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Goodyear said Friday the 2010 Toyota Prius now includes its fuel-efficient tire, Assurance Fuel Max, as standard equipment.
Rusty Wallace Racing is moving its Nationwide Series team from Chevrolet to Toyota next season.
Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.
It frequently has been observed that it is easier to stalk the leader than it is to preserve that position once it is achieved.
Toyota Motor Corp. announced Thursday a surprise profit last quarter and trimmed its projected red ink for the year, underlining the gradual recovery under way for Japan's giant automakers.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. said Tuesday its October sales declined 3.5 percent from the year-earlier level as stronger luxury and hybrid volumes offset weaker light truck sales.
Toyota Motor Corp. released misleading information about an investigation into problems with stuck gas pedals that led to a massive Toyota recall, the government said Wednesday, stressing the issue is still under review by federal safety regulators.
Timo Glock says he is likely to leave Toyota and join a new team for the 2010 Formula One season.
By now, we should all be familiar with Toyota’s woes. No sooner did the automaker finally ascend to the No. 1 global spot, displacing General Motors, than it began to hit speedbumps and potholes. There were historic financial losses, lawsuits, and embarrassing, tragic recalls. At one point, it was widely believed that Toyota could do no wrong. All of a sudden, it could do no right.
Toyota driver Timo Glock has been ruled out of the final Formula One race of the season because of injury and will be replaced by Kamui Kobayashi.
It may be one of the world’s most unlikely theme parks, yet each year close to 2 million people pore through Autostadt, the German “auto city” that celebrates the achievement of Europe’s largest automaker, Volkswagen AG.
Toyota is making a push into South Korea — the home market of international rival Hyundai Motor Co. — introducing four models including the Camry and Prius while downplaying the move as a direct challenge to domestic automakers.
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread.
Two years before the fatal accident that prompted Toyota to warn 3.8 million American car owners to take out floor mats, Troy Johnson died in a crash also suspected of being caused by a floor mat jamming an accelerator.
It can take years to build a reputation. Now Toyota has to wonder and worry how quickly an image can be shattered.
U.S. trade officials said they will launch an investigation into whether Toyota Motor Corp. violated patents held by a U.S. hybrid technology company.
Besides showing off its well-known hybrids, Toyota will take a slightly different tack at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show to display a green sportscar with a special kind of gasoline engine.
Toyota's president said it was "extremely regrettable" an American family died in a crash in which a floor mat in one of the Japanese automaker's vehicles is suspected as the cause.
Toyota has confirmed it is targeting Robert Kubica and Kimi Raikkonen as drivers for the 2010 Formula One season.
The Toyota Formula One team says its continued participation in the sport is still unclear and is dependent upon the financial performance of its parent company and cost reductions in F1.
Toyota Motor Corp. officially recalled 3.8 million vehicles in the United States on Monday to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas pedal to stick and cause a crash.
Jarno Trulli was too ill join Toyota teammate Timo Glock at a Tokyo media event ahead of Sunday's Formula One Japan Grand Prix.
Toyota Motor Corp. will pour $1 billion into a major U.S. marketing campaign in the fourth quarter, as the Japanese automaker bets on a recovery in the ailing auto market here.
Toyota said Tuesday it will order all dealers to inspect their cars for mismatched floor mats after a mat was suspected of snagging a gas pedal on a runaway Lexus, ending with a fiery crash that killed four family members in San Diego County.
College near Pittsburgh offers midnight weldingThat's why the school in Oakdale, west of Pittsburgh, will start offering a welding class from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Monday through Thursday starting Jan. 25. The school's welding program had 29 students last fall, but has 109 this fall.
Can Anyone Out-Lean Toyota?Anyone who's ever applied lean manufacturing principles knows that Toyota Motor Corp. is like the sun. The lean world revolves around the Japanese automaker.
Sudden Acceleration in Toyota Cars Causes Owners to Rebel After Accidents - ABC NewsToyota owners are claiming their cars are accelerating suddenly without cause or warning. Is your Toyota safe? If your car has exhibited any symptoms that can be related to sudden-acceleration, please, get it checked immediately.
Toyota to release solar charger for electric vehiclesToyota is developing a solar charging station for electric cars and plug-in hybrids, making a green technology even greener. It has also designed a battery charger for mounting inside an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid to recharge the storage batteries.
Goodbye steering wheel, here comes drive-by-joystickToday it's the stuff of video games but Toyota is experimenting with joystick control for a new breed of compact cars and transporters. The world's biggest car maker built the technology into a couple of concept vehicles that were on display Wednesday at the Tokyo Motor Show.
"Highlander" of a Day at Toyota PrincetonGood news for the 4,200 people who work here. This is the only Toyota plant in the United States that manufactures the Highlander. Before this week, they were all made in Japan.
Nineteen more advertisers back away from Beck including Citrix, La Roche, Subaru, and ToyotaColorOfChange.org has confirmed that 19 new companies whose ads aired recently during Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program have asked Fox to stop their ads from running or pledged to not to run ads on the show going forward.
Feds Investigate Toyota's Rusted TrucksBOSTON -- It's been a tough two weeks for Toyota. First, a dangerous problem with floor mats led to the largest recall ever. And federal officials are now investigating a rust problem with 2000 and 2001 Toyota Tundras that Team 5 Investigates first exposed last April.
Toyota Goes Steampunk With New Electric-Car Concept for TokyoBy far the coolest steering wheel I've ever seen.
Fatality from driver error, not faulty floor mats, police sayHamilton police say a probe into the death of a Mountain woman who was accidentally run over by her husband on Sept. 25 has found driver error is to blame.
Toyota Reports September Sales / ToyotaToyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported September sales of 126,015 vehicles, a decrease of 16.1 percent from last September, on a daily selling rate basis. TMS posted sales of 525,975 units in the third quarter, a 28 percent increase over the second quarter.
Toyota to recall 3.8 million vehicles The recall will affect 2007-2010 model year Toyota Camry, 2005-2010 Toyota Avalon, 2004-2009 Toyota Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Toyota Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS250 and IS350.
Toyota Quality Control Includes Popeye and Greensleeves - NYTimes.com"The andon cord is a fundamental tool at Toyota. It gets pulled hundred of times each day, by all shifts," said Rick Hesterberg, a spokesman at the company's plant in Georgetown, Ky., where the Camry is built.
Toyota Reports August Sales / ToyotaThe Toyota Division posted August sales of 202,196 units, an increase of 15.2 percent over the same period last year. The Lexus Division reported August sales of 22,892 units, a decrease of 18.8 percent from the year-ago month.
Toyota pulls plug on U.S. factory.Toyota will close it's NUMMI plant in Fremont California no later than March 2010, a joint venture it had held with G.M. since 1984.
Lexus' aging owner base is a concern for ToyotaRevered by an aging owner base but lacking exciting vehicles to draw new buyers, Toyota's luxury marque is beginning to look like another prestige brand that followed its original customers to death's door: Buick.
Toyota Accused of Hiding EvidenceA former attorney for Toyota has accused the automaker of illegally withholding evidence in hundreds of rollover death and injury cases, in a "ruthless conspiracy" to keep evidence "of its vehicles' structural shortcomings from becoming known."
Toyota to end California plant productionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will end production at a California plant it has shared with General Motors for 25 years, prompting regret and criticism from labor and politicians facing more job losses in an industry and a state pummeled by recession.
Cash-for-clunkers boost Japanese car salesWe knew that this was the case. Hope at least a few of these Toyotas are built in the USA. Toyota has an 18.9 per cent share of vehicles bought so far, putting it ahead of General Motors with 17.6 per cent and Ford with 15.4 per cent. Chrysler is in fifth place, after Honda.
For the record- As Sergeant Shultz of Hogan's Heroes would say...... I KNOW NOTHEENG!!! There is much speculation about Toyota and the possibility of NUMMI's closure. Allow me to speculate as well.
Toyota To End California Ops by March 2010- ReportThe Japanese auto maker will transfer production of its pickup trucks at the plant in Fremont to the company's Texas plant, the daily reported without citing a source.
Automakers Increase Production Nationwide To Meet DemandThanks to the Cash For Clunkers Program carmakers nationwide have had to step up production to meet demand and are calling back workers and increasing overtime work.
Volt will Get 230 Miles Per Gallon in City Says GMGeneral Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius. More Articles
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