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Posted May 8th 2013

Toyota's Comeback Gains Momentum

TOKYO - Toyota's quarterly profit more than doubled to 313.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion) as cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker's comeback. ...

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Posted Apr 24th 2013

Toyota Claims No.1 Status in The World--For Now.

Toyota held onto its status as the world's top-selling automaker in the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight, as The Japanese automaker's sales fall in China and Japan. ...

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Posted Apr 19th 2013

Toyota Announces Bold Move For Lexus Sedan

For the first time, Lexus, one of America's most popular luxury car brands, will build cars in the United States. ...

CATEGORIES: Automotive News, Toyota News

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Posted Apr 11th 2013

Air Bag Recall Affects 3.4 Million Cars From Several Automakers

The recall is for air bags made by Japan's Takata Corp. ...

CATEGORIES: Auto Recalls, Toyota News, Nissan News, Hyundai News, Kia News

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Posted Mar 29th 2013

Creative Used Camry Ad Grabs Attention

Every once and a while, someone gets really creative on Craig's List and tries to make the most awesome used car ad ever. ...

CATEGORIES: Toyota News, Weird Car News

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Posted Mar 26th 2013

Mussarat Chaudhary, 58, Dies After Her Toyota Plunges Into River

The family of a woman whose car plunged into the Sacramento River in California say they believe a defect in the 2009 Toyota Camry could be at fault for the crash. ...

CATEGORIES: Auto Recalls, Toyota News, Car Crashes

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Posted Jan 30th 2013

Toyota Recalls 1.29 Million Vehicles For Air Bags, Wipers

TOKYO (AP) - Toyota is recalling 907,000 vehicles, mostly Corolla models, around the world for faulty air bags and another 385,000 Lexus IS luxury cars for defective wipers. ...

CATEGORIES: Auto Recalls, Toyota News, Lexus News

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Posted Jan 28th 2013

Toyota Beats General Motors In Fight For Global Sales Crown

Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. released its tally for global vehicle sales for last year Monday at a record 9.748 million vehicles - a bigger number than the estimate it gave last month of about 9.7 million vehicles. ...

CATEGORIES: GM News, Toyota News, Auto Sales

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Posted Jan 18th 2013

Toyota Settles Landmark Sudden Acceleration Case

LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Corp. has settled with family members of two people killed in a sudden-acceleration crash in Utah as part of a lawsuit that was to go to court next month and serve as a test case for a group of hundreds more that are pending. ...

CATEGORIES: Auto Recalls, Toyota News

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Posted Jan 7th 2013

CES: Toyota's Autonomous Lexus Still Needs A Driver

Self-driving cars have been making news over the past couple of years. First came Google with its testing of driverless vehicles, then Nissan with its NCS-2015 and now Toyota with its new autonomous Lexus Advanced Active Safety Research Vehicle, which was unveiled at CES Monday. ...

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Posted Dec 26th 2012

Toyota Reaches Settlement Worth More Than $1 Billion

LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving hundreds of lawsuits over acceleration problems in its vehicles. ...

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Posted Dec 26th 2012

Here Are The New Cars That Hold Their Value Best

As you take the plunge on a new car purchase, it helps to know which brands hold their value the best. Two recent surveys named Honda and Toyota as the brands most likely to hold their values in first five years of ownership. ...

CATEGORIES: Honda News, Toyota News, Car Values

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Posted Dec 20th 2012

Toyota Camry, Prius V Earn 'Poor' Safety Marks: Here's Why

Earlier this year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced a new crash test for vehicles, one that focused on what happens when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or object. ...

CATEGORIES: Toyota News, Car Safety, Toyota Reviews

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Posted Dec 18th 2012

Toyota Fined $17.35 Million For Failing To Report Floormat Problem

Sudden acceleration problems continue to haunt Toyota: The automaker has agreed to pay a record fine for failing to report a safety defect that caused cars to accelerate when the driver wasn't intending to go faster. ...

CATEGORIES: Auto Recalls, Toyota News, Lexus News

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Posted Nov 26th 2012

God Made Florida Woman Drive 100 MPH, She Tells Police

God may be the divine ruler of all creation. For now, police officers still make the rules on Florida's roads. ...

CATEGORIES: Toyota News, Driving, Speeding Tickets

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Posted Nov 14th 2012

Toyota Recalls Vehicles For Steering, Pump Defects

TOKYO (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 2.77 million vehicles around the world for a water pump problem and a steering shaft defect that may result in faulty steering - the latest in a spate of quality woes for Japan's top automaker. ...

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Posted Oct 29th 2012

Ford Tumbles In Consumer Reports' Annual Reliability Survey

Automakers have made substantial gains in building sturdier engines and transmissions over the past five years, according to a Consumer Reports study on automotive reliability released Monday. But they ran into substantial trouble adding electronic equipment and computer systems into their vehicles, ...

CATEGORIES: Car Shopping, Automotive News, Ford News, Toyota News

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Posted Oct 10th 2012

Toyota Recalls 7.5 Million Cars For Door Fires

Toyota is recalling 7.5 million cars worldwide, and 2.5 million in the U.S., over a faulty door switch that could result in car fires. It's the automaker's largest recall since the sudden acceleration recalls in 2009 and 2010. ...

CATEGORIES: Auto Recalls, Toyota News, Car Safety

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Posted Sep 27th 2012

DailyFinance Market Minute: Ford And Toyota Are Market Movers

According to DailyFinance, automakers Ford and Toyota are "Market Movers," who, with several new models, should see a nice jump in their share prices. ...

CATEGORIES: Ford News, Toyota News

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Posted Sep 19th 2012

With 47 MPG Combined, Ford Fusion Claims Most Fuel-Efficient Sedan Title

Last week, Toyota stole headlines from Ford when the Camry sedan eked past the F-150 pickup to claim best-selling vehicle honors halfway though 2012. Today, it's Ford's turn to win back plaudits. ...

CATEGORIES: Fuel Efficiency, Automotive News, Ford News, Toyota News

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