Top Japanese Toyota News11/10/2008 01:00 - Ward's Auto Toyota Motor Corp. launched a new, $187 million technical center near Ann Arbor, Michigan on Thursday. The center, set up for designing and engineering vehicles for North America, is located about 700 acres south of Ann Arbor and stretches over a 5,30,000-squa... 10/10/2008 23:27 - Motorsport.com Toyota, Glock Top Friday Formula 1 Practice Sessions Formula 1 Championship points leader Lewis Hamilton led the opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway while Toyota's Timo Glock led the second practice session with the fastest ti... 10/10/2008 23:30 - Inside Bay Area OAKLAND — Despite the downturn in the economy, the second largest Toyota Scion dealership in Northern California will open in Oakland in time for the holidays. Starting the first week of December, the new 200,000-square-foot facility officially will open for... |
Latest Japanese Toyota News2 hours ago - Gas2.0 “It will be cleaner, with CO2 emissions below 100gm per kilometer,” said Miguel Fonseca, a Toyota managing director. “We could have gone lower but, instead,” 2 hours ago - AMAMotocross.com MX Sports, now in charge of the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, announced today the 2009 U.S. championship racing schedule. The AMA Toyota Motocross Championship, which began in 1972, will commence on Memorial Day Weekend with the Glen Hele... 3 hours ago - Independent-Bangladesh The American bank Morgan Stanley faces a critical weekend as it awaits a crucial $9bn investment from Japan's Mitsubishi bank to fend off a crisis of confidence among investors which is threatening its survival, reports The Guardian. 3 hours ago - World of Rugby League Toyota Motor Corporation Australia and the North Queensland Toyota Dealers have renewed their principal sponsorship of the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys, extending the partnership to 2011. 6 hours ago - Autoblog The bigger Prius logically leaves room in the lineup for a smaller model, maybe something the size of the Toyota Yaris . But the Prius on steriods is something of a mystery. Toyota is also said to be working on a crossover version of the Prius, although Mr. 7 hours ago - Auto Racing Daily “which makes it the only gas/electric hybrid SUV available with seating for seven; the luxury-oriented Lexus RX 400h, with which the Highlander shares” 7 hours ago - Saipan Tribune For the third straight year, Vincent A. Tudela crowned himself the champion in the Annual Microl Technician Skills Contest that was held yesterday noon at the Toyota Showroom of Microl Corp. 8 hours ago - Easier Order books are open for Toyota’s revolutionary new iQ, with first deliveries to customers in January. An instant icon for modern urban motoring, iQ matches its advanced engineering and design with highly desirable equipment specifications: it’s ... 8 hours ago - Motorsport.com Japanese GP: Toyota Formula 1 Qualifying Recap - Coulthard Tidy, Webber Unlucky INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MOUNT FUJI - Eight trillion tonnes of papier mache involved in building it, construction took 67 years and each year six million tonnes used in repairing se... 9 hours ago - Infibeam Sony Ericsson released W595, the latest addition to the W-series range of walkman phones from the popular mobile brand . 9 hours ago - PaddockTalk Charlotte: Ford NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap BOBBY HAMILTON JR. – No. 25 Curly’s BBQ Ford Fusion (Finished 37th) – "The 19 and the 30 got together and were spinning and I guess the 27 couldn’t stop in time and he just jacked me up a... 9 hours ago - PaddockTalk Charlotte: Marcos Ambrose NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap Marcos Ambrose has had a top 10 finish slip through his fingers to finish 15th on a long night in the Dollar General 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend. 10 hours ago - Examiner.com In recent years, the American automakers and their loyal fans have complained of a "perception gap" in which consumers judge today's domestic cars based on the problems of old that drove people to Japanese competitors. 12 hours ago - Yahoo! Eurosport Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock will line up seventh and eighth on the grid respectively for Toyota 's 'home' F1 outing in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway this weekend - but both had hoped for more. 13 hours ago - crash.net Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock will line up seventh and eighth on the grid respectively for Toyota's 'home' F1 outing in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway this weekend - but both had hoped for more. 13 hours ago - ITV.com Toyota drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock admitted they had hoped to qualify even better than the fourth row at Fuji after strong performances in the two knockout sessions. The Japanese manufacturer has been a major force to be reckoned with at its own circui... 14 hours ago - WFIE-TV “kers at the Gibson County Toyota plant got the news the automaker is expanding. The plant in Princeton has seen a lot of changes in the past six months.” 14 hours ago - Planet-F1 Robert Kubica: Yesterday we were struggling with low grip, so the rain last night and this morning definitely didn't help us as it washed away the rubber. The balance of the car was fine, but it was just lacking grip. 14 hours ago - autosport.com Jarno Trulli - 7th: "We've done quite a good job overall this weekend preparing for qualifying and the race. I had to make some adjustments during the first part of qualifying but in the end fortunately I got the set-up right. 21 hours ago - Austin American-Statesman Toyota Motor Corp. assembly-line workers in San Antonio are spending two weeks picking up trash, scrubbing graffiti and clearing brush from city parks while their $1.3 billion pickup truck plant sits idle. 23 hours ago - Autoblog IF you're in Europe and hoping to get your name on a list for a Toyota iQ , now's the time. Toyota has opened up the order banks for the cleverly packaged microcar prior to its January availability date, while also giving up the goods on available specs, optio... 11/10/2008 08:51 - MotorTrend Magazine Toyota's answer to vehicles like the smart fortwo and Nissan Pixo , the tiny iQ is based on an all new platform and sports unique features such as three-plus-one seating (the fourth chair being for kids), an asymmetric dashboard that lets the front passenger s... 11/10/2008 08:13 - Times Online I have driven a Prius for six years and 120,000 miles and, if Toyota had asked me, I would have told them to go for the best fuel economy rather than higher performance. The last thing that a Prius owner worries about is speed or acceleration so why focus on i... 11/10/2008 08:13 - Times Online The Toyota Prius, the car favoured by celebrities wanting to flaunt a green conscience, is to become bigger and more sporty, with a larger engine, quicker acceleration and a top speed of well above 100mph. 11/10/2008 06:40 - Auto123 - Timing, as they say, is everything and what better time is there to visit the wonderful Muskoka area of Ontario, but just when the leaves are bursting into color. Perhaps Toyota cleverly planned this for its 2009 RAV4 launch, or maybe cottage country was sim... 11/10/2008 05:19 - Automobile Magazine However, Toyota Motor Corporation is trying to get the message out that credit is not the problem. "In our case, credit is not the biggest challenge. Our biggest challenge is consumer confidence," said Toyota's U. 11/10/2008 05:16 - Radio New Zealand The Toyota motor racing driver Timo Glock has overshadowed Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton with the quickest time in free practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton, who takes a seven-point lead over rival Felipe Massa into the weekend with t... 11/10/2008 04:40 - ForbesAutos DETROIT (AP) Toyota Motor Corp. has announced zero-percent financing on 11 models as it tries to woo would-be buyers sidelined by the consumer credit crunch. The top Japanese automaker's U. 11/10/2008 04:40 - Telegraph.co.uk Toyota's Prius has won the Greenest Technology of the Year award at the inaugural British Technology Awards, an online poll of readers of a couple of computer magazines and the general public. 11/10/2008 03:48 - Autoblog Rumors have been swirling over the past few months that Toyota was considering bringing its iQ mini-car to the States, and according to MotorTrend that's exactly what's going to happen at the LA Auto Show this November, where Toyota will unveil a U. View as RSS |