A community portal about Toyota Motor Corporation with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Toyota Motor Corporation, or simply called Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's second largest...
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A community portal about Toyota Motor Corporation with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Toyota Motor Corporation, or simply called Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's second largest automaker that manufactures automobiles, trucks, buses and robots and the world's eighth largest company by revenue. Its headquarters are in Toyota, Aichi, Japan with factories and offices around the world.
Toyota finds another 3% in production output By Brendan Moore 10.03.2007 A newspaper in Japan, the Mid-Japan Economist , has reported that Toyota plans to produce 8.74 million vehicles worldwide in 2007, which will put it 270,000 units over its own previously announced forecast. Toyota would not confirm the report, and the newspaper would not cite its source, but the Mid-Japan Economist itself is 30% owned by Toyota Corporation, so the report is considered reliable. Toyota said in late 2006... Read Full Story
By Brendan Moore 10.26.2007 Toyota has announced at the Tokyo Auto Show that the iQ, a projected Mini competitor, has been pushed up in the production queue and will be in showrooms as early as Fall 2008. The diminutive car will be the smallest 4-seat car sold in the world when it goes on sale, at approximately 10 feet long and 5.5 feet across. For comparison, that is 25.6 inches shorter than a Mini, 22 inches shorter than the new Fiat 500, but 11 inches longer than the Smart car which goes... Read Full Story
With its sales plummeting in the US, Toyota Motor Corp. is putting the brakes on its intention to construct the Toyota Prius in a fresh plant near Tupelo, Miss. The carmaker doesn’t know how long this postponement will be. The Japanese board of Toyota reached the conclusion late on Monday to stop the [...] Read Full Story
The North American auto market, which is the world’s largest, is under a lot of pressure these days. Consumers are paying $4.00 per gallon for gas, and are not feeling optimistic about their economic security. This is never the type of climate where auto makers do well, so it should come as no surprise that Toyota is expecting lower sales .
Katsuaki Watanabe, Toyota’s president, told the Financial Times newspaper that he was “not sure” that increased sales of smaller cars, such as its... Read Full Story
Oh, yeah!! 78 degrees and sunny, sunny, sunny in the Roxiticus Valley. Rex has a doctor's appointment to follow up on his knee surgery over in Morristown, and it is a Top Down Day!! I wasn't anticipating that spring would come so quickly and perfectly, so my baby (see photo above) has been waiting in the garage with a dead battery. I called Triple A yesterday to get the battery charged, so we're good to go. I haven't given our 1996 Celica Convertible the car wax he truly deserves, but Rex... Read Full Story
A newly designed platform enables an ultra-efficient package that seats four in a vehicle 2,985mm long by 1,680mm wide by 1,500mm high. The iQ's unique styling creates a sense of sophistication and presence that belies the car's size. Read more... Read Full Story
Posted by raja 10 minutes ago ( http://www.risingsunofnihon.com ) View profile Category : General | Tags : he sold off 7.3 million shares but kept He sold off 7.3 million shares but kept a bundle. But, plans to further reduce his holdings. Kerkorian bought the shares at $6ish stating he had c Read Full Story
DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it sold 9,369,524 vehicles worldwide last year, up 3 percent from 2006 but putting it into a virtual dead heat with fast-rising Toyota Motor Corp. for the 2007 global sales crown.
Earlier this month, Toyota reported global sales of 9.37 million vehicles, but the Japanese automaker did not release a number down to the last vehicle sold, leaving the sales race too close to call.
Detroit-based GM has held the title of world's largest... Read Full Story
In their opening statement attorneys are expected to argue Tuesday that Toyota Motor Corp failed to test the design of its Toyota Corolla in real world conditions resulting in the manufacture of a fire hazard with seatbelts that make the Corolla a death trap Read Full Story
