Posted in Automotive, Toyota on Sep 29th, 2009
Toyota has announced a recall on the floor mats of eight different Toyota and Lexus vehicles spanning six production years. The floor mats on these cars and trucks could cause, and may already have caused, an accident and should be removed immediately, and not replaced by another mat. According to Toyota, several popular cars and […]
Posted in Automotive, Toyota on Sep 24th, 2009
Toyota took the 2010 Toyota 4Runner Trail grade model to the legendary Rubicon Trail to show off its offroad abilities. Toyota showed off the all-new 2010 Toyota 4Runner at the State Fair of Texas today. The 4Runner has been a staple in America since it was first introduced in 1984 and helped spark the SUV […]
Posted in Automotive, Budget-friendly, Toyota on Apr 21st, 2009
Toyota will update the Prius for 2010. Following the standard operating procedure for a model evolution, the next generation Prius will be larger, more powerful, and better on gas than the current one. What isn’t S.O.P. is a price cut. According to Bloomberg, the 2010 Prius will start at just $21,000, a grand less than […]
Posted in Automotive, Hybrids, Toyota on Feb 19th, 2009
The Toyota Prius Hybrid has already made its mark as being a very fuel-efficient vehicle. According to Toyota’s Web site, a brand new 2009 Prius Hybrid can achieve 48 mpg in the city and 45 mpg on the highway. For some, those numbers just aren’t good enough. They feel the need to juice up their Prius a little bit. […]
Posted in Automotive, Toyota, Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2009
Toyota insiders have reported that the company is thinking about cutting full-time workers from its North American and United Kingdom operations. This is just another reaction to the global economic situation which so far has seen Toyota having to suffer a 4% sales drop in 2008. U.S. sales in December alone fell a whopping 37% […]
Posted in Hybrids, Lexus, Luxury vehicles, Technology, Toyota on Jan 22nd, 2009
Lexus is taking great strides to be seen as the premier provider of affordable hybrid luxury. The company’s landmark LS460h took the hybrid stereotype and shattered it. It’s Rx350h proved it could work for a luxury SUV too. Lexus was proving that there was no limit to the application possibilities of hybrid technology. Now the […]
Even though Toyota has just announced the arrival of an all new Prius hybrid, the company has recently been revealed plans to keep selling the older Prius along the new model. Japan’s Nikkei business paper claims Toyota plans to keep the outgoing Prius on sale as a way to counter the threat of Honda’s new […]
General Motors has been the largest automaker in the world for the past 77 years. The General has recorded more sales than any other car maker since 1931! That’s a feat no other car maker can touch. Still, the day has come when the once mighty GM has to be succeeded. It seems that as […]
Posted in Lexus, Luxury vehicles, Recalls, Safety, Toyota on Jan 20th, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp has just announced that they will recall about 214,500 Lexus luxury cars sold in the United States. The reason for the recall is that corrosion in a pipe that delivers fuel to the engine could lead to leaks over time. Toyota launched the recall program along with the National Highway Traffic and […]
Posted in Hybrids, Technology, Toyota on Jan 13th, 2009
The third installment of Toyota’s landmark Prius series broke cover recently at the Detroit Auto Show. The new Prius uses the newest version of Toyota’s Synergy-Drive system. Over 90% of the system is new or redesigned with a reduction in weight being the main focus. Toyota claims its efforts have resulted in a system that […]
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