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Car Black Boxes, Coming from Intel
Car Black Boxes, Coming from Intel

9 Jul 2010, 13:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The safety concerns caused by Japanese manufacturer Toyota's huge recall from late 2009-early 2010 has prompted US authorities, as you already know, into asking for technologies similar to the ...

 
Toyota Faulty Valve Springs Recall List Announced
Toyota Faulty Valve Springs Recall List Announced

9 Jul 2010, 11:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota had just managed to settle the recall waters a little bit last month, when its premium division Lexus debuted a recall for 17,000 HS 250h hybrid vehicles that were suspected of having a fuel ...

 
Toyota Expands US Quality Offices
Toyota Expands US Quality Offices

9 Jul 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced today it has decided to expand the network of Product Quality Field Offices in North America, to take care of the majority of the issues involving a car. B...

 
Toyota Chose Not to Issue Valve Springs Recall in 2008
Toyota Chose Not to Issue Valve Springs Recall in 2008

7 Jul 2010, 10:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A Toyota official confirmed the fact that the company was aware of the faulty valve springs issue, stating that the automaker decided to change the springs used to correct it two years ago but did n...

 
Toyota Loses Money in Australia
Toyota Loses Money in Australia

6 Jul 2010, 09:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota's Australian division managed to surprise its mother company by posting this week a loss of AU$107.9 million for the 2009-2010 financial year (which ended March 31), mostly due to what T...

 
Prius Rules Japan for the 14th Consecutive Month
Prius Rules Japan for the 14th Consecutive Month

6 Jul 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Regardless of the troubles through which Japanese manufacturer Toyota went through in the beginning of the year, the consumer's appetite for the world's most popular hybrid stays at high l...

 
US Auto Sales Slow Down
US Auto Sales Slow Down

5 Jul 2010, 14:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following several months of increasing sales, the US automotive industry posted a sales figure 10.8 percent down from the May levels, lower than the expectations of the industry players. In all, Ame...

 
Toyota Valve Springs Recall - Tech Explanation <span>· Updated</span>
Toyota Valve Springs Recall - Tech Explanation · Updated

3 Jul 2010, 19:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Earlier this week Toyota made a less-than-pleasant announcement, informing us that 270,000 vehicles sold around the world have faulty engines. The company did not mentioned if it was considering a r...

 
Toyota Sues Group 1 to Prevent Dealership Takeovers [Lawsuit Copy Inside]
Toyota Sues Group 1 to Prevent Dealership Takeovers [Lawsuit Copy Inside]

1 Jul 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is once again making the headlines, this time with something else besides recalls. The Japanese giant sued Group 1 Automotive in an effort to prevent a potential takeover of several dealershi...

 
Toyota Announcing 270,000 Vehicles Have Defective Engines <span>· Updated</span>
Toyota Announcing 270,000 Vehicles Have Defective Engines · Updated

1 Jul 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and Gentlemen, we present you... another (potential) Toyota recall. This comes soon after Lexus, Toyota’s luxury brand, issued a recall for 17,000 HS 250h hybrid vehicles due to a fuel...

 
UK: Toyota Solves 95 Percent of Recalls
UK: Toyota Solves 95 Percent of Recalls

29 Jun 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The British would be very excited to find out that their roads have become a lot safer recently. According to the UK branch of Japanese manufacturer Toyota, it seems that no less than 95% of the rec...

 
KBB: Hyundai and Ford Up, Toyota and Honda Down
KBB: Hyundai and Ford Up, Toyota and Honda Down

28 Jun 2010, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hyundai and Ford have registered a hefty increase in share of market interest in the latest Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence on-line analysis.The research, which monitored the traffic patterns o...

 
Toyota Auris Hybrid Rolls Off UK Lines
Toyota Auris Hybrid Rolls Off UK Lines

28 Jun 2010, 09:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Less than a year after rumors surrounding the possibility of the Toyota Auris Hybrid being built in Europe surfaced, the Japanese manufacturer announced today it has begun the production process of ...

 
Toyota Revs Up for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010
Toyota Revs Up for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010

26 Jun 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Japanese car brand will send its successful WRC cars this year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is scheduled to take place between July 2-4. Toyota rally cars include the Celica Twin Ca...

 
Toyota Recalls Lexus HS 250h Hybrids Over Fuel Leak Problems
Toyota Recalls Lexus HS 250h Hybrids Over Fuel Leak Problems

26 Jun 2010, 07:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are going from bad to worse for the Japanese giant Toyota, as the company today announced a voluntary safety recall concerning around 17,000 Lexus HS 250h models. Following the safety tests c...

 
King's UAW Offensive Continues
King's UAW Offensive Continues

25 Jun 2010, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Faced with decreasing manpower, as the number of United Auto Workers (UAW) members dropped below 400,000 as a result of last year's job cuts, the organization's new president, Bob King, an...

 
Toyota Prepares Hybrid Supra, MR2 for 2013
Toyota Prepares Hybrid Supra, MR2 for 2013

24 Jun 2010, 14:07 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Rumors of Toyota reviving the Supra and refreshing the MR2 models, both in a hybrid form, have again surfaced. The media fed us with the same info in early 2009, but at that time the release date wa...

 
Toyota and EDF Launch Hybrid Vehicle Leasing Programme
Toyota and EDF Launch Hybrid Vehicle Leasing Programme

21 Jun 2010, 09:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Toyota, together with EDF Energy, announced today the launch of a three-year leasing programme involving 20 Prius Plug-in Hybrid cars on London’s streets from July 2010...

 
Toyota to Cut Prices by 30% by 2013
Toyota to Cut Prices by 30% by 2013

20 Jun 2010, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota is preparing its response to Volkswagen’s intentions to become the number one carmaker in the world by 2013 and, unlike the Germans, who plan a massive roll-out o...

 
Importers Protest King’s Call for a Toyota Blockade
Importers Protest King’s Call for a Toyota Blockade

20 Jun 2010, 12:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recently appointed UAW president Bob King has already put on his fighting gear, several days after being confirmed in the new position and called late last week for a UAW attempt to picket Toyot...