<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - toyota</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/toyota</link><description>Newsvine - toyota</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 23:44:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 08:01:09 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Calif. DA says Toyota to pay $16M settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[A $16 million settlement over the safety recall of Toyota vehicles that were at risk for unintended acceleration and braking issues was announced Friday by Orange County prosecutors and Toyota Motor Corp.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaya Tayefe Mohajer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shaya Tayefe Mohajer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17620845-calif-da-says-toyota-to-pay-16m-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17620845-calif-da-says-toyota-to-pay-16m-settlement</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>toyota</category><category>orange-county</category><category>us-news</category><category>toyota-motor</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 22:48:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hot Wheels: Toyota to replace aging Highlander SUV</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota's Highlander family hauler is getting quieter and more stylish, but with the look of an athlete who's not afraid to mix it up.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485836-hot-wheels-toyota-to-replace-aging-highlander-suv</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485836-hot-wheels-toyota-to-replace-aging-highlander-suv</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>toyota</category><category>hot</category><category>auto-show</category><category>wheels</category><category>highlander</category><category>toyota-highlander</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:36:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bef58d14-f4c6-4eff-be74-dcbaef4c9db8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bef58d14-f4c6-4eff-be74-dcbaef4c9db8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 2014 Toyota Highlander is presented at the New York International Auto Show, in New York's Javits Center,  Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5dc2f18d-2f39-4a08-88f4-d1a047396dec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5dc2f18d-2f39-4a08-88f4-d1a047396dec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Fay, Group Vice President and General Manager, Toyota Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., presents the 2014 Toyota Highlander at the New York International Auto Show, in New York's Javits Center,  Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d714ecaf-1f5c-410a-beb4-ad9a06fed8d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d714ecaf-1f5c-410a-beb4-ad9a06fed8d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 2014 Toyota Highlander is presented at the New York International Auto Show, in New York's Javits Center,  Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56e4a1fe-040d-41e1-846d-5e12b100e9a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56e4a1fe-040d-41e1-846d-5e12b100e9a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 2014 Toyota Highlander is presented at the New York International Auto Show, in New York's Javits Center,  Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota recalls 209,000 FJ Cruisers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 209,000 FJ Cruiser SUVs because their front seatbelt retractors could fall off.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328119-toyota-recalls-209000-fj-cruisers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328119-toyota-recalls-209000-fj-cruisers</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>toyota</category><category>recall</category><category>fj-cruiser-suvs</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:26:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Key dates in the history of Toyota Motor Corp.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Key dates in the history of Toyota Motor Corp.:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17218741-key-dates-in-the-history-of-toyota-motor-corp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17218741-key-dates-in-the-history-of-toyota-motor-corp</guid><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>timeline</category><category>toyota-motor-corp</category><category>us-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 07:21:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP Interview: Toyota chief stresses safe growth</title>
<description><![CDATA[After four tumultuous years bookended by an unprecedented recall crisis and a return to the top of the global auto industry, Akio Toyoda is refashioning Toyota Motor Corp. into a leaner company that's more imbued with the venture spirit of founder Kiichiro Toyoda, his grandfather.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17204296-ap-interview-toyota-chief-stresses-safe-growth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17204296-ap-interview-toyota-chief-stresses-safe-growth</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>akio-toyoda</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 07:33:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f817d22-7aa9-40cb-b8c7-7bf11ecab77e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f817d22-7aa9-40cb-b8c7-7bf11ecab77e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2010 file photo, James E. Lentz, president and chief operating officer, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on Toyota recall. Toyota has tapped Mark Hogan, a former executive at U.S. rival General Motors, to be on its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is appointing board members from outside the company. Under the changes announced Wednesday, March 6, 2013, by President Akio Toyoda, Toyota promoted four non-Japanese managers to oversee regional businesses, including Lentz. He will head the North American region, effective April 1. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4cfbc108-3174-48d6-a852-b55462b83c16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4cfbc108-3174-48d6-a852-b55462b83c16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2002 file photo, General Motors Group Vice President Mark T. Hogan, left, speaks as Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho looks on during a press unveiling of compact sport utility vehicle &quot;Voltz,&quot; jointly designed by Toyota and General Motors Corp. in Tokyo. Toyota has tapped a former executive at U.S. rival General Motors to be on its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is appointing board members from outside the company. The appointment of Hogan, effective April 1, which was announced at a press conference in Tokyo Wed., March 6, 2013, underlines efforts at Toyota Motor Corp. to grow more international, nimble, transparent and responsive to regional markets as it recovers from difficult years, including the massive recall fiasco in the U.S., to regain its position as the world's top automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e05881-44f7-4de7-be97-51e6d675f2ef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e05881-44f7-4de7-be97-51e6d675f2ef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press briefing at the company's showroom in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Toyota has tapped a former executive at U.S. rival General Motors to be on its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is appointing board members from outside the company. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad523be5-d072-441d-9da4-3e2dbb3973f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad523be5-d072-441d-9da4-3e2dbb3973f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, left, Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, center, and Chairman Fujio Cho pose for photos after a press briefing at the company's showroom in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Toyota has tapped a former executive at U.S. rival General Motors to be on its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is appointing board members from outside the company. Former President Cho will become honorary chairman and leave the board, while Uchiyamada, a board member and engineer known as &quot;the father of the Prius,&quot; Toyota's prized hybrid model, will become chairman. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=89df9ff9-3f8b-44b7-8c50-4f7866a23e10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=89df9ff9-3f8b-44b7-8c50-4f7866a23e10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press briefing at the company's showroom in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Toyota has tapped a former executive at U.S. rival General Motors to be on its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is appointing board members from outside the company. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c138fe81-9a55-44dc-94ba-086ea552f9a0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c138fe81-9a55-44dc-94ba-086ea552f9a0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 photo, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during an interview in Tokyo. In the exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Toyotas president said he is putting new auto plant openings on hold for three years and reshaping the automakers structure to give more autonomy to regional divisions and foreign executives. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7f7d490-03db-4ccc-92c5-021019b47d63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7f7d490-03db-4ccc-92c5-021019b47d63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 photo, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during an interview in Tokyo. In the exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Toyotas president said he is putting new auto plant openings on hold for three years and reshaping the automakers structure to give more autonomy to regional divisions and foreign executives. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4e3514c-5dd7-404d-a0f7-5ed449360779.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4e3514c-5dd7-404d-a0f7-5ed449360779.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 photo, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during an interview in Tokyo. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Toyota's president said he is putting new auto plants on hold for three years and reshaping the automaker's structure to give more autonomy to regional divisions and foreign executives. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8462cf3f-6742-4773-ba80-0f681e79fd2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8462cf3f-6742-4773-ba80-0f681e79fd2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 photo, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during an interview in Tokyo. In the exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Toyotas president said he is putting new auto plant openings on hold for three years and reshaping the automakers structure to give more autonomy to regional divisions and foreign executives. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f178194-c769-4be0-932c-b386a7fac06a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f178194-c769-4be0-932c-b386a7fac06a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, Sakichi Toyoda Memorial House manager Tadashi Kanzaki looks at a Japanese-style living room in the renovated birthplace of Sakichi Toyoda, father of Toyota Motor Corp. founder Kiichiro Toyoda and great-grandfather of current President Akio Toyoda, in Kosai, central Japan. Sakichi Toyoda invented an automatic loom in a backyard shed, mainly because he wanted to help his mother, who often was weaving in their home. Those around him, including his carpenter father, thought he was crazy and laughed at him. When Kiichiro Toyoda wanted to develop cars in 1933, not just keep making the by-then successful looms, people again laughed. Back then, Japan only had imported cars like GMs and Fords. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4302cc2-ac17-4f87-a34d-38fff42dcd92.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4302cc2-ac17-4f87-a34d-38fff42dcd92.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, a wooden hand loom with models of a boy and a woman, portraying Sakichi Toyoda and his mother, is displayed inside the renovated house where Sakichi Toyoda, father of Toyota Motor Corp. founder Kiichiro Toyoda and great-grandfather of current President Akio Toyoda, was born in Kosai, central Japan. Sakichi Toyoda invented an automatic loom in a backyard shed, mainly because he wanted to help his mother, who often was weaving in their home. Those around him, including his carpenter father, thought he was crazy and laughed at him. When Kiichiro Toyoda wanted to develop cars in 1933, not just keep making the by-then successful looms, people again laughed. Back then, Japan only had imported cars like GMs and Fords. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56d0d314-a0fa-4df6-bae2-22e7962fba4d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56d0d314-a0fa-4df6-bae2-22e7962fba4d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 18, 2013,  Sakichi Toyoda Memorial House manager Tadashi Kanzaki stands by a Type G automatic loom invented by Sakichi Toyoda, father of Toyota Motor Corp. founder Kiichiro Toyoda and great-grandfather of current President Akio Toyoda, at the renovated birthplace of Sakichi Toyoda in Kosai, central Japan. Sakichi Toyoda invented the automatic loom in a backyard shed, mainly because he wanted to help his mother, who often was weaving in their home. Those around him, including his carpenter father, thought he was crazy and laughed at him. When Kiichiro Toyoda wanted to develop cars in 1933, not just keep making the by-then successful looms, people again laughed. Back then, Japan only had imported cars like GMs and Fords. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c5e3ca9-7fac-4963-a964-d4b706c2e4a5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c5e3ca9-7fac-4963-a964-d4b706c2e4a5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 18, 2013,  Sakichi Toyoda Memorial House manager Tadashi Kanzaki walks by the the renovated house where Sakichi Toyoda, father of Toyota Motor Corp. founder Kiichiro Toyoda and great-grandfather of current President Akio Toyoda, was born, in the compound of the memorial house in Kosai, central Japan. Sakichi Toyoda invented the automatic loom in a backyard shed, mainly because he wanted to help his mother, who often was weaving in their home. Those around him, including his carpenter father, thought he was crazy and laughed at him. When Kiichiro Toyoda wanted to develop cars in 1933, not just keep making the by-then successful looms, people again laughed. Back then, Japan only had imported cars like GMs and Fords. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota Europe seeks profits through efficiency</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Europe will post for the first time in five years a profit from just its car business for the 2012 fiscal year thanks to cost-cutting and improved efficiency, the head of the regional division said on the eve of the Geneva Auto Show on Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Barry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colleen Barry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17184236-toyota-europe-seeks-profits-through-efficiency</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17184236-toyota-europe-seeks-profits-through-efficiency</guid><category>eu</category><category>toyota</category><category>show</category><category>geneva</category><category>world-news</category><category>motor</category><category>geneva-auto-show</category><category>toyota-europe</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abraham Calderon earns victory at Phoenix</title>
<description><![CDATA[Abraham Calderon picked a good night to get his first career NASCAR victory.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17153258-abraham-calderon-earns-victory-at-phoenix</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17153258-abraham-calderon-earns-victory-at-phoenix</guid><category>sports</category><category>mexico</category><category>toyota</category><category>series</category><category>nascar-mexico-toyota-series</category><category>abraham-calderon</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 04:45:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Toyota pays $29M to states to settle safety suit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota said Thursday it will pay $29 million to 29 states and American Samoa as part of a settlement related to its safety recalls.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee-Ann Durbin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dee-Ann Durbin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16964243-toyota-pays-29m-to-states-to-settle-safety-suit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16964243-toyota-pays-29m-to-states-to-settle-safety-suit</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>toyota</category><category>american-samoa</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:24:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Humbled Toyota rolls out new Tundra pickup</title>
<description><![CDATA[Back in 2007, Toyota trumpeted its bulked-up Tundra as a game-changer that would cut into Detroit's dominance of the U.S. pickup truck market.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Krisher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Krisher]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885761-humbled-toyota-rolls-out-new-tundra-pickup</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885761-humbled-toyota-rolls-out-new-tundra-pickup</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>truck</category><category>toyota</category><category>when-toyota</category><category>challenge</category><category>toyota-truck</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:46:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8a13de8-0e7e-48fe-8e6d-a941a47bb609.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8a13de8-0e7e-48fe-8e6d-a941a47bb609.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra is eunveiled at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d349b214-1807-4da5-9b41-c63dc547455f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="329" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d349b214-1807-4da5-9b41-c63dc547455f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra is unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=267924fe-5aff-41eb-a901-b4e22b8be4af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=267924fe-5aff-41eb-a901-b4e22b8be4af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Fey, Group Vice President and General Manager, Toyota Division Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., unveils the 2014 Toyota Tundra at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dd83446-0680-42d5-be8a-0c5e9abf9b49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dd83446-0680-42d5-be8a-0c5e9abf9b49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra is photographed behind a projection screen during its unveiling at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f306b10-77c4-4fd4-9d7b-5550219c90ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="389" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f306b10-77c4-4fd4-9d7b-5550219c90ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The interior of the redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra is unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota raises annual forecasts on profit rise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. raised its fiscal year profit forecast Tuesday to triple what it eked out for the disaster-struck previous year, as the world's top automaker continued on a comeback roll as sales surged, especially in the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16846617-toyota-raises-annual-forecasts-on-profit-rise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16846617-toyota-raises-annual-forecasts-on-profit-rise</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>earns</category><category>toyota</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:40:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29d5574f-d542-41a1-8d30-8a6344de4fa2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="208" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29d5574f-d542-41a1-8d30-8a6344de4fa2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A security officer walks round a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013.  Toyota Motor Corp. reported its October-December profit rose 23 percent to 99.91 billion yen ($1.09 billion), compared to the same period the previous year, as sales jumped, especially in the U.S. Toyota also raised its projections Tuesday for the fiscal year through March.  (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df575202-57e0-41c4-9d75-33e232e530a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df575202-57e0-41c4-9d75-33e232e530a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors browse a Toyota showroom in Tokyo,Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013.  Toyota Motor Corp. reported its October-December profit rose 23 percent to 99.91 billion yen ($1.09 billion), compared to the same period the previous year, as sales jumped, especially in the U.S. Toyota also raised its projections Tuesday for the fiscal year through March.  (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5040eb3-a861-4d62-9524-a1028dfa4f86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5040eb3-a861-4d62-9524-a1028dfa4f86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A visitor looks round a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Toyota Motor Corp. reported its October-December profit rose 23 percent to 99.91 billion yen ($1.09 billion), compared to the same period the previous year, as sales jumped, especially in the U.S. Toyota also raised its projections Tuesday for the fiscal year through March. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dow Jones Closes Above 14,000 for First Time Since Oct. 2007 </title>
<description><![CDATA[By CHRISTINA REXRODE -AP
The Dow closed above 14,000 on Friday for the first time in more than five years.
Sure, it was just a number on a board. But it was enough to raise the hopes of some investors and cause others concern about an overheated market. And it brought reminders&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16812054-dow-jones-closes-above-14000-for-first-time-since-oct-2007</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16812054-dow-jones-closes-above-14000-for-first-time-since-oct-2007</guid><category>ford</category><category>dow</category><category>toyota</category><category>chrysler</category><category>science</category><category>general-motors</category><category>dow-jones</category><category>14</category><category>000</category><category>market-news</category><category>oct-2007</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 01:06:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jerry611AEFC6EDE-C201-A9F5-8A02-6C61674A68A6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jerry611AEFC6EDE-C201-A9F5-8A02-6C61674A68A6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota No. 1 again with nearly 9.75M sales in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's official: Toyota is once again the world's top automaker.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16729816-toyota-no-1-again-with-nearly-975m-sales-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16729816-toyota-no-1-again-with-nearly-975m-sales-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:15:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b20ac00-2ab4-41b2-bb05-213a01abb39c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b20ac00-2ab4-41b2-bb05-213a01abb39c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, a couple walk by Lexus models displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo. Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top automaker. Toyota released its tally for global vehicle sales for last year Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 at a record 9.748 million vehicles  a bigger number than the estimate it gave last month of about 9.7 million vehicles. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c753167-75a4-449d-b274-2f8b8a1741db.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c753167-75a4-449d-b274-2f8b8a1741db.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 27, 2012 photo, a man walks out from a Toyota showroom in Tokyo. Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. released its tally for global vehicle sales for last year Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 at a record 9.748 million vehicles  a bigger number than the estimate it gave last month of about 9.7 million vehicles. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota, BMW working on new battery technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW Group are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called "lithium-air" as their collaboration, first announced in late 2011, moves ahead in fuel cells, sports vehicles and other fields.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16674296-toyota-bmw-working-on-new-battery-technology</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16674296-toyota-bmw-working-on-new-battery-technology</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>bmw</category><category>as</category><category>bmw-group</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:16:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7ab8338-751a-4fd2-a331-786b72938c23.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7ab8338-751a-4fd2-a331-786b72938c23.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota President Akio Toyoda, left, shakes hands with BMW AG chief executive Norbert Reithofer during a signing ceremony to jointly develop next-generation batteries for green vehicles in Nagoya, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.  Toyota and BMW are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called &quot;lithium-air&quot; as their collaboration, first announced in late 2011, moves ahead in fuel cells, sports vehicles and other fields. (AP Photo/Toyota Motor Corp.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a398bf3a-0a23-4adf-8e74-1febea39dfbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="230" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a398bf3a-0a23-4adf-8e74-1febea39dfbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota President Akio Toyoda, third left, shakes hands with BMW AG chief executive Norbert Reithofer, third right, as their executives show signed documents during a signing ceremony to jointly develop next-generation batteries for green vehicles in Nagoya, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.  Toyota and BMW are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called &quot;lithium-air&quot; as their collaboration, first announced in late 2011, moves ahead in fuel cells, sports vehicles and other fields. They are from left: Toyota's Director and Senior Managing Officer Yasumori Ihara, Toyota Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyoda, Reithofer, BMW AG board members, Herbert Diess and BMW Group Brand and Product Strategies Senior Vice President Klaus Frohlich. (AP Photo/Toyota Motor Corp.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota settlement may signal future legal strategy</title>
<description><![CDATA[As Toyota Motor Corp. chips away at settling lawsuits claiming its vehicles suddenly accelerate, the question remains whether attorneys who sued could prove to a jury there was a design flaw.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16573065-toyota-settlement-may-signal-future-legal-strategy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16573065-toyota-settlement-may-signal-future-legal-strategy</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>toyota</category><category>lawsuits</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:21:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94ad09d4-c824-4e02-855d-d97ef8a34eda.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94ad09d4-c824-4e02-855d-d97ef8a34eda.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 31, 2010 file photo shows the Toyota logo on a car at the New York International Auto Show in New York. Toyota Motor Corp. officials say the company has settled what was to be the first in a group of hundreds of pending wrongful death and injury lawsuits involving sudden, unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lentz: Toyota winning back buyers with new models</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota is on a roll after two difficult years, when it was hit by a string of safety recalls and then by the earthquake in Japan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee-Ann Durbin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dee-Ann Durbin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16531614-lentz-toyota-winning-back-buyers-with-new-models</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16531614-lentz-toyota-winning-back-buyers-with-new-models</guid><category>us</category><category>toyota</category><category>show</category><category>questions</category><category>auto-show</category><category>us-news</category><category>three</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:46:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4e4e7e1-d613-455e-a76e-0566dd8acb33.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4e4e7e1-d613-455e-a76e-0566dd8acb33.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota unveils its Corolla Furia Concept car during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota plans to sell 9.7 million vehicles in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota expects to sell a record 9.7 million vehicles this year, bouncing back by 22 percent from a disaster-struck 2011. It has set an even higher target of 9.91 million vehicles for 2013.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16175882-toyota-plans-to-sell-97-million-vehicles-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16175882-toyota-plans-to-sell-97-million-vehicles-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:34:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b47981c-d48c-4387-b19b-7b5f66071b87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b47981c-d48c-4387-b19b-7b5f66071b87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 photo,  Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda smiles as he shows a remodeled Crown sedan in Tokyo. Toyota expects to sell a record 9.7 million vehicles this year, bouncing back by 22 percent from a disaster-struck 2011. It has set an even higher target of 9.91 million vehicles for 2013. The numbers released this week underline Toyota's solid turnaround from supply disruptions caused by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan in 2011 that had hurt global production and sales. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Details of Toyota sudden acceleration settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. and attorneys representing people who claim their Toyota vehicles are prone to sudden, unexplained acceleration announced a settlement Wednesday worth more than $1 billion. Some of the key provisions of the agreement, which must be approved by a federal judge:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16172375-details-of-toyota-sudden-acceleration-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16172375-details-of-toyota-sudden-acceleration-settlement</guid><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>toyota</category><category>lawsuits</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:42:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Toyota acceleration settlement gets preliminary OK</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. judge gave preliminary approval Friday to a $1 billion-plus settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. in cases involving problems of sudden, unintended acceleration by its vehicles, a plaintiffs' attorney said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16171006-toyota-acceleration-settlement-gets-preliminary-ok</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16171006-toyota-acceleration-settlement-gets-preliminary-ok</guid><category>us</category><category>toyota</category><category>lawsuits</category><category>us-news</category><category>district-court</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:49:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a76a8ab9-8601-4c6c-8aee-76e00f0e62fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a76a8ab9-8601-4c6c-8aee-76e00f0e62fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this photo taken June 25, 2011, file photo, Toyota keys sit in a fish bowl at the Toyota of Tampa Bay dealership in Tampa, Fla. A plaintiffs' attorney on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, says Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement in a case involving hundreds of lawsuits over accelerations problems. Steve Berman said Wednesday the settlement, which still needs a federal judge's approval, was worth more than $1 billion and is the largest settlement in U.S. history involving automobile defects.  (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16c4092c-670e-46d7-a39b-dbe0777d7c4f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="230" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16c4092c-670e-46d7-a39b-dbe0777d7c4f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, photo, a Toyota dealership signs glows over a car lot in Tustin Calif. A plaintiffs' attorney on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, says Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement in a case involving hundreds of lawsuits over accelerations problems. Steve Berman said Wednesday the settlement, which still needs a federal judge's approval, was worth more than $1 billion and is the largest settlement in U.S. history involving automobile defects.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Toyota's Camry performs poorly on new crash test</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in the U.S., performed poorly this year in a new crash test and failed to get the best safety rating from an insurance industry group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16043132-toyotas-camry-performs-poorly-on-new-crash-test</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16043132-toyotas-camry-performs-poorly-on-new-crash-test</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>crash</category><category>toyota</category><category>tests</category><category>crash-tests</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:15:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US fines Toyota again for delayed safety reports</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government has slapped Toyota Motor Corp. with a record $17.4 million fine for failing once again to quickly report problems to federal regulators and for delaying a safety recall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Krisher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Krisher]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15989592-us-fines-toyota-again-for-delayed-safety-reports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15989592-us-fines-toyota-again-for-delayed-safety-reports</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>toyota</category><category>safety</category><category>fines</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:12:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Toyota recalls pickups; spare tires can come loose</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota is recalling about 150,000 Tacoma midsize pickups because the spare tires can fall from beneath the trucks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15339189-toyota-recalls-pickups-spare-tires-can-come-loose</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15339189-toyota-recalls-pickups-spare-tires-can-come-loose</guid><category>us</category><category>truck</category><category>toyota</category><category>recall</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:52:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Toyota recalls vehicles for steering, pump defects</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 2.77 million vehicles around the world for a water pump problem and a steering shaft defect that may result in faulty steering &#8212; the latest in a spate of quality woes for Japan's top automaker.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15153186-toyota-recalls-vehicles-for-steering-pump-defects</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15153186-toyota-recalls-vehicles-for-steering-pump-defects</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>recall</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:47:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just completed facility in Japan the size of three baseball stadiums.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15103159-toyota-tests-cars-that-communicate-with-each-other</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15103159-toyota-tests-cars-that-communicate-with-each-other</guid><category>technology</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:45:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f66a0ec2-598b-404b-a718-2ad8cbc9fdff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f66a0ec2-598b-404b-a718-2ad8cbc9fdff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota's Lexus LS stops automatically in front of a dummy during a Toyota Motor Corp. demonstration of the pre-collision system (PCS) at its Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Susono, southwest of Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. The PCS, one of the automaker's pedestrian accident countermeasures, watches out for pedestrians to avoid collisions with them. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98986781-0b83-4094-a804-603ddf946007.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98986781-0b83-4094-a804-603ddf946007.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota's Lexus LS stops automatically in front of a dummy during a Toyota Motor Corp. demonstration of the pre-collision system (PCS) at its Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Susono, southwest of Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. The PCS, one of the automaker's pedestrian accident countermeasures, watches out for pedestrians to avoid collisions with them. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e8701ea-a4a3-496d-a5d1-e8e57c3532bd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e8701ea-a4a3-496d-a5d1-e8e57c3532bd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A human sign and an arrow pop up on a dashboard display to notify the driver of a pedestrian's presence and an approaching car at the coming intersection during a demonstration of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Intelligent Transport System at its Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Susono, southwest of Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Toyota is testing out safety systems using cars that communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just-completed facility in Japan, the size of three baseball stadiums. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5913b49-7e12-41b3-8039-bff829a12ec2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5913b49-7e12-41b3-8039-bff829a12ec2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles go through a demonstration of the Intelligent Transport System at its Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Susono, southwest of Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Toyota is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in the just completed facility in Japan the size of three baseball stadiums. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mazda to produce Toyota-brand vehicles in Mexico</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mazda Motor Corp. will make Toyota-brand subcompacts at its new plant in Mexico, allowing Japan's top automaker to strengthen its North American model lineup.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15042541-mazda-to-produce-toyota-brand-vehicles-in-mexico</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15042541-mazda-to-produce-toyota-brand-vehicles-in-mexico</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>north-american</category><category>mazda</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 09:05:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Toyota quarterly profit triples, raises forecast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota's quarterly profit tripled, driven by a recovery from natural disasters, and the company raised its full-year earnings forecast Monday despite a sales slump in China.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yuri Kageyama]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14932493-toyota-quarterly-profit-triples-raises-forecast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14932493-toyota-quarterly-profit-triples-raises-forecast</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>earns</category><category>toyota</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 06:35:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf2df58f-7d74-4a3b-b127-4d718a0f4d60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf2df58f-7d74-4a3b-b127-4d718a0f4d60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A couple walk by Lexus models displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Toyota's quarterly profit tripled, driven by a recovery from natural disasters, and the company raised its full-year earnings forecast despite a sales slump in China. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7cb127f4-70bd-46b9-bb40-c5357ec1ab03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7cb127f4-70bd-46b9-bb40-c5357ec1ab03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man inspects an &quot;Aqua&quot; at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Toyota's quarterly profit tripled, driven by a recovery from natural disasters, and the company raised its full-year earnings forecast despite a sales slump in China. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>