News By Topic: Lexus

March 2016 Toyota Motor Company U.S. Sales - Toyota, Lexus, Scion

Apr 1, 2016

TMS, Toyota, and Lexus divisions set March sales record in light trucks RAV4 up over 15 percent Lexus LUV sales up 9.5 percent March 2016 Sales Complete Chart TORRANCE, Calif. (April 1, 2016) – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported March 2016 sales of 219,842 units, a decrease of 2.7 percent from ... Continue reading

First-ever IIHS New Car Headlight Ratings - Most Need Improvement

Mar 30, 2016

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Toyota Prius v is the only midsize car out of 31 evaluated to earn a good rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's first-ever headlight ratings.The best available headlights on 11 cars earn an acceptable rating, while nine only reach a marginal rating. Ten of the vehicles can't b ... Continue reading

New-Car Sales To Jump 8 Percent In March 2016

Mar 28, 2016

IRVINE, Calif., March 28, 2016 -- New-vehicle sales are expected to increase 8 percent year-over-year to a total of 1.66 million units in March 2016, resulting in an estimated 17.2 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), according to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the vehicle valuation and information source tru ... Continue reading

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Announces New Leadership

Mar 23, 2016

WASHINGTON—The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), an industry association which comprises Japan’s fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, announced the promotion of Manny Manriquez to General Director effective April 1. Manriquez joined JAMA in 2013 a ... Continue reading

Lexus and Toyota Will Make Automated Braking Standard on Nearly Every Model and Trim Level by End of 2017

Mar 21, 2016

NEW YORK—Advanced automatic safety technology that was once available on only the most expensive new vehicles is about to be included as standard equipment on almost every Lexus and Toyota model and trim level in the United States. Announced today at the New York Auto Show, Toyota will begin to include the Lexus S ... Continue reading

Most And Least Expensive Places In USA To Own a Car

Mar 21, 2016

LOS ANGELES, March 21, 2016 -- There's a $7,216 cost difference between owning a car in Michigan and New Hampshire, finds a new study from personal finance website GOBankingRates.com. The study considered the costs of six key factors affecting the expenses of owning a vehicle in all 50 U.S. states and the District of C ... Continue reading

2016 World Car of the Year - Top Three Finalists In Five Categories Revealed in Geneva

Mar 9, 2016

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel GENEVA, Switzerland. March 2, 2016. During a press conference at the Geneva Auto Show on Tuesday, the top three finalists have been announced in five categories. The winners of the 2016 World Car of the Year, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car, World Green Ca ... Continue reading

Lexus Aims to Impress in Georgia as Atlanta International Auto Show Opens

Mar 8, 2016

ATLANTA, March 7, 2016 -- Fresh off its worldwide debut in Detroit, the all-new Lexus LC 500 luxury coupe will make its first Southeast appearance at the 2016 Atlanta International Auto Show. The public is invited to the Georgia World Congress Center March 9-13 for an up-close look at the LC 500, which is part of a dyn ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS: March 7 2016; Ford, Lexus, Toyota, Pontiac, Navistar, Coachmen

Mar 7, 2016

NHTSA RECALLS: March 7 2016; Ford, Lexus, Toyota, Pontiac, Navistar, Coachmen ... Continue reading

Future Look At EV Batteries

Mar 4, 2016

Special to The Auto Channel From: Dr. Brian Morin President & COO of Dreamweaver International •There are technologies that can take >50% of the cost out of manufacturing batteries. •If the Tesla Model 3 and Chevy Bolt can achieve volume, these technologies and others are sure to be implemented. •Once im ... Continue reading

Toyota Expanding Takata Air Bag Recall

Mar 3, 2016

Washington DC March 3, 2016; The AIADA newsletter reported that Toyota is expanding its recall of cars with faulty air bags manufactured by Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata by 198,000 vehicles, the company announced on Wednesday. According to The Detroit News , the new recalls will apply to 2008 editions of Toyo ... Continue reading

SUV Buyers Research 1997-2017 (Still The Best)

Mar 3, 2016

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Toyota Reorders Worldwide Management Structure - Complete Details

Mar 2, 2016

Toyota City, Japan, March 2, 2016―In keeping with its overarching goal of making ever-better cars by promoting the continued development of a talented workforce, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will make substantial changes to its structure in order to streamline work processes on a company-wide basis. The changes ... Continue reading

Toyota Canada Inc. Reports February Sales Results

Mar 2, 2016

February sales record for TCI and TCI hybrids Fourteenth straight monthly record for TCI truck sales and seventeenth straight for Lexus TORONTO, March 1, 2016 - Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) sold 14,284 Toyota, Scion and Lexus vehicles in February, up 9.9% compared to 2015. It's a new February record, which follows a new Ja ... Continue reading

Toyota U.S. Auto Sales February 2016; 4.1 Percent Increase

Mar 1, 2016

TORRANCE, Calif.—Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. today reported February 2016 sales of 189,852 vehicles, an increase of 5.2 percent from February 2015 on a volume basis. With the same number of selling days in February 2016 and 2015, sales were also up 5.2 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Toyota ... Continue reading