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”

 

• 2011 Toyota Sienna recalled due to brake light problem

  
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  The 2011 Toyota Sienna is being recalled due to a brake light problem. (CC BY/IFCAR/Wikipedia) Just when Toyota thought it was out of the recall jungle, the (faulty) break lights started flashing. The embattled automaker has reported that there will be a recall of 94,000 2011 Toyota Sienna vehicles because of a ...
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• the reinvented Camry... great commercial! (Lets applaud the DMV idea ! )

  
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• Toyota to initiate a vehicle recall in India

  
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  Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) will be recalling a few thousand cars in India very soon. Toyota will be the second Japanese car maker to initiate a vehicle recall in India this month, the first being Nissan for a possible defect in the brake master cylinder of a select batch of Nissan Micras and Sunnys. While ...
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• Softbank White Family Remains Japan’s Favorite CM Series for 2012

  
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  Japan’s most favorite CM series for 2012 has been consolidated and the Softbank White Family has retained its crown for the sixth consecutive year. Its not surprising since the series has always been kept interesting with weird adventures, involving many guest stars from Maeda Atsuko, Matsuda Shota, and even a ...
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• DUB Edition Avalon shoot : Which color would you rock?

  
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  Behind the scenes photo shoot of the latest DUB Edition Toyota Avalon – which color is best?
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• Report: Automakers donating money, vehicles and supplies to Oklahoma tornado relief effort

  
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  Filed under: Etc. , Chrysler , Ford , GM , Honda , Toyota , Volkswagen Judging by the destruction the Oklahoma City area experienced earlier this week, residents are going to need a lot of help in coming months. Fortunately, a number of automakers - including General Motors , Ford , Chrysler , ...
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• Spy Shots: Next-gen Toyota Prius spied inside and out

  
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  Filed under: Spy Photos , Hybrid , Hatchback , Toyota Toyota has built itself into the industrys standard-bearer when it comes to hybrids, and it isnt going to let the poster child for gas-electric vehicles get stale on the market. These spy shots captured in California are our first good look at the ...
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• 2013 Toyota Prius V Tested: Yep, it’s the Big Prius

  
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  For many buyers, the Toyota Prius is to hybrid vehicles what Xerox is to photocopies: a synonym and an archetype. All hybrids are Priuses, to many who don’t read car magazines, and that’s what Toyota gets for being first with a good product. A couple of years ago, Toyota’s popular hybrid had kittens and ...
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• Plug-in Cars: Where Can You Buy Them?

  
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  Thursday’s pricing announcement for the Chevrolet Spark EV likely piqued some interest on the West Coast, but chances are few others gave it much attention. GM will sell the all-electric hatchback only in California and Oregon; the automaker has announced no plans to sell it elsewhere, spokesman Kevin Kelly told ...
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• Wheels Blog: Wheelies: The Inexpensive E.V.’s Edition

  
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  Chevrolet announced lease pricing for the Spark EV, and a Michigan developer plans to turn former G.M. property into a car enthusiast theme park of sorts.        
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• Wheelies: The Inexpensive E.V.’s Edition

  
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  Chevrolet announced lease pricing for the Spark EV, and a Michigan developer plans to turn former G.M. property into a car enthusiast theme park of sorts.
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• Report: Lexus IS Coupe on the way for the 2014 model year, IS F Coupe rumored

  
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  WhatCarUK reports that Lexus is gearing up to release their next generation IS Coupe for the 2014 model year very soon. Much like the last generation’s IS convertible, the all-new IS Coupe will be based on the IS sedan. But it is also said be taking styling cues from the LF-CC Coupe that debuted at the 2012 Paris ...
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• Start-Stop System: Now Available On YOUR Smartphone – Or is it a stop-start system?

  
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  Some forty years in the making, start-stop  technology has arrived on your smartphone. Volkswagen launched an app that stops YouTube videos automatically when you look away from the screen. And it starts again, when you look back. The app uses facial recognition technology to capture when the viewer is looking away, ...
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• News in brief: Toyota to ramp up battery production

  
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  Toyotas commitment to hybrid cars has taken another step forward as news broke that it will rapidly increase its lithium-ion battery production. According to reports in Japanese business daily The Nikkei, Toyota will increase the number of lithium-ion batteries it produces for vehicles such as the[...]
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• Report: BMW-Toyota sports car heading towards Tokyo debut

  
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  Filed under: Performance , BMW , Toyota Earlier this year, BMW and Toyota confirmed a four-part joint venture mostly focusing on increasing improving vehicle efficiency using fuel cells, lightweight materials and better battery technology. Also tucked into the announcement was a "feasibility study" for ...
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• Toyota Hilux Invincible review

  
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  If you’re going to name your car Invincible, you need to be pretty sure of its capabilities. It’s not like you’re calling it Pretty Robust or Really Quite Adequate. So Toyota must have complete faith in its top-spec Hilux Invincible. Naturally the temptation was to put the Hilux to the ultimate test of ...
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• Video: Toyota Supra ready for its retrospective video closeup

  
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  Filed under: Aftermarket , Classics , Coupe , Performance , Videos , Toyota Our friends at XCAR have taken the time to train their lenses on the iconic Toyota Supra . With Toyota finally back into the performance car game, it seems only logical to remember one of the brands most legendary sports cars. ...
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• 4Runner Owner Gets Lucky in Drive Thru

  
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  Toyota seems to have some of the safest cars and trucks around.  Appearantly this is not only due to the features installed by the manufacterer, but Toyota has some really smart owners too.  The news this week is really starting to make me chuckle-starting with an article about a Washington State woman who had ...
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• 3 Auto Stocks Going Places: Ford’s New Data, GM Gets an Upgrade, and Toyota Updates Its Batteries

  
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  Ford Motor Co.  ( NYSE:F ): Ford believes that vehicles sporting four cylinder engines will make up 66 percent of the auto market by 2020, as rising fuel costs push consumers to smaller, more efficient cars, and  pressure on manufacturers  from the CAFE standards increases. Trucks and SUVs will still likely pack at ...
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• Is Ford Motor Company (F) Still a Buy?

  
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  Last week, shares of  Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F ) crossed the $15 line for the first time since early 2011. The last time Ford stock reached that level, the company was benefiting from a spate of recalls at  Toyota Motor Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: TM ) and the devastating Japanese tsunami of March 2011, which ...
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