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Posted by pilot 278 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Toyota Motor Sales has announced a recall of about 50,000 Sequoia sport-utility vehicles from the 2003 model year for an issue with the electronic stability control system. An issue with the control unit's program logic could cause the stability control to activate at low speed (about 9 mph, Toyota says) when not needed, after accelerating from a... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 285 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Ever since its release in the early millennium, the 2010 Toyota Tundra seems to have appealed mainly to the casual truckers, the ones who drive to work each day and might occasionally haul something. Despite being known for its reliability and dependability, the Tundra seems to be avoided by heavy users such as contractors and off-roaders due to... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 292 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Toyota has revived plans to develop a manufacturing facility near Tupelo, Mississippi. An official announcement is expected later today. According to an inside source, Toyota will resume work on the plant and begin producing vehicles there in the second half of 2011. However, the facility won't be used for Highlanders, as was originally the plan... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 299 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
In the midst of an economy that isn't recovering as quickly as we'd like, there might be some good news: more vehicles that are made in America. Now, a strong Euro has made it hard for Toyota to produce vehicles in Japan for export, and according to Automotive News the company is again considering whether the company could profit from building its... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 306 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
So-called 'sudden acceleration' has a long and unfortunate history, almost destroying Audi sales in the mid-1980s after 60 Minutes accused the Audi 5000 of accelerating out of control at random. Now, as previewed a few weeks ago, an NHTSA report finds no electronic cause for the phenomenon--and suggests that in the cases that involve Toyota... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 313 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
The U.S. auto market is still experiencing the fallout from the Cash for Clunkers program a year ago. The Asian automakers who did so well during the 2009 government program--Toyota, Honda, and Nissan--fared worse than other manufacturers in August 2010. August 2010 sales for Toyota dropped 34 percent last month compared to August 2009. It was... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 320 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
If there's one prominent trend we're noticing already with 2011 model-year changes—even for models that don't change significantly in other ways—it's that automakers are making a real effort to boost fuel-efficiency in incremental ways. With the help of new low-rolling-resistance tires, Toyota has increased highway fuel economy for the... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 327 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Toyota will be recalling about 94,000 model-year-2011 Sienna minivans, all produced before early November of this year, for a potential issue with a stop-lamp switch bracket. According to Toyota, the bracket is close to the parking-brake pedal and could be nudged or deformed by the driver's foot due to normal parking-brake application, leading to... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 334 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Toyota said this morning it would conduct a "voluntary safety recall" of another 2.17 million vehicles in the United States to modify accelerator pedals that could get trapped by floor mats or carpets. The company has already recalled more than 11 million vehicles to fix related safety problems around so-called "sudden acceleration" since 2009... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 341 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
If you’ve been longing for a Toyota Matrix, you may not want to put off buying one all that much longer. Toyota is set to introduce a new Corolla sometime next year, and the automaker hasn’t made up their mind if a new Corolla will bring with it a new Matrix. The Matrix utilizes the current Corolla sedan’s platform, so a... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 355 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
In the aftermath of the devastating March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami, Japan's automakers are just starting to formulate plans to get rolling once again—at least in part. After being shut down for more than a month, several of Toyota's plants will begin limited production between April 18 and April 27, when it's scheduled to go at... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 362 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Have you noticed how high used car prices are getting? Last year you could buy a two-year-old Toyota Prius and pay in the mid-teens or less. Now, expect to pay in the upper teens for the same car, depending on where in the country you live. There is no doubt that a shortage of good used cars exists. Here are some recent observations: --I recently... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 369 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Just last month, the future looked bleak for Toyota. Plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico were operating well below capacity, and no one had a clear picture of when production would return to normal, or even which models would be impacted. Dealers were hoarding supplies of cars like the Prius, which went from selling below sticker in... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 376 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Toyota is now the top single brand among African Americans, with 15 percent of the new-vehicle market. That's according to information and marketing analysts at Polk, who listed Ford, Chevrolet, Honda, and Nissan as runners up, each with more than ten percent of the market. While what Polk calls the 'non-ethnic' auto market increased by just 6.8... Read More »
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20 votes
Posted by pilot 383 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Toyota president Akio Toyoda -- scion of the Toyoda family for which the company is named -- recently held a press conference on the subject of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan on March 11. And in the middle of it all, in response to what could've been a pre-arranged question from someone in the audience, Toyoda launched... Read More »
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Posted by pilot 397 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
If you're set on getting a particular vehicle this year—especially a small-car model or a Japanese-brand model—you might want to go get it sooner than later. Inventories are definitely getting tighter as a result of the earthquake (and resulting tsunami) in Japan a month ago. According to Automotive News, the supply of Kia cars is down... Read More »
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