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Toyota Raising Steel Sheet Price by 10%
Toyota Raising Steel Sheet Price by 10%

23 Jul 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Due to the Japanese yen’s value decrease in the last period, Nippon Steel & Sumimoto Metal Corp and Toyota Motor Corp. have agreed to raise steel sheet prices by 10 percent between April a...

 
See Toyota’s New Training Facility
See Toyota’s New Training Facility

23 Jul 2013, 08:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We learned earlier that Toyota has recently opened a new training center in Gifu Prefecture, called the Takimi Service Center. Now, a recently released video from the automaker, which you can watch ...

 
Toyota Opens New Training Center and Test Course
Toyota Opens New Training Center and Test Course

22 Jul 2013, 15:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is opening a new testing and training facility so that mechanics will get more specialized and avoid possible defects like the ones that caused the massive recall five years ago. The 9 bil...

 
Honda Teases new Brio MPV Ahead of Indonesia Show Debut
Honda Teases new Brio MPV Ahead of Indonesia Show Debut

19 Jul 2013, 12:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda has been busy the past few days with showing its brand new Jazz/Fit supermini to the international press. But it hasn't forgotten how important local market cars for the Asian market. ...

 
Lexus Sales Increasing in Middle East
Lexus Sales Increasing in Middle East

18 Jul 2013, 12:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Lexus sales in the Gulf region are registering a steady increase in this year’s first half compared to the same period of 2012. The automaker’s newly designed and premium equipped veh...

 
Toyota Expecting Sales Drops in Thailand
Toyota Expecting Sales Drops in Thailand

18 Jul 2013, 12:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thai government’s stimulus measures to sell new cars are starting to wear off, leaving automakers - Toyota included - to sort out their sales alone. Despite the record 22.1 percent on-year ...

 
See Toyota’s Kirobo Interacting With Humans
See Toyota’s Kirobo Interacting With Humans

17 Jul 2013, 12:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you are not familiar with what Toyota does in its spare time, we’ll inform you that the automaker is working on an experiment involving a man and a robot in space. Kirobo is the first hu...

 
Toyota Reiz Posing with Sexy Chinese Model
Toyota Reiz Posing with Sexy Chinese Model

16 Jul 2013, 12:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We can’t see any reason why the Toyota Reiz was not too popular in China. If FAW-Toyota’s marketing issues are the problem, why haven’t they tried to advertise it using sexy Chines...

 
New Toyota Vios May Launch in Malaysia in October
New Toyota Vios May Launch in Malaysia in October

15 Jul 2013, 17:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The 2013 Toyota Vios was officially unveiled on the Thai market at this year’s Bangkok show and recent rumors tell that it will be offered in Malaysia in October this year. According to a M...

 
Toyota Corolla Chief Engineer Presenting the 2014 Model
Toyota Corolla Chief Engineer Presenting the 2014 Model

11 Jul 2013, 08:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The all-new Toyota Corolla will be produced in 16 manufacturing locations and sold in over 150 countries in the world. As Project Chief Engineer Shinichi Yasui tells us in the latest revealed cli...

 
Toyota Investing $7 Billion into Advance Hybrid Technology
Toyota Investing $7 Billion into Advance Hybrid Technology

9 Jul 2013, 16:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Since the Toyota Prius was launched in 1997, over 3 million units have been sold worldwide, proving that hybrid vehicles are the core of the green revolution in the auto industry. And this won�...

 
Lexus Sponsors Earthquake Proof Desk Project
Lexus Sponsors Earthquake Proof Desk Project

9 Jul 2013, 16:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You know those earthquake drills in school where you should get under the desk if the earth starts to shake. Well, that is not quite a god idea if the desk is not strong enough to support a huge chu...

 
Toyota Increasing Santa Rosa Car Parts Production
Toyota Increasing Santa Rosa Car Parts Production

9 Jul 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A good way to sell a car cheaper in an area and raise production level is to manufacture it locally and that is what Toyota will do in Santa Rosa. Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. is looking forwar...

 
2014 Lexus IS Brings "Excitement" to the Game
2014 Lexus IS Brings "Excitement" to the Game

8 Jul 2013, 17:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With only three weeks since the Lexus IS’ launch in Malaysia, the first review from there emerged recently. Officially introduced at Mutiara Damansara hub in the region, the 2014 IS is offe...

 
More Toyota Reiz Spyshots from China
More Toyota Reiz Spyshots from China

5 Jul 2013, 16:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’ve showed you a picture with the back side of the upcoming Toyota Reiz earlier and now we found the rest of it as some new spy photos have recently emerged on the internet. Currently, th...

 
Watch a 2014 Lexus IS Performance Show
Watch a 2014 Lexus IS Performance Show

5 Jul 2013, 10:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The astonishing new Lexus IS was launched with a huge party in Japan, suggestively named the IS Amazing Night, if you remember. A big heliport in Japan and a huge hangar nearby provided the neces...

 
Toyota Innova - Chrome Edition Launched
Toyota Innova - Chrome Edition Launched

5 Jul 2013, 09:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Eight years have passed since the Toyota Innova was introduced on the Indian market, selling 400,000 units in the meantime. Marking the milestone, the automaker recently launched an anniversary c...

 
Toyota Camry Having Sexy Bath Time
Toyota Camry Having Sexy Bath Time

4 Jul 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Looks like the Toyota Camry is one of the most preferred models when it comes to sexy girl car washes. After seeing a 2002 Camry getting washed with no hands by six models earlier in a warm US re...

 
Lexus Is the Third Most Sought-After Luxury Car Brand in China
Lexus Is the Third Most Sought-After Luxury Car Brand in China

4 Jul 2013, 12:46 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The consumers’ “appetite” for luxury brand in China is directly proportional with their increasing economy and population: sky high. While the Chinese prefer fancy French produc...

 
Five Lexus Vehicles Abandoned in Vietnamese Port
Five Lexus Vehicles Abandoned in Vietnamese Port

3 Jul 2013, 15:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Looks like smugglers took advantage of the incentives on Vietnamese repatriates’ imported cars to illegally introduce them into the country. So five Lexus cars totaling about $1 million are...