Archive for October, 2009

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Used Cars Sales Boom

Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:19

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…

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Hybrid Topper

Monday, October 19, 2009 16:00

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

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Smart Solution for Floor Mats?

Friday, October 16, 2009 18:22

 

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…

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New Electric Car Revealed

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 17:49

 

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…

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Recall Plans

Saturday, October 10, 2009 17:34

 

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…

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Battery Production Change

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 17:27

 

Toyota Motor Corporation’s Japanese customers wait eight months to buy a Prius hybrid car, may avoid longer delays in the future thanks to Panasonic Corporation’s pending takeover…

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CEO switch

Friday, October 2, 2009 19:20

 

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…

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