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Nikkei Asian Review
April 19, 2018
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor will unveil its first plug-in hybrid Corolla sedan and Levin compact car in China at the Beijing motor show, which opens April 25 in Beijing. The move, announced Wednesday, is in line with new regulations in China that require automakers to manufacture and sell "new-energyÃâà...
Motor Trend
April 14, 2018
From wide-opening sliding side doors to crazy-big cargo-carrying capabilities, minivans exist because of the practicality they offer. The spacious Sienna is a survivor in the minivan segment, and the Toyota has been on sale without a major redesign for many years. The Sienna still sells well, though, and weÃâà...
KHON2
April 14, 2018
Auto Week: Servco Auto showcases latest models from Toyota, Subaru, Lexus ... Toyota: On display this year will be the Toyota C-HR. The C-HR is a perfect mix ... Besides the C-HR, the redesigned 2018 Toyota Camry will be on display, along with over 25 other models and trims from Toyota. Lexus: In theÃâà...
Auto Remarketing
April 14, 2018
WABAN, Mass. -. Toyota and Honda auto dealers deliver the best customer experience in the country, according to a ranking based on a survey of 10,000 consumers released Thursday. Of the 18 auto dealers included in this year's Temkin Experience Ratings, Toyota earned the highest rating in theÃâà...
AL.com
April 14, 2018
Toyota Motor North America is teaming with students from Alabama A&M University on an initiative to help solve mobility issues. David Fernandes, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, announced at a Friday event on the Alabama A&M campus an initial grant of $300,000 to fund the initiative,Ãâà...
Arizona Daily Star
April 14, 2018
Anthony Fimbres, 47, was arrested after detectives learned he had purchased a Toyota SUV that was linked to the drive-by shooting, police said on Friday in a new ... Officers discovered a gold Toyota Sequoia engulfed in flames in an alley near East Kenyon Drive and South Sherwood Village Drive.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
March 30, 2018
Sean Suggs, President of Toyota Mississippi, talks with Blue Springs Alderman Malcom Leath, Blue Springs Vice Mayor Lynda Bramlett and Mayor Rita Gentry, during a president's reception Thursday night at the Union County History & Heritage Museum to honor Suggs for his commitments to the ToyotaÃâà...
ConsumerReports.org
March 30, 2018
Toyota unveiled an all-new Corolla Hatchback at the New York Auto Show that will replace the current Corolla iM when it hits dealers this summer. The 2019 Corolla Hatchback is a little bit bigger than the Corolla iM, and it features a new engine, two new transmissions, and numerous standard advancedÃâà...
The Drive
March 30, 2018
The Toyota C-HR is the Japanese automaker's entry into the newly-lucrative “hatchbacks on stilts” market—in other words, it's yet another subcompact crossover for people who need a smaller footprint, a bigger trunk, and the comforting affirmation that no gravel road will be too…gravelly...for their stylishÃâà...
CNET
March 29, 2018
2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback ditches iM moniker at New York Auto Show. Now officially called the Corolla Hatchback, the five-door stunner gets a new engine and tech. 1:51 / March 28, 2018. Transcript. Transcription not available for 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback ditches iM moniker at New York Auto Show.
MarketWatch
March 29, 2018
TOKYO-- Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. said they would team up in India, swapping models to help each other boost sales in the rapidly growing market. Toyota said it would provide its locally made Corolla sedan to Suzuki. In return, Toyota will get two of Suzuki's popular models to sell, theÃâà...
ConsumerReports.org
March 28, 2018
The RAV4 has held down a spot in Toyota's lineup since the mid-1990s, continuously evolving from a basic car-based SUV to fuel-efficient hybrid models now packed full of standard safety equipment. The RAV4 is slotted just above the pseudo-SUV Toyota C-HR in the company's SUV lineup, with nimblerÃâà...
Autoblog (blog)
March 28, 2018
Midsize family sedans may be losing sales to small SUVs, but hundreds of thousands of the things still left dealerships last year. The 2019 Nissan Altima introduced here at the New York Auto Show replaces one of the segment's best sellers, joining a pair of other best-sellers, the Honda Accord and ToyotaÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 28, 2018
Suzuki, which leads the Indian market through subsidiary Maruti Suzuki India, will supply Toyota with 30,000 to 50,000 units annually of its compact Baleno and Vitara sport utility vehicle. Toyota will provide Suzuki with around 10,000 units yearly of its Corolla in both hybrid and gasoline models. This mutualÃâà...
MLive.com
March 28, 2018
The Japanese automaker's popular SUV is coming off its best-ever year in 2017, in which Toyota reported it sold more than 400,000 RAV4s making it one of the best-selling vehicles stateside. This came after the RAV4 enjoyed a fruitful 2016, as its sales jumped 11.6 percent to the tune of 352,139 vehiclesÃâà...
Motor Trend
March 27, 2018
The RAV4 will sit on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) that should improve ride quality and handling. We expect it will receive a naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine that provides more juice than the current model's 176 hp. It's likely Toyota will replace the current six-speed automatic with a newÃâà...
CNET
March 26, 2018
The Toyota Yaris Sedan drops the "iA" from its name for 2019. Yes, the de-Scioning of Toyota's lineup is complete, much like how the refreshed 2019 Corolla Hatchback no longer uses the name "iM." But while the Corolla gets a pretty substantial update, the Yaris Sedan -- which is still based on theÃâà...
The Verge
March 26, 2018
The 2019 Toyota Corolla is making its global debut at the New York International Auto Show this week, and it has a few surprises hidden inside its tiny hatchback — most notably Apple's CarPlay and Amazon's Alexa. Toyota first added CarPlay earlier this year in the 2019 Avalon. It was a shift for theÃâà...
New Haven Register
March 26, 2018
Chevy is credited with single-handedly reviving the compact-pickup-truck segment in the US, but the truth is that Toyota has long ruled it with its Tacoma. It was just that the "Taco" stood more or less alone, with only the Nissan Frontier to challenge it in the entry-level-pickup space. The Chevy ColoradoÃâà...
Automotive News
March 26, 2018
Craven, a former president of the International Paralympic Committee, first interacted with Toyota when the carmaker signed on as a top Paralympic and Olympic sponsor in 2015. In February 2017, he was summoned to Toyoda's office in Nagoya, Japan, where the grandson of the company's founderÃâà...
The Drive
March 26, 2018
Seemingly timed to take advantage of the current Supra-mania spurred on by the MkV hype-train, an absolutely pristine example of the now-legendary MkIV Toyota Supra has appeared for sale. Spotted on Bring a Trailer is a completely unmodified 1994 Supra with just 5,664 miles on the odometer.
Automotive News (blog)
March 26, 2018
TOYOTA CITY, Japan — Toyota's truck guy in Japan, Michigan transplant Mike Sweers, looks straight out of central casting as he struts across the Toyota City technical center campus in his close-cropped goatee, auto-tinting eyeglasses and black cowboy boots. If there were any doubt about his macho 4x4Ãâà...
Bloomington Pantagraph
March 25, 2018
"We are pleased with the finished product, which will carry us into the next several decades as the only Toyota dealer in the McLean, Livingston, Woodford, Macon, Menard, Ford, DeWitt, Piatt ... counties," said Matt Kaufman, general manager of the Bloomington-Normal Toyota dealership. He is BenÃâà...
Jalopnik
March 25, 2018
Clean, unmodified Toyota Supra Turbos have always commanded hefty price tags, but the market is starting to make air-cooled 911s look like Craigslist Honda Civic beaters. As I browse the website where the Jalopnik staff wastes most of its time during the workday—Bring A Trailer—I can only wonder whatÃâà...
The Drive
March 24, 2018
Ahead of the New York International Auto Show, Toyota has revealed the next-generation of what is arguably the most ubiquitous car in the world: the Corolla. Specifically, the Corolla Hatchback. While we're only getting a look at the five-door for now, expect a more traditional three-box sedan version toÃâà...
Car and Driver (blog)
March 21, 2018
Magna Steyr will build the next BMW Z4 and Toyota Supra at its assembly plant in Graz, Austria. The jointly developed sports cars will both be assembled by the contract manufacturer, according to a report in Automotive News Europe. Magna Steyr is a favorite producer for low-volume specialty models suchÃâà...
Top Speed
March 21, 2018
The Toyota Auris, also known as the Corolla iM in the United States, has had a strong run, as has even been hailed as the first mass-produced Toyota to offer hybrid drive in Europe. Now, for the 2019 model year, Toyota introduces the third-gen Auris and a whole new line up of powertrains to go with it.
Automobile
March 21, 2018
We won't see the production version of the new Toyota Supra until sometime in the first half of 2019. Until then, these spy ... its twin, the BMW Z4. Earlier this month, Toyota revealed a concept track car version of the Supra. ... Toyota hasn't released powertrain information on the new model. But the Supra'sÃâà...
Jalopnik
March 21, 2018
After a crash with a self-driving Uber vehicle killed a pedestrian identified as 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, the company said it would temporarily suspend testing of its autonomous cars in Tempe, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto. Toyota and self-driving startup Nutonomy are doingÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 20, 2018
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it would suspend certain autonomous-vehicle testing operations on public roads after an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The Japanese auto maker said it has “decided to temporarily pause our Chauffeur mode testing onÃâà...
The Drive
March 20, 2018
Triad Racing Technologies, an engine builder and parts supplier for Toyota teams in NASCAR, is selling assets related to its engine program. The sale is being overseen by Gordon Brothers, a global restructuring and investment firm. Assets being sold include an engine shop, engines, and machineryÃâà...
The Verge
March 20, 2018
Toyota halted the testing of its autonomous vehicles on public roads in the US in the wake of a deadly crash involving a self-driving Uber in Arizona Sunday night. According to Bloomberg, the Japanese auto giant said it would temporarily cease testing its “Chauffeur” program out of respect for its test drivers.
Automotive News (blog)
March 19, 2018
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. is one of the world's biggest and most profitable carmakers, but to hear Akio Toyoda tell it, the Japanese juggernaut is teetering on the edge of ruin, beset by crises that executives are only beginning to grasp. Toyota's chief rarely opens his mouth in public these days withoutÃâà...
WAFF
March 16, 2018
The mayor had a face- to- face meeting this week with the bosses who will oversee the new Mazda-Toyota plant operations. It was all about getting to know the two people who are going to be running the Mazda Toyota facilities and welcome them to North Alabama. The mayor sat down with them to discussÃâà...
TechCrunch
March 16, 2018
Ford detailed a bunch of its roadmap for the next few years at a special media event today, and one of the key takeaways is that it's going all-in on hybrids with its SUV lineup. Ford estimates that SUVs could make up as much as half the entire U.S. industry retail market by 2020, and that's why it's shifting $7Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 16, 2018
Without citing sources, the Japanese business daily said that the firms are negotiating a possible deal for Toyota to use Uber's automated driving technology in one of the automaker's minivan models, and that Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had met with Toyota executives in the United States this week.
CNBC
March 16, 2018
"So every time we launch a utility in North America our intention is to have a hybrid," he said. "That's a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or in some cases, both. We've moved past hybrids being a science project." Toyota has been a leader in hybrids ever since it introduced the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, theÃâà...
Evansville Courier & Press
March 15, 2018
PRINCETON, Ind. – A Toyota USA Foundation grant will help students from 22 Southwest Indiana schools receive high-quality science, technology, engineering and math instruction, officials said Wednesday. Toyota officials announced $290,000 worth of grants for Project Lead the Way programs at localÃâà...
CNET
March 15, 2018
Testing a vehicle's durability by driving over tons of potholes sounds like a job for the low man on the totem pole. But even the lowest-ranking engineer can breathe a sigh of relief at Toyota, since the automaker found a more efficient way to test vehicle durability. Toyota has started using autonomy-adjacentÃâà...
Nasdaq
March 12, 2018
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Top Speed
March 12, 2018
The new BMW Z4 is going to make its debut sometime in the summer of this year, quelling the uproar over the roadster's surprising absence at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. The word for months had the Z4 penned to make its debut in Geneva, but the show arrived with no signs of the roadster. Now weÃâà...
Traverse City Record Eagle
March 12, 2018
Special to the Record-Eagle/Len IngrassiaThe striking lines of the 2018 Toyota C-HR subcompact make for high curb appeal. Len Ingrassia: New Toyota ... Toyota adds a new twist to their lineup of SUVs and crossovers with its debut of the oddly styled C-HR sub compact. It has plenty of curb appeal with aÃâà...
Progress Index
March 12, 2018
We're driving the all-new 2018 Toyota C-HR this week, a sub-compact crossover built to do battle with competitors like Chevy Trax, Ford Eco Sport, Nissan Kicks, Honda HR-V, Hyundai Kona, and Mazda CX-3. This vehicle joined the Toyota family when corporate decided to discontinue sales of its lowerÃâà...
CNET
March 10, 2018
In its continued bid for global dominati… I mean, to transition into a mobility company, Toyota has added a ride-hailing-like aspect to its business in Japan with the help of Japan Taxi and others. This is great news if you're in Japan and need to go somewhere, because Toyota has joined forces with one ofÃâà...
AL.com
March 9, 2018
In the next step toward their Huntsville venture, Mazda Motor Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. have announced the establishment of a joint-venture company. Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA, Inc., or (MTMUS), says the full-scale construction of its $1.6 billion Huntsville plant will begin in 2019. When fullyÃâà...
Motor Authority
March 7, 2018
The 2019 Toyota Corolla hatchback, or Auris in European markets, made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva motor show. The car is highlighted by chiseled new looks, and the Japanese automaker is doubling down on hybrid power for the popular compact car. The 2019 Corolla hatch will feature justÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 7, 2018
At a New Year's party, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a plea to business leaders: Raise wages by 3 percent to support Japan's economy. The request was met with a polite silence. “Let me take that as no objection,” the prime minister said. Among those present was Toyota Motor Corp. President AkioÃâà...
Automotive News
March 7, 2018
U.S. consumers have filed a lawsuit against Kobe Steel Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corp. accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of sub-standard metal components in vehicles. The proposed class action lawsuit represents the first U.S.Ãâà...
CNET
March 7, 2018
After a long pause, the Supra is coming back. This motorsport concept is our first preview. 1:29 / March 6, 2018. Transcript. Transcription not available for Toyota GR Supra Racing concept previews Supra's second coming. Coming up next. Video: Volkswagen's I.D. Vizzion is an AI-powered electric car. Volkswagen's I.D.Ãâà...
The Detroit News
March 7, 2018
Toyota Motor Corp. announced plans to drop diesel models from its European portfolio this year even as Volkswagen AG, which sparked the fury over the technology, predicts a rebound. The diverging views of the world's two largest automakers reflect the uncertainty over the future of diesel, which hasÃâà...
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