Toyota News

Ready to get rid of that oil-leaking, low-powered, piece of junk in the garage but don't want to give it away? You obviously want to get as close to the true market value as you can, and the car's appearance will help in the negotiations. According to the ...    Read more

From suggestions on how Americans can break their oil dependency to German unions supporting the United Auto Workers to the new Ford Flex SUV (pictured), here's the latest from the autosphere: ...    Read more

Toyota, the once-plucky but now enormous automobile company from the Land of the Rising Sales, may shortly eclipse General Motors as the world’s number-one auto maker. And with good reason—the manufacturer builds cars for many different markets around the world, and for many different market segments, all the way from ...    Read more

April 4, 2007 -- Torrance, CA: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced new "ECO-nomic savings bonus" incentives on 2007 Toyota Prius resulting in savings of as much as $2,000 on certain options packages. "For more than three years, consumers shopping Prius found short supplies and premium pricing," said ...    Read more

As computers become more and more ubiquitous, manufacturers of the products that use them want more control of the creation of their software.The most recent example is Toyota Motor Corp. According to Reuters , the Japanese auto maker will be developing its own standards for in-car software. The company ...    Read more

While most folks rested over the weekend, UAW organizers were in Georgetown, Kentucky, and deep in the heart of enemy territory: Toyota.According to Dan Sieger, a spokesman for Toyota North America Manufacturing, the UAW has been trying to unionize the Georgetown plant for 20 years. The United Auto Workers ...    Read more

March 28, 2007 - Ann Arbor, Michigan, – Toyota will serve as the first Aisin OEM host company for the 2007 SAE World Congress. The 2007 SAE World Congress will be held April 16-19, in Detroit, Michigan at the Cobo Center. This year's theme for the congress is: Engineering ...    Read more

To the Japanese automobile manufacturers, unions are the plague. And the United Auto Workers (UAW) admit to having a tough time getting new union members when they visit Japanese manufacturers' plants (called 'transplants') in the U.S. "People just aren’t interested," said one union organizer.The Japanese auto makers in the U.S. ...    Read more

There is no doubt that the auto makers of the world are going green (i.e., looking towards alternative fuel). Any many options are now open to consumers who wish to go green, too. Businessweek.com is reporting that, in the next 20 months, at least 30 new hybrids will be introduced ...    Read more

Erlanger, KY. - March 19, 2007 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) with a 2007 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. Toyota's accomplishments was recognized at an ...    Read more

Is California a dry well for Toyota?That's seems to be what the latest reports are saying about Toyota's new marketing strategy. According to Automotive News , the automaker is looking for greener pastures (i.e., more money) up north, south, and east of the Golden state. States Jim Lentz, VP ...    Read more

The all-new Toyota Tundra took a hit in reputation recently when it secured only 4 stars out of 5 on crash tests administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The less than full rating means there's an 11 to 20 percent chance of injury in a frontal crash ...    Read more

One of the biggest frustrations for the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has been little, if any, progress in securing interest among workers from foreign manufacturers such as BMW and Toyota on American soil.Well, that may be changing if the UAW is to be believed. According to the ...    Read more

Toyota fears that its success will cause a backlash among American politicians.And the world's second largest automaker seems to be right. Recently, lawmakers in Congress from states that have U.S. car manufacturers' facilities have accused the Japanese government of keeping the yen artificially low and giving an advantage to Japanese ...    Read more

During a recent interview, Jim Press, President of Toyota North America, mentioned that the automaker was considering the development of a hybrid vehicle powered by ethanol.Vehicles that run on both gasoline and ethanol are called "flex-fuel vehicles" (FFV). The most common blend used in the U.S. is E85, ...    Read more

It is always a good idea to boost sales of any product with incentives. And that's what Toyota is doing to boost sales of its new Tundra. First, Toyota, apparently aware of what the media would say upon such monetary hooks, notes that incentives on trucks is common. In one ...    Read more

Hot off the heels of awarding a new $1.3 billion assembly plant to Mississippi, Toyota will be spending a record amount of funds this year to lobby lawmakers and to boost its image with the American people. According to Bloomberg , Toyota spent $4.6 million in lobbying and promotion ...    Read more

Toyota Motor *** with its reputation for reliability, must be wanting to go invisible right now in New Zealand. (The phenomenally successful Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in the country.) According to stuff , Toyota is recalling over 30,000 of its 4Runner, Hilux, and Surf SUVs. ...    Read more

While Toyota has successfully marketed itself as an “American” company because it has numerous manufacturing plants spread out throughout the country, congressmen from states that host the true American car manufacturers are starting to shout to the contrary. Debbie Stabenow, Democratic senator from the state of Michigan, asserts that most ...    Read more

Conservation of fuel can have many benefits—less greenhouse gases, less pollutants emitted into the atmosphere, less tax revenue. . . What was that, again? Yes, politicians are taking a look at conservation measures as they relate to motor vehicles, and also are taking a look at the types of ...    Read more

Toyota Motor *** after months of speculation and reluctant double-speak, is finally joining the other automakers on the plug-in hybrid powertrain.States Jim Press, president of Toyota North America, when asked about such vehicles: 'We are doing consumer research right now as well as product development.'Plug-in hybrids, like standard ones, use ...    Read more

Newsweek, via MSNBC, recently published a report on how and why Toyota Motor Co. is on the fast-track to surpass General Motors as numero uno among the world's automakers.Analysts say that the inevitable shift will occur with Toyota passing GM in sales this year. By 2013, the Japanese car maker ...    Read more

The Consumer Reports love Japanese cars as far as reliability is concerned, and its fondness continues in the magazine's annual survey. The top five are Acura, Honda, Lexus, Scion, and Toyota, with Honda and Toyota scoring highest overall in the 2007 Annual Car Reliability Survey. This marks the second time ...    Read more

When a state loses business, a lot of times the governor of that state usually steps forward and blames it on something other than himself, his administration, or the people of the state. Recently Toyota has decided to put a new $1.3 billion plant in Mississippi instead of ...    Read more

KSL is reporting that the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) may be looking to alter its customer complaint policy. Specifically, consumers may no longer have access to view those complaints.Currently, anyone can submit issues with their vehicles on the government site, from airbags deploying improperly in ...    Read more