Toyota Learning from Tesla
29 Dec 2010, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Toyota Production System manual, which inspired GM while the two companies were still jointly operating the New United Motor Manufacturing plant in California, is apparently outdated. The ca...
Toyota, the Most Reliable Brand
29 Dec 2010, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The German Technical Expertise Unit (TUV): Toyota is the one of the most reliable brands out there. Ironically, despite the millions of vehicles recalled this year for various problems, most of them...
Santander Buys Part of Hispania Racing
29 Dec 2010, 08:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team will apparently make the grid in 2011, as the latest reports on its financial situation suggest that team owner Jose Ramon Carabante has just reached a deal with Spanish bank...
Toyota, Top 2010 PR Blunder
29 Dec 2010, 07:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The crazy year Japanese manufacturer had has failed, contrary to what most believed and few hoped, to leave its mark on the way the Japanese have conducted their business this year. The millions car...
Toyota FT-86 Logo Revealed, Hints at Boxer Engine
28 Dec 2010, 11:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A design sketch of what is rumored to be the new logo for the upcoming Toyota FT-86 sportscar has surfaced on the Internet. It clearly indicates that the future model will indeed be powered by a box...
New Factory for Toyota Etios Engines
27 Dec 2010, 13:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts, briefly known as TKAP, will make a new investment in an engine and transmission plant that will be especially aimed at the newly-launched Etios sedan produced by Toyota ...
Four Toyota Hilux Reach South Pole
27 Dec 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There has been a lot of speculation about what Santa’s car is, but we all know he actually has a flying sleigh. However, if it broke down or it got stuck in Antarctic ice, the jolly one probab...
New Prius Family Coming to NAIAS
26 Dec 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), the first big automotive event of next year, has now become one of capital importance for Japanese manufacturer Toyota. So badly affected in 2010 ...
VRRRM Program Expands in Marina Del Rey
23 Dec 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of November, the Foundation for California Community Colleges announced the start of a very special and long-lasting program aimed at helping the state of California rid itself from a goo...
Toyota Brands Earn Eight IIHS Top Safety Picks
23 Dec 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / IIHS yesterday released a batch of 66 crashtest results after testing vehicle manufactured under various brands in the United States. Volkswagen and Hyundai/Kia had the most cars with Top Safety Pic...
Ford Wants to Be No.2 in America Again
22 Dec 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite setbacks, the US auto industry is bouncing back from its troubled days a few years ago. Automakers and analysts alike continue to be hopeful, as 2010 has been a vast improvement over 2009, w...
Next-Generation Toyota Yaris Presented
22 Dec 2010, 10:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Pictures of the next-generation Toyota Yaris have finally emerged, presenting a significantly revised model that comes with multiple improvements at almost every chapter. The Vitz, as it is called i...
Toyota GB Appoints New Commercial Director
21 Dec 2010, 13:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This week, the British division of Japanese manufacturer Toyota decided to appoint a new commercial director, in the person of a ten-year Toyota veteran. The new director, Matt Harrison, moves to h...
Toyota Predicts 3 Percent Global Increase in 2011
21 Dec 2010, 10:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese carmaker Toyota expects 2011 to be a much better year for the auto industry and said that it expects to increase sales in the year to come by up to 3 percent, as compared to 2010. In other ...
Toyota Settles with the NHTSA, to Pay $32.4M
21 Dec 2010, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a year that could surely be recorded in the history books as the recall year for Toyota, the Japanese manufacturer announced today it had settled some of its older and newer recall cases, followi...
Toyota to Start Etios Production in Late December
20 Dec 2010, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With high hopes fed by the strong reservation numbers for the new Etios model, Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced that the production of the model in India would begin in the third week of Decem...
Avatar Producers Hand Each Crew Member a Prius
19 Dec 2010, 10:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although the automotive industry is now focused on its green side more than ever, there are some other things outside this particular sector that bring environmental protection on the front page of ...
Toyota Celica Tuned, Forced to Wear Pink
16 Dec 2010, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The seventh generation of the Toyota Celica is no longer available on the market, but the car has lived on as one of the most tunable rides in recent years. Owning such a vehicle offers you unlim...
Lexus Gets Its Halo. Halo: Reach
16 Dec 2010, 13:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota reckons it has found a good way to advertise its luxury products the likes of the new Lexus CT 200h. For some reason, the guys from Lexus thought that one of market segm...
Toyota Etios, Already a Phenomenon in India
15 Dec 2010, 15:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fifteen days have passed since Toyota presented the Etios in India and opened the order books and the sedan is already recording a major success in the country. No less than 12,000 buyers have chose...