RAV4 SUV ... Continue reading

Toyota iQ Rewards Bridgestone Top Performers

Toyota iQ Rewards Bridgestone Top Performers

The benefits of the diminutive Toyota iQ are showing business appeal as Bridgestone Tyres UK are supplying Toyota iQs as a free courtesy car to reward excellent performance among their First Stop Dealers. ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Europe Announces Organisational Changes

Toyota Motor Europe Announces Organisational Changes

In line with the timing of Toyota Motor Corporation's (TMC) notice of planned executive changes, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has today announced the following executive organisational change: Thierry Dombreval will retire from his TME and TMC responsibilities at the close of the first Board of Directors' Meeting, held af ... Continue reading

2009 Toyota RAV4 Sport 4x4 Review

2009 Toyota RAV4 Sport 4x4 Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2009 Toyota RAV4 Sport 4x4 Back in 1996, when the Toyota RAV4 debuted as one of the earliest crossover SUVs, it was nicknamed "sport-cute". As opposed to a towering, imposing sport-ute. And with its small size, winsome looks in two- and four-door body styles, single-range 4-wheel d ... Continue reading

Toyota Remains Greenest Vehicle Manufacturer

Toyota Remains Greenest Vehicle Manufacturer

Toyota has retained its position as greenest vehicle manufacturer according to a study conducted by Business Car magazine. For the second year running, the top 20 fleet manufacturers were rated and ranked based on survey results and other research by Clean Green Cars (www.cleangreencars.co.uk) on the various attributes ... Continue reading

Former Toyota Exec Returning to Stop U.S. Profit Plunge

Former Toyota Exec Returning to Stop U.S. Profit Plunge

NEW YORK April 9, 2009; The AP reported that Toyota USA will bring back a former top executive from retirement, as the world's top automaker battles the sales downturn in its biggest market. Yoshi Inaba will return to a position at Toyota's U.S. operations, but his new role has not yet been identified, said Mike Michel ... Continue reading

2010 Toyota Prius Review - VIDEO ENHANCED

2010 Toyota Prius Review - VIDEO ENHANCED

2010 Toyota Prius — The Green Giant By Rex Roy 2010 Toyota Prius In the U.S. alone, Toyota has sold more than 670,000 Prius hybrid models. The car has become an icon of the environmental movement. We've just driven the all-new, third-generation Prius, and we believe that it will continue to be popular with the eco ... Continue reading

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