Used cars sales are now booming with the aftereffects of Cash For Clunkers. For those unlucky souls who missed out on this huge event, they re out buying late model used cars. Many people who’s vehicle’s didn’t meet the standers for Cash for Clunkers stuck around to see what kind of deal they could get.
The downside to all of this though, is used car prices are rising. Cars that would have originally been sold for $16,000 are now being sold at about $19,000, due to the high-demand. This is making people take a step back and think, Do I really need a new car?
Finding a good vehicle for a good price is a challenge right now for many car shoppers. But if the car is getting a better gas mileage than your old car, wouldn’t it be worth it?
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Booming North American demand pushed cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles at Toyota Motor Corp. past the 2 million-unit mark last month. As of Aug. 9, Toyota sold 2.017 million hybrids worldwide since the vehicles debuted in 1997.
Toyota reached the 2 million milestone. The company came a little closer to the goal with this year’s launch of the popular third-generation Prius. Toyota expects that car alone to sell 600,000 units in its first full year on the market.
Today, Toyota sells 13 hybrid vehicle models in about 50 countries.
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Automakers around the world (Including Toyota) are designing an unusual method to reduce the chances of unintended acceleration from something like a floor mat getting tangled up with the accelerator: smart gas pedals.
If the vehicle is moving and both the gas and brake pedal are being pushed at the same time the computer tells the engine to ignore the gas pedal.
Oddly enough, equipping its vehicles with the safety feature could put Toyota ahead of many other automakers. So far, smart gas pedal systems are used mostly by German automakers. This new Toyota Part would be a great addition to anyone wishing to stay safe out on the road with this recent floor-mat scare.
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The FT-EV II is a compact Electric Vehicle designed for short distances, and it is based on the idea of a future mobility society in which EVs are common. The FT-EV II features a high-quality package extremely convenient in urban settings.
-Ultra-efficient package with body more compact than ultra-compact “iQ”, but still with seating for four
-Drive-by-wire technology enables joystick operation of all functions including accelerator, brakes and steering wheel; ample leg room provided by elimination of accelerator and brake pedals
-Electric sliding doors on both sides
-Top-speed of over 100km/h
-Easy coverage of over 90km on fully charged battery-ample for everyday use
This new car is extremely quiet and a comfortable ride with smooth acceleration, thanks to TMC-cultivated motor-control technology, which is part of the hybrid system at the core of TMC’s environmental technologies.
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Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. is instructing dealers to attach floor mats to seat frames on the driver’s side of select vehicles with self-locking wire ties to prevent the mats from snagging on gas pedals and causing unintended acceleration.
Toyota Motor Sales began sending out instructions about the fix to its regional sales offices on Thursday, Oct. 1. Regional personnel began distributing the information to dealers the next day.
He says the mats are to be secured to the driver’s seat frame with nylon self-locking wire ties, described as plastic straps that loop back into themselves and lock when pulled tight. Dealers also are to attach a label to the wire tie warning dealers and customers to ensure that these Toyota accessories are secured with restraining straps. Toyota vehicles involved are 2007-10 Camrys, 2005-10 Avalons, 2004-09 Priuses, 2005-10 Tacomas and 2007-10 Tundras.
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Toyota Motor Coorperation’s Japanese customers wait eight months to buy a Prius hybrid car, may avoid longer delays in the future thanks to Panasonic Coopreration’s pending takeover of Sanyo Electric..
As demand grows for electric and gasoline-electric hybrid cars, a shortage of the batteries used in the vehicles may force automakers to compete for supply. Toyota, which aims to offer hybrid versions of all its models sometime after 2020, may find it easier to do so after its partner Panasonic makes Sanyo a back-up plan.
Government rebate programs encouraging customers to trade in old vehicles for more fuel-efficient ones (the CARS program) have added to the demand that’s forcing customers to wait for their Priuses. Toyota registered 77,000 new Prius cars in between May and the end of August, compared with a monthly sales target of 10,000. In the U.S., new sales of the model rose more than 20 percent to about 62,000 in the four months to September. Batteries and other Toyota parts should have sped up production by 2011, putting more and more hybrids on the highway
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In June of 2009, Toyota looked to the past when naming a new CEO – Akio Toyoda.
If the last name of Akio Toyoda seems oddly close to Toyota, it is by design. The Toyoda family started Toyota Motor Company. In 1937, that department was spun off into its own company – Toyota Motor Company. Akio Toyoda is the grandson of Kiichiro Toyoda.
Akio is the youngest President of Toyota in its 80 plus year history
. During a crisis of reputation in the company, he was made Executive Vice President in 2005. He remained in that position until the summer of 2009 when he ascended to the position of President and CEO of the company.
Will a new CEO bring new changes to the company? It has expanded massively in the last 15 years. It is now the largest car company in the world. Quality was always the overriding theme with Toyota. When you purchased a Toyota, you knew the vehicle would always run and perform as advertised. It is not a surprise to hear Akio Toyoda talk about returning the company to “the basics” it was built on.
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