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North American Toyota Production Expected to Reach 100 Percent in September
Parts Recovery Is Earlier Than Anticipated ERLANGER, Ky. (June 16, 2011) – North American vehicle production levels are expected to return to 100 percent in September, Toyota said today. Production is recovering earlier than originally anticipated following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On average, current production has improved to more than 80 ...
Zipcar, Meet Prius Plug-in
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Daily Tips – What’s New for 2011?: Tundra Power Outlets
Every model year, and occasionally in between, Toyota makes changes to vehicles designed to enhance safety, comfort, convenience, performance, durability and dependability. This follows the Kaizen process of continual improvement. On the other hand, cost considerations and durability and dependability concerns have led to some changes noted by experienced Toyota Sales Pros as “decontenting” issues. ...
District Daily Tips – 2011 Tundra Tips – 9/22: Tailgate Assist
Feature All models of Tundra, including Tundra Work Truck Grade, have a tailgate assist feature. Advantage / Function Tailgate assist eases closing the tailgate and keeps the tailgate from dropping hard when opening. Technical Description Tailgate assist is an option on some Tundra competitors but is and is generally limited to selected trim levels ...
Toyota Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Lawsuits Over Acceleration
Toyota Motor Corporation filed a motion Tuesday asking a federal judge to throw out all of the consumer lawsuits over unintended acceleration saying they are based on anecdotes and fail to identify any specific defects in the vehicles. The consumer lawsuits, which have been consolidated for pretrial proceedings in U.S. District Judge James Selna’s court ...
Toyota Plans 5 Million Cumulative Hybrid Sales, 25% Better Fuel Economy by 2015
Toyota said today it wants to reach cumulative sales of 5 million hybrid vehicles in the mid-part of this decade, reports Reuters News Service. Toyota, the pioneer in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, said earlier this month that it had sold more than 2.68 million hybrid vehicles globally since it launched the first model in 1997. The ...
Toyota Celebrates 10 Years of Prius in America
The first Prius came to America in July 2000. That year, the star of the Detroit auto show was the Hummer H2, and the price of gasoline averaged $1.50 a gallon. The attention paid to the Prius wasn’t always flattering, and sales projections were modest. What a difference a decade makes. The Prius has sold ...
Statement Regarding Media Reports of Sequoia Discontinuation
Toyota denies any reports of the discontinuation of the Sequoia. For obvious competitive reasons, Toyota does not discuss future product plans. Sequoia continues to be a profitable, high-quality vehicle for Toyota and several years remain in the life of the current generation. Our focus remains on building our vehicles, including the Sequoia, with the highest ...
Toyota Finds Most Sudden Acceleration Crashes Are Driver Error
On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Robert Duncan <robert_duncan@team-toyota.com> wrote: Bloomberg News, sent from my iPhone. July 13 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp.’s investigations of accidents involving reports of unintended acceleration found “virtually all” were caused by drivers stepping on the wrong pedal, a company spokesman said. Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, is looking ...
Toyota Changing the Way It Develops Cars to Improve Quality
Toyota is lengthening the time it takes to test new vehicles before production and is reducing the number of outside engineers it uses to improve the quality of its vehicles, reports the Wall Street Journal. TMC Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada is spearheading the effort that includes: –increasing pre-production quality testing –using less virtual engineering ...