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Production cuts in Japanese plants? But how can this be? Toyota is an all American company! You mean they aren't ALL built right here???!?!??!?? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/bs_nm/us_toyota_4
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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Toyota � said Tuesday that it will build a $1.3 billion assembly plant in northeast Mississippi to manufacture its Highlander sport-utility vehicle. Production is set to begin by 2010 and employment is projected at 2,000. The company said it expects to build 150,000 vehicles a year. The plant will be built on a 1,700-acre site at Blue Springs, land that has been promoted for economic development. Mississippi was chosen in a competition with Tennessee and Arkansas. Gov. Haley Barbour and two Toyota manufacturing executive vice presidents, Gary Convis and Ray Tanguay, announced the project in an auditorium at Tupelo High School. "Toyota is the…
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James B. Treece Automotive News August 15, 2008 - 11:24 am ET UPDATED: 8/15/08 1:08 p.m. EDT TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Toyota Motor Corp. is "real confident that by 2020 we'll have hybrid models in each of our product lines," said Justin Ward, advanced powertrain program manager at the Toyota Technical Center. Toyota estimates its sales of more than 1 million hybrid vehicles have saved about 7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, Ward told the Management Briefing Seminars here today. "You can have a positive impact today through hybrids," he said. Ward reviewed Toyota's progress on alternative powertrains and the challenges that remain. Toyota's l…
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Toyota plans Ontario truck plant near Woodstock factory Affiliate Hino Motors has ambitious growth targets Christine Tierney / The Detroit News Hino Motors Ltd., Toyota Motor Corp.'s truck-manufacturing affiliate, is expected to announce plans soon to build a small production facility in southwestern Ontario as part of its strategy to boost sales sharply in North America. Hino will set up the facility near a $600 million auto assembly plant Toyota is building in Woodstock, Ontario, according to people familiar with the situation. The auto plant is scheduled to open in 2008. Hino is the latest in a wave of Asian auto manufacturers that have invested billions of dollar…
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Toyota Plans to Double Number of Hybrid Models Toyota is set to release twice the hybrids we have from them now by the early 2010's and reap more than four times the sales as a result. This translates to plans of one million hybrid sales by that time. Toyota is also focusing on alternative-fuel vehicles including releasing ethanol-powered vehicles in Brazil next spring. Read "Toyota to double hybrid models" @ Yahoo
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So I had to go to a group eligibility review for my UI benefits yesterday along with 6 other people. During the class, someone was asking about temp work and how it affected drawing unemployment etc. To make a long story short, an older lady behind me (probably in her late 50s) was talking about people she knew that worked temp work for Toyota for up to 2-3 years and then being told that there were not being hired. The lady over the class said that its becoming a problem with the Georgetown plant, Toyota will hire a load of temp workers, telling them that they may get hired after the temp work is done, but really they just keep recycling temp workers. People will…
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Toyota Presents the TRD Special Edition FJ Cruiser Some stuff about the Camry Hybrid, too... September 29, 2006 – Torrance, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) for the Toyota Racing Development (TRD) Special Edition package for the 2007 FJ Cruiser sport utility vehicle (SUV) and 2007 Camry Hybrid. The TRD Special Edition package adds several exterior performance enhancements to the 2007 FJ Cruiser SUV. Included in the package are TRD/Bilstein off-road tuned, red painted shock absorbers. The special shocks are designed to enhance straight line stability, decrease brake “dive” and acceleration “squ…
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http://pressroom.toyota.com/Releases/View?...YT2005101147175 IS250 auto 24/32mpg
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Toyota recalling 1.53 million cars globally Malcolm Foster / Associated Press Tokyo— Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality problems for the world's No. 1 automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. said today it will call back for repairs about 740,000 cars in the U.S. and 599,000 in Japan. The remainder are in Europe and other markets around the world. Over the past year, Toyota has recalled more than 10 million cars and trucks worldwide for a variety of problems, from faulty gas pedals and floor mats that can trap accelerators, to braking…
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_...s/toyota_recall WASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 533,000 Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia sport utility vehicles because of potential steering problems. Toyota said the recall involved 2004-2006 Tundra trucks and 2004-2007 Sequoia full-size SUVs. The automaker has received reports of 11 accidents and six injuries connected to the recall, said Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong. The automaker said there was a possibility of excessive wear to a front suspension lower ball joint that could make it difficult to steer the vehicle and stay in the center of the lane. Drivers may also notice more noise coming…
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In the Oct. '06 issue of Motor Trend, page 22 "MT Confidential" it says "Toyota recently held a press conference in Tokyo to apologize for a recent flurry of recalls, most notably those involving the hybrid Prius and Lexus sport/utilities. And in Kumamoto, Japan police are investigating Toyota for allegedly failing to recall vehicles it knew had defects. The problem is obvious: Toyota sales are growing so quickly, it can't kpeep up it's usual level of quality control."
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TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. �, the world's second-largest auto maker, said on Tuesday it would recall a total of about 1 million vehicles globally to replace faulty intermediate shafts and sliding yokes. In a filing with Japan's Transport Ministry, the company said it would recall a total of 565,756 vehicles in Japan, including Wish, Isis, Prius and other cars built between September 2002 and November 2005. A Toyota spokesman said the recall would also cover about 400,000 units overseas. The company said it had received no reports of accidents from the defects. Toyota as a matter of policy does not disclose the cost of recalls. Toyota Recalls 1 Million Vehicles World…
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Faulty part prompts Toyota to recall 15,600 Tundras Ryan Beene - Automotive News December 14, 2007 - 12:35 pm ET Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. is recalling 15,600 2007 Toyota Tundra pickups because a transmission part could break. Toyota says the rear propeller shaft on four-wheel-drive Tundras could separate at a joint. No accidents or injuries have been reported resulting from the faulty shaft. “The front joint on the rear driveshaft may have been improperly heat treated by our supplier,” a Toyota spokesman said. “In the worst case, the shaft may separate at the joint.” Toyota discovered the flaw after a customer complained of abnormal noises coming from the sha…
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Toyota Recalls 246,592 Vehicles
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TOKYO - Japan's top automaker, Toyota Motor Corp., said Tuesday it will recall 246,592 vehicles in Japan, including Crown sedan and Hiace van models produced between 1998 and 2005, due to possible corrosion of parts in the engine. Toyota spokesman Hideki Fujii said the company is considering whether to recall about 1.05 million vehicles of the same models exported to overseas markets, including Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, India and European countries. None of the models involved were exported to the United States and Canada, Fujii said. The surface of a bolt in the engine will erode due to the remaining cleansing liquid, breaking the bolt and causing the vehicl…
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Toyota recalls 367,600 SUVs to fix flawed clip Link to original article @ Chicago Tribune By Alan Ohnsman Bloomberg News Published July 12, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT Toyota Motor Corp., the world's second-largest automaker, is recalling 367,600 U.S. Highlander and Lexus RX sport-utility vehicles to fix faulty clips that may cause a console panel to fall onto the accelerator. Toyota's U.S. unit will begin notifying owners of 2004 and 2005 Highlanders and RX 330s and 2006 Highlander Hybrid and RX 400h models later this month, spokesman Bill Kwong said today. Dealers will install stronger versions of two clips that hold a four-inch panel to the right of the gas pedal, he said.…
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Report: Toyota Recalls About 54,000 Cars Thursday November 16, 7:00 am ET Report: Toyota Recalls About 54,000 Passenger Cars Because of Engine Problems TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled about 54,000 passenger cars because of engine problems, Kyodo News agency reported Thursday. Subject to recall are 54,217 vehicles in two models, including the Harrier sport utility vehicle. The vehicles have a defect that can cause the engine's computer control system to operate incorrectly and possibly catch fire, Kyodo said. There were two cases of fires in Japan, both happening in cars left parked with the engine running, but no one was injured, Kyodo said. The recalle…
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/story/2011-11-09/Toyota-recall-cars-steering/51130852/1?csp=YahooModule_News In the United States, the automaker is recalling 283,200 Toyota brand cars, including the 2004 and 2005 Camry, Highlander, Sienna and Solara, the 2004 Avalon and the 2006 Highlander HV. Its recall of 137,000 Lexus vehicles includes the 2004 and 2005 ES330 and RX330 and 2006 RX400h.
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Toyota Recalls 75,000 Prius Hybrids
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DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it is recalling 75,000 Prius gas-electric hybrid cars because their engines can stall due to an electrical problem. Involved in the recall are some 2004 and early 2005 model year Prius cars. The cars have a gas engine as well as a battery-powered electric motor that can run separately or together to save fuel. In affected vehicles, dashboard warning lights may come on and the gasoline engine shuts down. The vehicle's electric motor will continue operating in a limited capacity, so drivers can steer to the side of the road. The gasoline engine may start working again if the driver restarts the vehicle. Toyota spokesm…
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You heard it here first, now here's comfirmation of the new Camry's transmission troubles: Credit: TCC Toyota Recalling Camry The newest edition of the Toyota Camry is being recalled for a problem with the transmission. The problem, Toyota says, involved only a half-percent of Camrys built thus far for the 2007 model year. The new six-speed automatic transmission could lose second and sixth gear during operation. Toyota told Reuters the vehicle still will operate even if the gears are lost, and that the problem usually happens within the first 500 miles of use.
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Toyota recalls double Company blames tougher reporting standards. By Ken Thomas ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, December 02, 2005 Toyota Motor Corp., which is close to overtaking General Motors Corp. as the world's largest automaker, saw its number of recalled vehicles in the United States double so far in 2005, according to government records. Toyota's increase came as the number of autos ordered to be returned to dealerships for repairs fell considerably this year. Recalls dropped to about 16.6 million through mid-November, compared with a record 30.8 million in 2004. MOST POPULAR STORIES Notebook: Texas will wear road uniforms in Big 12 championship game 2 die …
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Interesting article. Toyota recalls more vehicles in the U.S. than it sold last year prompting study of Vehicle Development Process. Last year, Toyota recalled 2.38 million vehicles in the U.S. -- more than the 2.26 million vehicles Toyota sold in that year. This statistic resulted in a formal review by Toyota to determine what needed to change. After a two-month review of its product development process, the significant lessons learned include: 1. Engineers in some cases may have rushed out products without conducting enough quality checks, nor building a sufficient number of physical prototypes. 2. Toyota also concluded that it outsourced engineering perhaps mor…
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This sounds like a story from the Onion, but it's real...can't make this stuff up.. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131018/CARNEWS/131019764?utm_source=DailyDrive20131018&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=article2&utm_content=20131018-Spiders-spur-Toyota-Camry,-Venza-and-Avalon-recalls&utm_campaign=awdailydrive
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q&search=top%20gear Any mortal car would be dead after the ocean test...not this thing. The audio messes up near the end of the vid, but you get the idea
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Prius Production Increase Story. By MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota has decided to boost production of its Prius hybrid from an initial plan of 42,000 to 43,000 units per month to around 50,000 units, Kyodo News reported Wednesday, citing company officials. To meet the increase, the company will ask employees at two factories producing the Prius -- one in the city of Toyota and another run by an affiliated parts maker in the city of Kariya -- to work overtime, the report said. Toyota /quotes/comstock/!7203 (JP:7203 3,600, +40.00, +1.12%) /quotes/comstock/13*!tm/quotes/nls/tm (TM 77.79, +2.47, +3.28%) rolled out a new Prius hyb…
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The cash burn rate through 2008 at General Motors, Chrysler and, to a lesser degree, Ford, has been one of the big new stories in the auto business. After a disastrous third quarter, GM was down to about $11 billion and, along with Chrysler, was in danger of having insufficient cash on hand to pay bills at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Toyota has been raking in the profits for ages now and was thought to have up to $90 billion in reserves as recently as a couple of years ago. The other day, however, John McElroy reported that Toyota may be down to only $18.5 billion in cash with rapidly spiraling debts. The company has spent heavily on new factories and new products…
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[source: Wall Street Journal] TOYOTA POSTS $816 MILLION LOSS Sees Outlook Improving By YOSHIO TAKAHASHI TOKYO -- In the latest demonstration of the economic crisis continuing to whack even the mighty, Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday reported a net loss for the fiscal first quarter ended June due to prolonged slack demand in key markets, and the yen's strength offsetting cost-reduction efforts and recovering sales in China. However, the world's largest car maker by sales volume now sees narrower losses than initially expected for the fiscal first half ending Sept. 30 as well as for the full year through March 31, as it speeds up c…
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/1049...ected-loss.html Pardon me while I search for a tiny violin....
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http://www.autonews.com/article/20090316/A.../903160330/1142 LOS ANGELES — Not only are Toyota Division's new-vehicle sales plunging, but so are residual values on its used cars and trucks. That is depriving Toyota of one of its best marketing tools: the healthy residuals the brand long has been able to brag about.
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Toyota Reveals the All New 2012 Toyota Camry 178 hp 4-cylinder 25/35 mpg 268 hp V6 21/30 mpg 200 hp 2.5 liter Hybrid 43/39 mpg Prices will be lower LE - $22,500 SE - $23,000 XLE - $24,725 LE Hybrid - $25,900 XLE Hybrid - $ Will be pace-car for 2012 Daytona 500 2012 Camry Album
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060523/china_toyota_camry.html?.v=3 AP Toyota Rolls Out First Made-In-China Camry Tuesday May 23, 5:12 am ET By Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer Toyota Rolls Out First Made-In-China Camry in Bid to Catch Up With Rivals NANSHA, China (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday rolled out its first made-in-China Camry from a new factory that the Japanese automaker hopes will help it to catch up with rivals in the world's fastest-growing car market. ADVERTISEMENT Hundreds of Japanese and Chinese dignitaries were on hand for an elaborate ceremony as the Camry, the best-selling car in the United States and a top import in China, rolled off a …
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Bloomberg News Posted: 11/11/2009 05:21:06 PM PST Updated: 11/11/2009 08:02:55 PM PST Toyota Motor may shoulder almost all the costs to shut the NUMMI joint-venture plant as the owner of the former General Motors' 50 percent stake doesn't plan to fund expenses including severance pay for workers. "Motors Liquidation is not contributing at all to NUMMI's closure costs," said Tim Yost, a spokesman for Detroit-based Motors Liquidation, which took over discarded assets from GM as part of the carmaker's bankruptcy reorganization. "We don't believe there will be a requirement for us to do so." Costs to close New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. may affect the Toyota City,…
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Along with the polls above, lets speculate on 'who gets Toyota's lost market share? .... and, how much (what percent) of market share do they lose? For example, if their share of the market currently is 16% and you think their share will go down to 14%, then they will lose 2% of market share. For percent, assume the period of time is all of calendar year 2010.
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TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide -- including luxury Lexus sedans -- have faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global recalls. Japan's top-selling daily Yomiuri said in its evening edition that Toyota will inform the transport ministry of a recall on Monday. The paper cited no sources. Toyota spokesman Hideaki Homma said the company was evaluating measures to deal with the problem of defective engines that can stall while the vehicle is moving. He would not confirm a recall was being considered. The automaker has been working to patch up its reputation after recalling more than 8…
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Toyota Says Cup Holders Still Working Great Rest Your Beverages With Confidence, Says Carmaker TOKYO (The Borowitz Report) – Embattled automaker Toyota today said that despite problems with accelerators and brakes, the cup holders on its most popular car models were “perfectly safe to use.” “Feel free to enjoy the beverage of your choice and know that you can rest it in one of our cup holders with confidence,” said Tokyo spokesman Hiroshi Kyosuke. “Our cup holders are world-class.” But Mr. Kyosuke’s upbeat comments about Toyota’s cup holders were undercut somewhat later in the day by congressional testimony from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “You should only …
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Lindsay Chappell Automotive News July 10, 2009 - 7:22 pm ET Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it might close its large California car and truck assembly operation, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., now that General Motors has exited the 50-50 partnership. “We are carefully evaluating our options with respect to the NUMMI joint venture as a result of General Motors’ actions,” Toyota said in a statement released Friday. “Under the current business circumstances, Toyota regrettably must also consider taking necessary steps to dissolve the joint venture.” “We need to determine whether it can be economically feasible to contract with NUMMI without GM,” the stateme…
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[source: Detroit News] No big surprise in our current market.
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Toyota says Tundra making money despite discounting http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews...mp;pageNumber=1 clearly, they are just buying share
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anyone got all the numbers in front of them of how many vehicles these last two weeks have been reported for recall, defects, or baby killing design features? Inernal expose's of it being a horsecrap place to work? a good million recalled vehicles at least?
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Toyota Sees Fast Growth in China Sales
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BEIJING, Nov 29 Asia Pulse - Japan's top car maker Toyota Motor Corp has predicted its sales in China will grow by more than 50 per cent this year and remain on a fast track next year. The group expects to sell 179,000 vehicles in China this year, up 54 per cent from 2004, said Yoshimi Inaba, Toyota's executive vice-president and board member. "Our sales in China will outpace the growth of China's entire car market significantly next year," Inaba said. He predicted the car market in China would expand by more than 20 per cent in 2006 from this year. According to plans revealed by Toyota's two Chinese ventures, the group's sales in China …
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Toyota set to cut truck production in U.S. PrintE-mailDisable live quotesRSSDigg itDel.icio.usBy Chris Oliver, MarketWatch Last Update: 11:42 PM ET Sep 12, 2006 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's leading automaker, is set to lower its U.S. production target for some vehicle models because of higher fuel prices and concerns the economy could slow, according to a media report Wednesday. Toyota is considering trimming production at its new pickup truck assembly plant in Texas, the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported. The plant, scheduled to open in November, has an annual capacity of 200,000 units, but Toyota is targeting to make 150,000 pick…
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Toyota to pay owners for engine damages Compensation for 3.5 million '97-'02 Lexus, Toyota vehicles may cost automaker billions. Christine Tierney Link to Original Article @ DetNews Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to compensate owners of Lexus and Toyota vehicles that suffered engine damage due to a buildup of thickened oil, or sludge, in a settlement approved this week by a Louisiana state court. The agreement covers 3.5 million 1997-2002 model-year vehicles, although it is not known how many were damaged by sludge. Toyota agreed to settle the 2001 class-action suit last fall, and says the terms mirror a program the automaker put in place in 2002 to reimburse custome…
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Our neighbor is a Toyota guy - he cannot tell you why, he just is. He just took delivery last Fall of the new Avalon. Oddly enough - he just received a 'pull ahead' letter from Toyota Motor to move him into a Newer car! His has only around 8,000 miles on it...little early for a pull ahead? Read on! Another friend of the family had a 2006 Camry that he leased last year as a closeout. Guess what he just got - A PULL AHEAD letter from Toyota buying him out of his lease and putting him in the 07 Camry! He took the bait. I can hardly think that this is a coincidence! So, my question in this: Has anyone else seen/heard or experienced this? Is Toyota trying to move…
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Toyota slows delevopment process to preserve reputation Worried about slipping quality, Toyota is slowing down its product development. Toyota Motor Corp. will build more prototype vehicles, hire more engineers and spend more money in an effort to ensure that quality doesn't slip. The company also will take more time between project approval and production of the first salable vehicle. For several years, Toyota has taken pride in reducing vehicle development time and adopting time-saving innovations such as virtual prototypes. But those measures have lowered the quality of Toyota vehicles, engineers and executives acknowledge. "We were missing our internal targets,"…
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Toyota Sputters I hope this trend continues even after the market/economy recover. Maybe people will stop drinking the Toyota Koolaid
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Toyota Stages World Debut of All-new 2007 Tundra CrewMax At The 2007 North American International Auto Show http://www.pressroom.toyota.com/Releases/V...YT2007010483060
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I can't think of any other way to die from something less significant. Linkity If it were an aftermarket product, that's another thing. Still, what a way to go.
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See for yourself: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TM&t=3m Toyota stock was at $124 at the beginning of May, now it's fallen to below $99 and not very long ago fell all the way to $97. I realize that it's still above it's 52-week low, but if GM stock tumbled from $124 to $97 in less than three months, I think we'd have more than a couple articles about it.
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Does anyone know all the sub-brands, retail chains, that Toyota has in Japan?
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There is a patent infringement case against Toyota's Hybrids. http://www.autoserviceworld.com/issues/ISA...&issue=01112006
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Toyota Temporarily Suspends Sales of Selected Vehicles TORRANCE, Calif., January 26, 2010 - - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models involved in the recall for sticking accelerator pedal, announced on January 21, 2010. “Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our company,” said Group Vice President and Toyota Division General Manager Bob Carter. “This action is necessary until a remedy is finalized. We’re making every effort to address this situation for our customers as quickly as possible.” Toyota announced it…
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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. will ask Fuji Heavy Industries, maker of Subaru automobiles, to manufacture up to 100,000 vehicles at a plant in Indiana, the Asahi newspaper said Wednesday. Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe and Fuji President Kyoji Takenaka will hold talks Dec. 5 to finalize details on the plan, under which production will begin in 2007, the paper reported. Company representatives were not available for comment due to a national holiday in Japan. Full Story: http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/in...st=newsmichigan
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Toyota to Expand Output Capacity in Canada TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp., whose solid growth could soon put it ahead of General Motors as the world's largest automaker, said Wednesday it will increase output capacity at a new assembly plant it is building in Canada. Annual production capacity at Toyota's planned factory in Woodstock, Ontario, will be raised to 150,000 units, from an initial target of 100,000 units, the company said in a statement. The plant, now under construction, is scheduled to come online in 2008. Total investment in the Woodstock facility, Toyota's second plant in Canada, will now amount to about $950 million with a total employment of 2,000 people…
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Toyota to Increase Overseas Production by 40% Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest automaker and widen its lead over Ford Motor Co. with reported plans to boost overseas production by 40 percent to 5 million vehicles by 2008 and blueprints for higher output in North America. Read "Toyota moves to top GM with reported plan to boost U.S. output" @ The Detroit News
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TOKYO, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has developed its third-generation hybrid-system engine, combining gasoline and electric power for a more eco-friendly engine. The smaller engine, which can reduce fuel costs and cut production expenses, will be put into practical use in 2008, the Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday. The new engine can be installed on most of the automaker's midsize or larger models. Toyota will produce key parts of the new engine in the United States to expand the use of the technology around the world. Toyota installed the first generation hybrid engine in its Prius model in 1997, and the second generation engine, which generated 1.5 t…
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Report: Toyota Set to Launch Lexus $170,000 Supercar in 2008 Date posted: 03-06-2006 TOKYO — Toyota has secretly approved plans to put its sensational 200-mph Lexus LF-A supercar in the market, according to a report in Tokyo. Japan's media are reporting that Toyota will launch a luxury sports car for the Lexus brand embracing F1 technology in fall 2008. The reports also say Toyota is pitching hard to bring the Japanese F1 Grand Prix to its newly refurbished Fuji Speedway track, which will help the company drive home the car's F1 connection. The supersleek LF-A, as shown so far, has a 5.0-liter, front-mounted V10. However, with F1 engine regulations switching to V8,…
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Toyota to Overtake Ford in 2007 Ford Motor Co. (F.N) expects Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) to unseat it next year as the second biggest company behind General Motors Corp. (GM.N) in the American car market, a position Ford has held since the 1920s, the New York Times said on its Web site on Thursday. Citing internal Ford projections, the paper says the projections show that company officers believe Ford will permanently fall to third place as soon as January. Ford, which is struggling to restructure itself under a plan called The Way Forward, predicted in September that its market share within two years would bottom out at 14 to 15 percent of the market, making i…
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Yahoo via AP - http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080507/japan_toyot...rices.html?.v=4
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http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/08detroit/071220-1.htm Old news, but wonder how close it will look to the concept?
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Continue Reading @ The Car Connection
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Some Toyota Companies Have No Automotive Connection Link Remember the days when GM owned ElectroMotive, air-conditioning and appliance companies, rental car companies, and probably many others? Are we seeing Toyota's 2006 that will roughly end up being GM's 1957...without the style? At least most of GM's endevors had some sort of tie in to the main business. What does building pre-fab houses have to do with building cars?
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/toyo...mp;siteid=yhoof SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp., in what many analysts believe will soon mark a long-term shift in the automotive hierarchy, wrestled the global sales crown away from General Motors Corp. through the first three months of the year. Toyota (TM:toyota motor corp sp adr rep2com News, chart, profile, more Last: 100.10-0.08-0.08% 4:00pm 04/24/2008 GM 22.11, +1.17, +5.6%) , however, said sales fell less than 1% from the year-ago period to 2.25 million vehicles. Toyota led GM after the first quarter in 2007, as well, only to miss out on unseating the reigning 77-year global sales leade…
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AP Toyota Beats GM in Global Production Monday January 28, 4:38 am ET By Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer Toyota Beats GM in Global Vehicle Production 2007 Though GM Still No. 1 in Global Sales TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it's beaten its U.S. rival in another measure -- global vehicle production. In the latest neck-and-neck numbers race between the world's top two automakers, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it had made a record 9,497,754 vehicles worldwide in 2007, up 5.3 percent from the previous year. That's about 213,000 more automobiles than the 9.284 million that GM made last ye…
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http://detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic.../605300366/1148 Does Fujio Cho always have to smile in these carefully choreographed photo ops ? Makes him look like a circus clown. But I guess he has reasons to be happy.
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Toyota Trimming Auto-Development Time to 12 Months 1 2
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Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. aims to slash to one year the time to get new models off the drawing board into production, a pace analysts say would be the industry's fastest and could save tens of millions of dollars annually. Toyota, the world's second-largest automaker, already holds the fastest production record, building a car or truck within 24 months of completing a design, said Jeff Liker, an engineering professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, who studies Toyota's production methods. Cutting the time to 12 months widens its lead over the industry, which takes on average up to three years to get a model into production. …
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Here are some pictures of the new Toyota Tundra from the Barrie Auto Show in Ontario, taken by Polish_Kris. Big and brutish in person. Ugly grille. Blends in well with other newer Toyotas.
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Toyota's Tundra Is Probed by U.S. for Steering Flaw (Update1) April 17 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.'s 2004 Tundra pickups are being investigated by U.S. safety regulators after more reports of a steering-system defect that led to a recall last year of 790,000 of the automaker's vehicles. The inquiry covers 95,000 Tundras built after Sept. 30, 2003, the last manufacturing date for vehicles in the recall last May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today said on its Web site. The Washington-based agency said it received four additional reports that a ball joint in the front suspension broke, causing drivers to lose control. Toyota recalled some 2002 …
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http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/04/a_climate_chang.php
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http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/ • 410 hp • 11,000 towing • "d" cab larger than Dodge Mega Cab Hopefully just a rumor...
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The wording of this press release is beyond stupid..how can a truck 'present' a concert tour or be in a partnership????? Of course, Toyota isn't alone in such stupidity-- Honda and GM among others have done it before.. A lot of marketing nonsense.. ----------------------------------------------------------- Toyota Tundra to Present Two Year Brooks & Dunn Concert Tour: The Long Haul Tour Wednesday May 3, 12:00 pm ET Automaker Continues Commitment to American Heartland with 2006-2008 Presenting Sponsorship of Prolific Country Music Duo NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2006--Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. and top selling country music superstar…
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Small commercial 1st, then the video. God I hate Toyota! http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickabi...ndra.review.cnn
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Toyota to undertake costly airbag switch fix in Tundra David Shepardson / The Detroit News Link to original article @ DetNews WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. will spend millions to deactivate front-seat passenger air bag cut-off switches in nearly 160,000 Tundra pickups to avoid having to install a costlier child safety seat anchoring system. The Japanese automaker is taking the action after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week on June 28 rejected Toyota's petition to waive a federal safety regulation that requires most vehicles built after September 2002 and equipped with the cut-off switch to also have a child seat anchor system known as LATC…
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Toyota's latest 2006 sales volume projection outstrips its earlier estimate for 8.5 million units, as demand for environment-friendly vehicles such as its Prius hybrid vehicle is increasing globally amid high gasoline prices. Next year Toyota said brisk overseas sales will again lead the firm's global sales expansion. Toyota said it now forecasts global vehicle sales for the group to rise 9 percent to 8.85 million next year, as it moves ever closer to replacing struggling General Motors as the world's largest automaker. The entire Toyota group includes mini-vehicle maker Daihatsu Motor and truckmaker Hino Motors. Challenging GM Toyota owns 51 perce…
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You know, making fun of this would just be too easy, so just take it: Some suggestions on making a witty remark: 1. Hairlips (very un-PC) 2. Frogs 3. Massive overbites (could also be un-PC to the sensitive) 4. The location of Toyota's design staff (hint: only your proctologist knows) Urban Cruiser, bold new concept for a mini SUV The Urban Cruiser is a design exercise by ED2, Toyota’s European design studio, for a futuristic mini SUV. This concept car draws heavily on Toyota’s heritage in Sports Utility Vehicles but also adds its own dynamic flair and rugged originality. The Urban Cruiser also features a fresh interior style inspired on trendy furniture.
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Good news for Toyota-- Seattle Times article
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I'm sure they were planning this all along since we all know the Big 3 were the only ones blindsided by the rapid increase in oil and gas prices. That's not a knock on Toyota but on those that think GM, Ford and Chrysler were the only ones that didn't see this coming! The fact is, nobody predicted oil and gas prices would rise that quickly and force that rapid of a permanent shift in the market.
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Full article at CarAdvice.com.au Well there you have it, out of 6.6 billion people on the planet, 60 thousand of them have anonymously decided that Toyota is the, as PR would say, all-time best-ever company. Just so there is no confusion, that is approximately 0.00091% of the "world's" population.
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You know I have to say I rather like the new Toyota Yaris, particularly the sedan in "S" trim. It's cute, like a baby Camry. It's only got one flaw. Why oh why did Toyota yet again stick the guage pods in the center of the flippin' dashboard?! I mean seriously, it's such a stupid place to put them, you have to look down and away from the road to check them. Everyone gripes about them, I'm sure Saturn won't do it again with the next Ion. It just baffles me why Toyota is so dumb. Oh well.
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note: I am only posting this because of the outlandish question at the beginning of the article and as another example of the continuing media obsession with toyota. business week from the article...... "Now, I may receive some heat and email about this, but after almost half a century in the U.S., multi-billions of dollars invested in every state in the union, millions of very satisfied customers, seven factories, thousands of employees, isn't it time to stop calling Toyota an import brand? It may have come from Japan, but it is now an American brand that's almost iconic."
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Toyota lags General Motors in second-quarter sales Associated Press | Link to Original Article @ Detroit News TOKYO -- Toyota slipped behind General Motors in global sales in the second quarter but retained its lead for the first half of the year, numbers showed today, as the two companies jostle for the title of world's biggest automaker. The figures -- and sales growth rates -- indicate that Toyota could overtake GM as the No. 1 automaker, a title the U.S. giant has held for 76 years. Typically, rankings are determined by full-year production figures, not sales, so that distinction will have to wait until data is tallied for the entire year. Toyota Motor Corp. said…
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Toyota: 9.8M Sales in 2008 Toyota set a goal of selling 9.8 million vehicles worldwide in 2008, a 20 percent jump from last year, as it hones in on ailing General Motors' crown as the world's top automaker. The fast-growing Japanese automaker also raised its profit forecast for the quarter to September, saying it was cashing in on robust sales overseas and a weaker yen. Read "With eye on GM, Toyota plans 20 percent sales boost" @ Yahoo
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They're just now learning about flexible manufacturing?
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Toyota: Moving Forward Slower Remember how Toyota said they are delaying the launch of the Tundra amid quality concerns? Well, that ain't the only one they're going to take their time with. The next Sienna, Solara and Avalon are models that could be subject to longer development time in order for Toyota to ensure they get it right the first time. The extra development time could delay the launches of these products by two to three years. Do you think Toyota decided to take heed of my words? (See "Toyota: Moving Forward...Entirely Too Fast" for elaboration.) Read "Toyota may delay launch of new models" @ Yahoo
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This article is a little over a year old, but it sheds some light into the side of Toyota that is never published. How does the world's most profitable automaker get away with lowering wages after age 51, refusing overtime pay, hiring as few workers as possible while increasing cash reserves (causing higher work-related injuries and suicide rates), and underpaying taxes? I found this quote especially interesting: ZNet
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Ever heard of Toyota Industries? No, not thatToyota (NYSE: TM). Toyota Industries is the original Toyota, founded in 1926; it spun off the far more familiar automotive division in 1937. Though it trades on the Pink Sheets, Toyota Industries' relatively low valuation and lucrative partial interest in its more famous offspring could make it a Foolish opportunity. What began as a company to make looms for textiles now manufactures forklifts, cars, and auto parts. The Rav4 and Yaris are both manufactured by Toyota Industries, but bear the Toyota Motors logo. Confused yet? It gets better: Toyota Motors owns 23.5% of Toyota Industries, and Toyota Industries owns 5.55% of Toyot…
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Toyota's "Master Manipulators" get caught with their pants down. DeLorenzo
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