Toyota: Fixes are working on recalled vehicles:
Toyota maintains that the fixes being made to correct unintended acceleration in millions of recalled vehicles are sufficient.
Posted: March 9th, 2010
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Japan’s hot G’s FT-86 reveals Toyota’s tuner future:
Toyota is set to bring back the spirit of the old AE86 Corolla of the 1980s when the FT-86 arrives in late 2011.
2010 Toyota Highlander Highlander Hybrid Bottom Line
The Toyota Highlander was completely redesigned for 2008. In the process, it grew a full size larger than the previous version, from compact to mid-size, adding an optional third-row seat in the process. It’s a popular family crossover, with the unusual feature of an available hybrid model, which only the compact Ford Escape and the luxury Lexus…
Posted: March 8th, 2010
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Going topless in the Audi R8, and pickups from India, in News Brake for Friday, March 5:
In today’s News Brake: Tooling around in a topless Audi R8, Toyota backs its fixed cars, and Mahindra and Mahindra gets ready to sell pickups in the States . . . But Wait, There’s More!
Mustang V6 is frugal and more troubles for Toyota, in News Brake for Thursday, March 4:
In today’s News Brake: The Ford Mustang’s new V6 is fast and frugal; join us for a virtual green car show; and there’s more trouble for Toyota … But Wait, There’s More!
NHTSA studies unintended-acceleration complaints in ‘repaired’ Toyotas:
U.S. regulators are investigating 10 recent cases in which owners of recalled Toyota vehicles say they brought their cars in for repair and yet still experienced unintended acceleration.
Posted: March 5th, 2010
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NHTSA studies runaway complaints in ‘repaired’ Toyotas:
U.S. regulators are investigating 10 recent cases in which owners of recalled Toyota vehicles say they brought their cars in for repair and yet still experienced unintended acceleration.
Posted: March 4th, 2010
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How Toyota?s trying to win back customers (NDTV)
Toyota Motor, estimating that it lost 18,000 sales in the United States last month while its chief competitors enjoyed big gains, introduced incentives Tuesday as it tried to restore consumers? confidence in its vehicles after three big recalls.
Posted: March 4th, 2010
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Toyota offers world more apologies and woos US buyers with sops
At the first motor show since Toyota was forced to recall more than eight million cars, the company set the ball rolling with an apology.
Posted: March 4th, 2010
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Toyota Offers Zero-Percent And Free Maintenance To Some Buyers
Toyota (NYSE: TM) rolled out an all-new incentive program aimed at jump-starting sales that have slumped due to bruised consumer confidence from the ongoing accelerator-related recalls, the related hearings in Washington D.C., and several other issues and recalls. The automaker calls the new program “the company’s most far-reaching sales program…
Posted: March 4th, 2010
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Old-School/New-School: Toyota Uses Twitter, Incentives To Lure Customers Back
In the early days of the Toyota recall fiasco, car buyers seemed to ignore the bad news. But as Cleopatra once said, denial only goes so far, and Toyota’s troubles are finally having a negative impact on sales. To its credit, though, Toyota isn’t taking this lying down: the automaker has turned to the social media platform Twitter to help buff its…
Posted: March 4th, 2010
at 7:39am by Arif
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Ford beats GM in US car sales
Ford has knocked General Motors off its long-running pole position in the US car market, according to monthly sales figures released on Tuesday, while Toyota took less of a hit to its bottom line than many had expected.
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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2010 Scion xB And 2010 Toyota Corolla Are Top Safety Picks
We have some good—actually some excellent, award-worthy—Toyota-related news! Both the 2010 Toyota Corolla and 2010 Scion xB have earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award. Both cars just emerged from the new IIHS roof-crush (rollover) test with flying colors. In the test, the roof must support the equivalent of four…
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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Toyota Recall: Feds Might Require Brake Overrides
It’s already looking like the Toyota recall hearings will bring us at least one new safety feature to all new vehicles: brake overrides. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood might recommend that every U.S. new vehicle be equipped with so-called smart throttle systems—meaning, most importantly, that the signal brake pedal will always override the…
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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Tagged with Brake, feature, new vehicles, overrides, ray lahood, recall, Safety, safety feature, signal, Throttle, Toyota, toyota recall, transportation secretary, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S., vehicle
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First Look: Ferrari 599 HY-KERS Hybrid Concept
Hybridization or electrification of the Prancing Horse lineup is inevitable.
Ferrari’s HY-KERS concept, shown at the 2010 Geneva auto show, is a bit tough to swallow. The world’s most iconic sports car marque, known for screaming V-8s and V-12s, is playing around with the gas-electric technology epitomized by the Toyota Prius. Yet it gets even more dramatic than a hybrid concept. Eventually – maybe ten years from now – all Ferrari’s will be saddled with batteries and an electric motor. Hybridization or electrification of the Prancing Horse lineup is inevitable.inline_mediumwraptextright28251037/green/news/1002_2010_ferrari_599_hy_kers_hybrid_concept1003_01_z+2010_ferrari_599_hY-KERS_hybrid_concept+top_view.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: 2010 Ferrari 599 HY-KERS Hybrid Concept – 2010 Geneva Auto Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars – Automobile Magazine
Posted: March 2nd, 2010
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Toyota To Repair V-6 Models For Oil-Leak Issue
Just as Washington is winding up for another round of Congressional hearings Tuesday, news of yet another Toyota mechanical issue has spread. In affected models equipped with V-6 engines, an engine oil hose might degrade to the point of leaking, potentially causing engine failure. According to Reuters, citing a document sent out to U.S. dealers…
Posted: March 2nd, 2010
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Tagged with Congressional, congressional hearings, degrade, document, engine, engine failure, engine oil, failure, hose, issue, models, NEWS, Oil, oil hose, point, Reuters, round, Toyota, Tuesday, tuesday news, U.S., Washington
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Toyota president to visit China over recall row report
Toyota president Akio Toyoda will visit China to hold a news conference on the company’s massive recall over defective car components, Jiji Press reported today.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Tagged with Akio Toyoda, car, car components, China, company, conference, defective car, Jiji, NEWS, news conference, president, Press, recall, today, Toyota
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Toyota president to brief media in China over car recalls
The president of Toyota will hold a news conference in Beijing on Monday over the troubled company’s car recalls, a company spokesman said.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
at 2:20pm by Arif
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