Stories about: toyota

Toyota Gets in World’s Most Admired Companies Top 10

8 Mar 2010, 09:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A while ago Toyota was a role model for all the automakers worldwide. The largest car producer in the world seemed to have everything figured out and money kept pouring from every direction, until i...

Toyota Prius Remains No. 1 in Japan

5 Mar 2010, 14:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite all the media frenzy stirred across the world by the quality issues in Toyota and Lexus vehicles, the Prius hybrid remain the best selling car in Toyota's home market, after the carmake...

GM Moves to 0% Financing

5 Mar 2010, 13:34 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / There’s a war going on in the US auto industry. All producers want to profit from Toyota’s downfall, while the Japanese car manufacturer struggles to keep its sales up. After Toyot...

Toyota FT-86 Concept Inspired from Sports Cars of the Past

5 Mar 2010, 11:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Also known as Toyobaru until its first unveiling at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, the FT-86 Concept draws inspiration from sports cars of the past, Toyota says. Making its European debut these days in ...

Toyota March Sales Program a Hit, Purchase Intent Soars 40 Percent

5 Mar 2010, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Still struggling with the aftermath of the hugest recall it has ever made, as well as with reports claiming the fix for the accelerator doesn't work, Japanese carmaker Toyota got a breath of fr...

How Toyota Brake Override Works

5 Mar 2010, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an attempt to put to rest increasing concerns that the fix to be implemented in the millions of vehicle recalled due to unintended acceleration, Japanese carmaker Toyota decided to detail how its...

Toyota Investigates Post-Fix Unintended Acceleration

5 Mar 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking note of the increasing number of reports claiming the unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles did not magically go away after the carmaker applied its acclaimed fix, the Japanese manufactu...

Toyota RAV4 Facelift Revealed at Geneva

5 Mar 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese manufacturer Toyota presented at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show the facelifted RAV4, a model due to reach showrooms in the upcoming months. Both the exterior and the interior have been revis...

2011 Lexus CT 200h to Make NA Debut in New York

4 Mar 2010, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After these days, during the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, the Japanese carmaker hinted the new luxury hybrid will be released in the United States, Toyota officially confirmed the luxury compact will make...

Toyota Fix Fixes Nothing

4 Mar 2010, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The acclaimed fix to all accelerator problems for Japanese carmaker Toyota, installed these days in affected vehicles seems to be worthless, as more and more reports come to say the cars still accel...

2009 Lexus Crash: More Details Emerge [AUDIO]

4 Mar 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NOTICE: The audio and video below contain elements which may be considered disturbing. Following last and this weeks' hearings in DC, a shroud of relative quiet seems to have settled over the T...

2011 Toyota Avalon And Sienna Auto Access US Pricing Announced

4 Mar 2010, 09:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Toyota announced yesterday US pricing for the redesign 2011 Avalon and 2011 Sienna models with the new Auto Access Seat, first introduced at the 2010 NAIAS. Both the S...

Toyota Sales Keep on Dropping

3 Mar 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While most of the automotive players present in the US, and especially the domestic ones, post increased sales for the past two months, the Japanese from Toyota begin to feel the heat caused by not ...

2010 Toyota Corolla Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick

3 Mar 2010, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not all lost for Toyota, it would seem... Even if the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) doesn't particularly test the accelerator pedal, the brake response or the floormats in a car...

Former Secretary Slater to Lead Toyota Quality Panel

3 Mar 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Smart move for Toyota, some might say... The Japanese carmaker announced it has managed to convince former US Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater to lead the soon-to-be North American Quality ...

Toyota Kicks-Off March Sales Program

3 Mar 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Trying to cling to their customers by all methods in a time when their image is strongly affected by the massive recalls, Toyota’s North America division announced the launch of the company�...

Toyota Recalls Avalon, RAV4 on Oil Line Issue

2 Mar 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although this latest development is in no way related to the 8 million vehicles recall to fix sudden accelerator problems in Toyota vehicles, it's difficult to see how would this not add to the...

Akio Toyoda Apologizes to China

1 Mar 2010, 15:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced since yesterday, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda traveled to China to make amends for the company's huge recall. Then CEO apologized in front of 300 reporters in Beijing but, unlike ...

Toyota Recall May Cause Criminal Case to Be Reexamined

1 Mar 2010, 15:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The largest recall in the history of Toyota, as well as the recent revelations caused by the release of the Biller documents keep on causing interesting effects, some more unlikely than others. ...

Toyota Auris HSD Official Mileage and Emissions Figures Released

1 Mar 2010, 15:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has revealed the official fuel consumption and emissions figures of the Auris HSD full hybrid, ahead of the car’s imminent Geneva debut. The Toyota Auris HSD returns a combined cycle...