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Toyota RAV4 Facelift Revealed at Geneva

5 Mar 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese manufacturer Toyota presented at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show the facelifted RAV4, a model due to reach showrooms in the upcoming months. Both the exterior and the interior have been revis...

2011 Lexus CT 200h to Make NA Debut in New York

4 Mar 2010, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After these days, during the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, the Japanese carmaker hinted the new luxury hybrid will be released in the United States, Toyota officially confirmed the luxury compact will make...

Toyota Fix Fixes Nothing

4 Mar 2010, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The acclaimed fix to all accelerator problems for Japanese carmaker Toyota, installed these days in affected vehicles seems to be worthless, as more and more reports come to say the cars still accel...

2009 Lexus Crash: More Details Emerge [AUDIO]

4 Mar 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NOTICE: The audio and video below contain elements which may be considered disturbing. Following last and this weeks' hearings in DC, a shroud of relative quiet seems to have settled over the T...

2011 Toyota Avalon And Sienna Auto Access US Pricing Announced

4 Mar 2010, 09:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Toyota announced yesterday US pricing for the redesign 2011 Avalon and 2011 Sienna models with the new Auto Access Seat, first introduced at the 2010 NAIAS. Both the S...

Toyota Sales Keep on Dropping

3 Mar 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While most of the automotive players present in the US, and especially the domestic ones, post increased sales for the past two months, the Japanese from Toyota begin to feel the heat caused by not ...

2010 Toyota Corolla Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick

3 Mar 2010, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not all lost for Toyota, it would seem... Even if the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) doesn't particularly test the accelerator pedal, the brake response or the floormats in a car...

Former Secretary Slater to Lead Toyota Quality Panel

3 Mar 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Smart move for Toyota, some might say... The Japanese carmaker announced it has managed to convince former US Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater to lead the soon-to-be North American Quality ...

Toyota Kicks-Off March Sales Program

3 Mar 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Trying to cling to their customers by all methods in a time when their image is strongly affected by the massive recalls, Toyota’s North America division announced the launch of the company�...

Toyota Recalls Avalon, RAV4 on Oil Line Issue

2 Mar 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although this latest development is in no way related to the 8 million vehicles recall to fix sudden accelerator problems in Toyota vehicles, it's difficult to see how would this not add to the...

Akio Toyoda Apologizes to China

1 Mar 2010, 15:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced since yesterday, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda traveled to China to make amends for the company's huge recall. Then CEO apologized in front of 300 reporters in Beijing but, unlike ...

Toyota Recall May Cause Criminal Case to Be Reexamined

1 Mar 2010, 15:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The largest recall in the history of Toyota, as well as the recent revelations caused by the release of the Biller documents keep on causing interesting effects, some more unlikely than others. ...

Toyota Auris HSD Official Mileage and Emissions Figures Released

1 Mar 2010, 15:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has revealed the official fuel consumption and emissions figures of the Auris HSD full hybrid, ahead of the car’s imminent Geneva debut. The Toyota Auris HSD returns a combined cycle...

Toyota Expands Additional Services Nationwide

28 Feb 2010, 20:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After late last week Japanese carmaker Toyota announced it will be providing additional services to Toyota and Lexus customers in New York affected by the recalls (sticking accelerator pedals, floor...

Ed Towns Corners Toyota on Whistle Blower Documents

28 Feb 2010, 20:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although when the Biller incident happened last year, Toyota somehow managed to avoid being caught dirty handed, all the attention it received due to the huge recall of late 2009 - early 2010 broug...

Toyota to Address Safety Issues in Beijing

28 Feb 2010, 20:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a week like no other for Japanese carmaker Toyota's management in the US, the battle to win back the hearts and minds of consumers will move to China, where Toyota will address the sa...

Toyota Offers Additional Services for New York Customers

25 Feb 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After this week's Congressional hearings failed to shed any clear light on the massive Toyota recall, the Japanese carmaker went back to trying and regain consumer confidence by announcing it w...

Cali Braces for NUMMI Closure

25 Feb 2010, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the huss-n-fuss surrounding the Toyota recall and the countless hearings scheduled for this week and the next, the fate of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) plant in Freemont was p...

ABC News Videos Unintended Acceleration

23 Feb 2010, 11:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A very interesting story broke on the Internet yesterday, when ABC news released a video showing how a Toyota vehicle which experiences unintended acceleration behaves. The video shows David Gilbert...

Toyota Hearing Witness List Includes Family of Lexus Crash Victims

23 Feb 2010, 09:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24, all eyes are on Washington and the people who, more or less, will make or brake Toyota i...