Tags / Toyota

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 23, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- A Toyota Prius was not the cause of a March 9 crash in Harrison, New York, said authorities citing "black and white" results in their investigation... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 11, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- When in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his $4 million severance package... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Feb 13, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Toyota announced a voluntary safety recall of about 8,000 four-wheel-drive Tacoma trucks in North America, citing potential production defects in the front drive shaft of certain 2010 models... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 12, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Grover and Barbara Walton say their Prius accelerated alarmingly in cruise control. Others, including Apple's co-founder, report similar wild rides. Toyota denies the problem... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Feb 5, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Toyota has added the brake systems of the latest Lexus hybrid vehicles to a growing list of problems with various models, the company said Thursday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 4, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Toyota says a software glitch is to blame for brake problems in the 2010 model Prius. The company has not issued a recall... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Feb 3, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday it took pressure from the government to get Toyota to take action over its sticking gas pedals... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jan 30, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Toyota's president Akio Toyoda apologized for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe, Japanese media reported... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- In the aftermath of the Big Three's cost-saving deal with unions, its U.S. plants must play catch-up Even Toyota (TM) gets the blues. The Japanese automaker has long prided itself on a U.S. workforce more efficient than those at Detroit's giants, and t.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Mar 4, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BusinessWeek -- U.S. automakers expect 2008 sales to be the lowest since 1998. Even Toyota is losing ground with increasingly strapped U.S. consumers Car buyers continued to jam on the brakes in February, slowing their pace of new purchases while continuing to shift f.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Despite California wildfires and continuing problems in the housing market, General Motors and its Asian rivals posted U.S. sales increases in October and Toyota continued its drive to replace Ford as the No. 2 U.S. automaker, according to sales results r.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 10:23am neoform

Washington Post -- Dissident workers at the Toyota plant here gather at the Best Western Georgetown on Wednesdays between shifts to shape a battle plan. The workers are angry at conditions at this flagship Toyota site, where the best-selling Camry is built. The United Au.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 6:56pm neoform

www.motorauthority.com -- Toyota has always backed its hybrid technology as the key to reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions, but as advanced as the technology is, diesel powered cars manage to offer similar levels of eco-friendliness but with more performance to boot. It.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 2:12pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Monster earnings, an ongoing product blitz, and green innovation explain why the automaker is pulling away from the global industry pack There was plenty of excitement Apr. 24 when news broke that Toyota (TM) had overtaken General Motors (GM) as the wo.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 24, 2007 @ 3:26pm neoform

BBC News -- Japan's Toyota has overtaken US rival General Motors to become the world's biggest carmaker, a spokesman for the company has said. According to company figures, Toyota sold 2.348 million vehicles in the first three months of 2007. General Motors (GM.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Sun Feb 25, 2007 @ 10:28am neoform

BusinessWeek -- It's overtaking Detroit—with trepidation. Now, the carmaker is relying on ever-savvier PR to avoid the U.S. backlash it dreads Ask consumers why Toyota may soon be the largest automaker in the world, and they will point to the Camry. Or the Prius. Or.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Thu Feb 15, 2007 @ 10:24am neoform

Sports Illustrated -- The Daytona 500 is a wreck before it even gets started. A cheating scandal that had already brought down four teams now has ensnared another -- that of two-time winner Michael Waltrip -- tarnishing NASCAR's signature race and Toyota's highly anticipate.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 9:25am mrmdc

ABC News -- Toyota, hot on the heels of General Motors to become the world's No. 1 automaker, reported a 7.3 percent jump in quarterly profit Tuesday on booming sales in North America and Europe that offset sluggish demand in Japan... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Sat Jan 20, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

CNN -- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to recall about 533,000 Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickup trucks in the United States to repair faulty components that could make the vehicles difficult to steer... Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Sun Dec 31, 2006 @ 12:07pm neoform

Boston Globe -- TOYOTA RECENTLY projected that it would surpass General Motors in 2007 as the world's top-selling automaker. GM lost $10.6 billion in 2005 -- about what Toyota earned in profits. Toyota's outstanding shares of stock are now valued at 10 times those of G.. Read More