TOYOTA

Founded in 1937, Toyota is a multinational car manufacturer headquartered in Japan. It was ranked in 2009 as the world’s largest automaker with over 300,000 employees world wide. Toyota also owns and operates the Lexus and Scion brands and is a majority shareholder in Daihatsu and HINO trucks, and a minority shareholder in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors and Yamaha Motors.

In 2002, Toyota entered the Formula One circuit and began a joint venture with French companies Citroen and Peugeot. Toyota ranked 8th on the Forbes 2000 list for 2005 with number one ranking for number of cars sold worldwide in 2008’s first quarter.

Toyota Blogs are very popular, according to Best of Blogs there were over 11,000 blogs related to Toyota in the spring of 2009. Popular blogs include those dedicated to a particular model, the Formula One Toyota Team and the concept cars of the future for Toyota.

Consumer Reports blog on Toyota discusses mpg and safety features for the Toyota line.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “TOYOTA”

• BMW, Porche, Ferrari, Ford, Rolls Royce, Limousine, Toyota :: Honda Accord Tourer - The Station-Wagon

  
  XciteFun.net — Authority: 179
  Author: vicked.vicky Subject: Honda Accord Tourer - The Station-Wagon Posted: Dec 29, 2009 (GMT 0) Honda Accord Tourer - The Station-Wagon The station-wagon version of the euro-market Honda Accord Tourer will be offered a 150Hp 2.2-liter i-CTDi diesel unit and two petrol engines, a 156Hp 2.0-liter and a 201Hp ...
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• 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Buying Tips and Reviews

  
  Autos Fans — Authority: 136
  The 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser has a stellar, well-deserved reputation for off-road performance. On-road, the Land Cruiser falls far short of fantastic.Overview of 2010 Toyota Land CruiserThe 2010 Land Cruiser is a 4-door, 8-passenger luxury sport-utility, available in one trim only, the 4X4 and MSRP is $65,970 .Upon ...
  7 hours ago

• Eco-Tuning: Tommy Kaira Spruces Up 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid

  
  Best Car Ever — Authority: 154
  Just in time for next month’s Tokyo Auto Salon 2010, Japanese tuning house Tommy Kaira has finalized its aero and performance offerings for the latest generation Toyota Prius hybrid. We’ve been following the development of Tommy Kaira’s sports package since September when the company released a set computer ...
  9 hours ago

• Inside Line’s Wacky Predictions for 2010

  
  CarVersation — Authority: 135
  We don’t consider Inside Line as the highpoint for automotive journalism–any site that runs a comparo between an old Ferrari 308 GTB and a Korean minivan is likely a waste.  But the refreshed (and overdone) Edmunds spin-off has run an oddball list of ten events it sees happening in 2010. The article was done ...
  9 hours ago

• Small cars most important at Indian Auto Expo

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 553
  India’s Auto Expo will see global manufacturers showing off cheap compact cars with the hope to break into on of the few remaining growth markets.Car sales are set to jump at least 16 per cent this year to 1.4 million vehicles in India which is the second most populous country in the World.New models are [...] ...
  11 hours ago

• How do I reattach the bumper and indicators to my Toyota Rav 4?

  
  Automotive Gallery, Videos, Preview, News and Store — Authority: 148
  We have a 98 Toyota Rav 4 (5 door) and our bumper was taken off by a truck. We need to make a temporary repair, so it would be great if someone could advise as to how to get the bumper back on and rewire the indicators.Posted by Kayakah!
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• Fort Worth automobile accident - Car slams into pond upside down; kills 4 Texans

  
  JusticeNewsFlash.com | Legal News | Lawyer Press Release — Authority: 442
  Legal news for Texas automobile accident attorneys. A car slammed into a pond in Southlake for unknown reasons, which killed four people. Texas automobile accident lawyers alerts- A Toyota Avalon crashed into a pond upside-down, submerging the car in water. Fort Worth, TX—A single-vehicle crash claimed the lives ...
  13 hours ago

• 2010 Hybrid Gas Mileage

  
  mpgomatic.com — Authority: 99
  We’ve made it a point here at MPGomatic to put the gamut of hybrid cars and SUVs through exhaustive road tests. Our continuing goal is to examine the ability of hybrids to meet or exceed the official fuel economy estimates when using appropriate driving techniques. While some folks have complained that their ...
  14 hours ago

• Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez threatens to expel Toyota

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 501
  The scarcity of all-terrain models to serve people in under-privileged areas caused Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez to turn on Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, which he threatened to expel unless it fills this requirement.Chavez is demanding for Toyota to produce an all-terrain model of 4×4 vehicles to be ...
  16 hours ago

• REPORT: 76% of "electric propulsion vehicle" patent applications come from Japan

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 672
  Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Hybrid , Hydrogen , Toyota , Green Daily Toyota is the undisputed world leader in hybrid vehicle sales, so it unsurprisingly follows that the company dominates the charts when it comes to patents for "electric propulsion vehicles." A recent study conducted by the Japan ...
  17 hours ago

• Toyota expects a 17 percent increase in its 2010 global production

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 501
  Amid signs that the economies of Japan, the US, and Europe are recovering, Toyota Motor Corp. said that it expects a 17% increase in its 2010 global production (excluding Daihatsu and Hino Motors) to 7.5 million units compared to this year.According to the reports from Japanese media, the figure is similar to ...
  18 hours ago

• Eco-Tuning: Tommy Kaira Spruces Up 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid

  
  Carscoop — Authority: 641
  Just in time for next months Tokyo Auto Salon 2010, Japanese tuning house Tommy Kaira has finalized its aero and performance offerings for the latest generation Toyota Prius hybrid. Weve been following the development of Tommy Kairas sports package since September when the company released a set computer enhanced ...
  18 hours ago

• PickupTrucks.com calls out decades 10 most significant trucks

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 750
  Filed under: Truck , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Dodge , Ford , GM , Honda , Nissan , Toyota 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor - Click above for high-res image gallery We love ourselves a good top 10 list, and when talk turns from cars to trucks, theres nobody whos opinion we respect more than the brain-trust ...
  18 hours ago

• Toyota forecasts 17% increase in global production for 2010

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 553
  Toyota has told the Japan’s Nikkei newspaper that it expects a 17 per cent increase in its 2010 global production, excluding its Daihatsu and Hino units, from this year to about 7.5 million units.The news comes as positive sign of economic recovery for Japan’s number one vehicle manufacturer with the figure now ...
  19 hours ago

• Attorney withdraws 17 lawsuits against Toyota

  
  Leftlane - news, reviews, and info for the auto-industry — Authority: 592
  After several lawsuits being filed against Toyota this year, the automaker has reason to celebrate as a healthy batch of lawsuits are being dropped, not added to its work load. The latest lawsuit news comes as an attorney reportedly has requested to drop his 17 outstanding lawsuits against Toyota for allegedly ...
  19 hours ago

• GM’s Converts

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 699
  Over at Daily Finance, there’s some skepticism about GM’s ability to retain market share in 2010. Just ask the analysts: “Its losing—not gaining—a greater share of the market that concerns George Magliano, director of automotive industry research in North America at IHS Global Insight. [Ed—Hasn’t GM ...
  20 hours ago

• Toyota Prius Review Long Term Update

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 553
  After one solid month with the new third generation Toyota Prius hybrid my opinion still hasn’t changed. It’s quite possibly the smartest, yet the most uncool car under $60,000.Whilst I’ve had the Prius I’ve also got behind the wheel of two other cars, a Jaguar XF-R and a Lexus IS250C. Although completely ...
  20 hours ago

• Charting the Top 10 Best-Selling Cars and Trucks of 2009

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 750
  Filed under: Chevrolet , Ford , GM , Honda , Nissan , Toyota Top 10 Best-Selling Vehicles of 2009 - Click above to view the list The most tumultuous year in the history of the auto industry draws to a close this week with two-of-three U.S.-based automakers having gone through bankruptcy, all all ...
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• The Top 10 Significant Trucks of the Decade

  
  PickupTrucks: News — Authority: 536
  Despite the economic challenges of the past two years, it’s hard not to look back at the past 10 years without calling it the Decade of the Pickup Truck. Sales of full-size pickups hit 2.56 million units in 2004, and Ford’s F-Series trucks remain the nation’s best-selling vehicles, 33 years in a row. ...
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• Todt’s FIA to tackle Schu favouritism claims

  
  Flagworld.com >> News — Authority: 156
  Todt says F1 still too expensive F1’s governing body will be “on their toes” in 2010 to scupper renewed suggestions of bias towards Michael Schumacher. Damon Hill, the German driver’s fierce championship opponent of the mid 90s, told the BBC: “The suspicion was always that Michael got a little bit of ...
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