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2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Introduction
There’s no denying that most hybrid passenger cars save on fuel costs. A side benefit is the feeling that you’re helping to reduce our oil dependence and pollution output. But hybrid SUVs are more of a mixed bag. While these vehicles may sport “Hybrid” badges that give their owners the warm green fuzzies, they often [...]
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Man crashes Toyota Tundra into a dealership because of lack of customer assistance
It’s a bad time to be a Toyota owner these days. After news broke out last week that Toyota was being forced to recall over 1 million cars globally due to those sticky accelerator pedals, the Japanese-based auto giant has gone into full scale damage control, giving Toyota owners a chance to return their Toyota [...]
Full StoryToyota improves the 2009-2010 fiscal year forecast
Despite the mega-appeal that has brought in for service more than 8 million cars around the world, Toyota revises upward its estimates for the commercial and financial fiscal year, which will end in late March. The reason is that third-quarter results were better than expected.
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Toyota to Oslo for the testing of the Prius plug-in
For the next three years, beginning in June, Toyota will continue the development of the Prius plug-in from the streets of Oslo. The leadership of the Japanese group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jøran Kallmyr, councilor of the city Norwegian environmental policies, to facilitate and expedite the genesis of the Prius plug-in.
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Toyota Recall: Here’s How They’ll Fix the Sticky Accelerator Pedals on European and North American Cars
Having pinpointed the issue that could potentially cause accelerator pedals to stick in a partially open position in approximately 2.3 million recalled Toyota-branded vehicles in North America and another 1.8 million in Europe, the Japanese automaker has announced a fix for the problem.
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TA22 Celica
The affectionately named “coke bottle” TA22 Celica and its ubiquitous twincam engines had all the hallmarks of a voluptuous design without the weight – a car that could weigh as little as 920kg and easily pack as much as 160 naturally aspirated horses under the hood.
I know this because my second car was a TA23 [...]
Toyota gas pedal recall woes spread to Peugeot / Citroën in Europe
The massive Toyota sticking-accelerator pedal recall has spread from the United States to Europe and even beyond Toyota-branded vehicles.
Approximately 90,000 Peugeot 107 and Citroën C1 minicars have been added to the list of afflicted models. PSA, the parent of Peugeot and Citroën, has a joint venture with Toyota in the Czech Republic that produces [...]
Nissan: 400 recruitments in the English settlement of Sunderland. Toyota dismisses 750 employees
Nissan has announced it wants to create 400 additional temporary jobs in the Sunderland plant, which currently are produced models Qashqai, Micra and Note. In addition, 160 employees with fixed-term contract will be confirmed. The Japanese manufacturer is thus raising the workers to return to production in three shifts, for about 6 months, taking the [...]
Full StoryToyota stops selling eight of its models in the U.S.
Eight Toyota models can not be purchased by customers in the U.S. on indefinitely period. This decision affects the same models that were the subject to recall due to problems at the accelerator pedal.
Toyota has officially suspended the sale of eight models in the United States. As is unprecedented in the history of the U.S. [...]
