Toyota Agrees to Pay Record Fine, Denies Wrongdoing
20 Apr 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With basically no choice left but to accept the $16.4 million fine (the largest in history given to a carmaker), Japanese carmaker Toyota said it will pay the penalty for failing to recall 2.3 mill...
Lexus Recalls 9,400 2010 GX 460
20 Apr 2010, 06:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What started as a Consumer Reports (CR) advice not to buy the Lexus GX 460 has turned into yet another nightmare for Japanese carmaker Toyota. Although the 9,400 models Lexus will recall to fix the ...
EU Average New Car CO2 Emissions Down 5.4 Percent in Q1
19 Apr 2010, 09:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It looks like the automotive industry’s efforts to protect the environment are showing results, as the average new car CO2 emissions figure decreased by 5.4 percent (year on year) in the first...
Toyota Duplicates CR Test, GX 460 Slides
19 Apr 2010, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After initially Japanese carmaker Toyota took a careful approach to the problem reported by Consumer Reports for the Lexus GX 460 and stopped sales of the model worldwide, news comes the carmaker ma...
Toyota Agrees to Pay Record $16.4 Million Fine
19 Apr 2010, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although not official, word is Japanese carmaker Toyota will not challenge the record $16.4 million fine dictated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for delaying the recal...
Brian Austin Green Is the 2010 Celeb Champ
19 Apr 2010, 06:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After last year’s event saw Keanu Reeves clinching first place in the celebrity category, it was actor Brian Austin Green who managed to win this year’s champ title. Known for his role a...
Toyota Recalls 870,000 Sienna Minivans in North America
18 Apr 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The recall nightmare isn’t over for Toyota. The Japanese company announced it would recall 870,000 Sienna minivans sold in the United States and Canada since the 1998 model year because of a r...
Toyota UK Reports Processing 80 Percent of Recalls
16 Apr 2010, 13:56 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Two months after the launch of Toyota’s recall programme, the UK branch of the Japanese company announced it had successfully processed 80 percent of the cars that needed adjustment to their a...
First Hearing in Toyota Acceleration Lawsuit on May 13
16 Apr 2010, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / James Selna, the judge appointed by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to oversee the lawsuits in Toyota's unintended acceleration cases has decided to call all lawyer...
Toyota Won't Recall GX 460, Stops Sales Worldwide
16 Apr 2010, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the heat generated by Consumer Reports' slamming of the 2010 Lexus GX 460 as being unsafe, as well as reports hinting to a possible recall of the model, Japanese carmaker Toyota announced it...
Toyota to Test All Its SUVs for Potential Safety Issues
15 Apr 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Toyota has announced that it will conduct safety tests on all its SUVs after Consumer Reports magazine warned that the Lexus GX 460 luxury SUV is prone to rollover. Toyota said on Thursday it had no...
Toyota Prado Not Caught in Lexus GX 460 Sales Freeze
14 Apr 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Australian division of Japanese carmaker Toyota revealed today the Australian Toyota Prado model is not affected by the freeze in sales announced for its Lexus sister, the GX 460, in the US. The...
Consumer Reports Says Lexus GX 460 SUV Not Safe
13 Apr 2010, 12:39 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Another day, another problem for Toyota Motor Corporation. Consumer Reports magazine wrote that the 2010 Lexus GX 460 may be unsafe and advises buyers not to choose this model. Engineers from the ma...
How to Stop a Runaway Prius, Hardcore Version
13 Apr 2010, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Warning: what you are about to hear in the video below may be considered extremely offensive. No, really, extremely offensive. We mean, this is like an uncensored episode of South Park... So offensi...
Prius-Powered Hybrid Mazda, Still a Mazda...
12 Apr 2010, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... or at least this is what the Japanese carmaker is promising about its first take at the hybrid market. And this despite the fact the hybrid planned by Mazda will use Toyota's Synergy Drive....
Judge James Selna to Preside Toyota Litigation Pretrials
12 Apr 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced during the weekend it has decided to send the Toyota unintended acceleration complaints to the Central District of California f...
Toyota May Be Fined Again
11 Apr 2010, 12:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week US regulators announced they will fine Japanese carmaker Toyota $16.4 million for the way in handled the sticky pedal recall, the same regulators are now considering fining Toyota ag...
Toyota Grows SMART
9 Apr 2010, 14:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SMART: Swift Market Analysis Response Team. This is the latest gimmick from Japanese manufacturer Toyota, who is still trying to battle the negative image it managed to get for itself in recent mont...
5 Millionth Toyota Sold in Oz, Sometime, to Someone
8 Apr 2010, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a world where all the minor milestones in the production of any given vehicle is of significant importance for the manufacturer which makes it, Toyota's somewhat blurred announcement of the ...
Toyota Goes on the Offensive
8 Apr 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sick and tired of being threatened with lawsuits from all over and getting hammered with internal memos and email leaked God knows through what means to the press, Japanese carmaker Toyota is making...