Toyota Hydrogen Car, Priced at $50,000
7 May 2010, 08:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the hybrid models in its line-up performing as good as they've always did, despite the quality problems Toyota faced recently, the carmaker is already looking ahead and plans the future ge...
Toyota Increases Number of EDR Readers
6 May 2010, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the heat caused by the Toyota recalls diminishes, the Japanese carmaker seems to have learned its lesson. After announcing it will fit all future generation Toyotas with Event Data Recorders (EDR...
Japan Loves Toyota, 50% More Cars Sold in April
6 May 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The millions of cars recalled worldwide by Japanese carmaker Toyota seems to have done little in shacking the decades of consumer loyalty towards the brand. Apparently, more and more people go for a...
US Toughens Auto Safety Standards
6 May 2010, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As a result of Toyota's mishandling of the huge recall it was forced to do earlier this year, several US senators are now planning a bill which will toughen auto safety standards and give the N...
Toyota Fixes Over 3 Million Recalled Vehicles
5 May 2010, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the pressure has somewhat diminished as far as Toyota's quality issues are concerned, the carmaker continues its recall campaign, with word coming from Torrance being that so far, over 3 mil...
Toyota Shuffles NA Management Team
5 May 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American division of Japanese carmaker Toyota announced today a series of appointments and promotions within its ranks, as well as the creation of new positions within the group. Most changes ta...
Toyota Grows in April, Despite Quality Issues
4 May 2010, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The troubled months of early 2010 apparently did not dent the customers' trust in Toyota's vehicles as much as some analysts thought they would, as the Japanese carmaker posted yet another...
U.S. Market to Register Double-Digit Growth in April
3 May 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Top players in the U.S. automotive market expect to register a double-digit sales increase for the April statistics, compared to the figures posted in April 2009, as Reuters reports. According t...
Toyota Corolla Sedan Receives Mild Facelift
30 Apr 2010, 09:07 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The Toyota Corolla, sold in Europe exclusively in sedan form, has received a mid-life restyling for 2010, with refreshed exterior and interior design. On the outside, the facelifted Corolla gets a n...
Toyota NA Quality Panel Gets New Members
30 Apr 2010, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rodney E. Slater, one of the men put in charge with Toyota's North American Quality Advisory Panel, announced yesterday the appointment of six new members to the panel, all of them marking figu...
Lexus Resumes Sales of the GX 460 after Announcing Fix
30 Apr 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Lexus has announced a solution to the faulty stability control system which resulted in the recall of the GX 460 luxury SUV. Toyota’s luxury division has issued a press release in which it sta...
Ad Campaign Shows the "Human Face" of Toyota
29 Apr 2010, 14:37 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Toyota Motor Europe has launched a 20 million euro ($26.3 million) TV, print and online media campaign featuring employees talking about their commitment to quality and safety. The action will cover...
Toyota Sequoia Recall Official
29 Apr 2010, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you yesterday, Japanese manufacturer Toyota was expected to announce the recall of 2003 model year Sequoia SUVs, to fix a glitch in the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system. Unlike yest...
BMW Overtakes Toyota as World's No. 1 Car Brand
28 Apr 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / BMW has overtaken Toyota in the annual ranking of the world’s top brands, BrandZ Top 100 - a survey compiled by the market research company Millward Brown. BMW has thus become the world’...
Toyota to Recall 50,000 Sequoia on Sudden... Braking
28 Apr 2010, 14:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If it weren't a possibly serious fault, Toyota's latest screw-up would be quite funny: after months and months of sudden acceleration reports, complaints and recalls, the Japanese manufact...
Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Tests in Strasbourg
28 Apr 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The testing program for the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid moves forward in Europe, with the Japanese manufacturer announcing the debut of the testing program in Strasbourg. Some 100 such vehicles will...
Toyota Highlander Fatal Crash Investigated by the NHTSA
28 Apr 2010, 09:01 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / There's no such thing as bad publicity, right? Well, Toyota might not approve of that, considering the wave of bad news the Japanese company had to endure in the past few months. And now, once ...
Toyota to Open New China Plant in 2011
25 Apr 2010, 11:28 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Toyota Motor Corporation plans to begin production at a new plant in China in 2011. Toyota sales in the world’s largest market may exceed the 800,000-unit target for 2010, according to Masahir...
Toyota Recalls Land Cruiser 150 and Lexus GX 460 in Europe
20 Apr 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the announcement made earlier today that Japanese carmaker Toyota is recalling 9,400 2010 GX 460 in the US to fix a problem with the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system, the recall has ...
Car Logos, History and Origins
20 Apr 2010, 15:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As we all know, every single car company out there has its very unique history, mostly related to the way it managed to emerge from a tiny entity into a huge conglomerate that sells hundreds of thou...