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Toyota stories: 111 news summaries

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RUNAWAY CARS

Feds: Toyota Statement on Accidents 'Misleading'

Matter isn't closed,
says NHTSA

Nov 5, 09 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal safety officials have criticized Toyota for trying to play down mechanical concerns over their "runaway cars.” Though victims and media reports have suggested that computer malfunctions or pedal design flaws are to blame in several incidents in which cars uncontrollably accelerated, Toyota says oversize floor mats are... More »

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Toyota • recall • NHTSA • cars

'Runaway Car' Owners Don't Believe Toyota's Explanation

They fault electronics, not recalled floor mats

Nov 3, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Many Toyota owners don’t buy the company’s claim that floor mats are behind an accelerator malfunction, ABC reports. Toyota has ordered a 3.8 million-car recall for a problem that has vehicles suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating to high speeds, offering the explanation that an oversize floor mat pins... More »

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Toyota • recall • product recall • computer error • floor mat

pop science

 In Eco-Terms, 
 Dog = Hummer 


Nov 2, 09 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A dog has about the same impact on the planet as an SUV, according to a study out of New Zealand. The authors of Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living claim the environmental footprint of a Toyota Land Cruiser is smaller than the ecological impact... More »

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environment • Toyota • ecology • SUV • Volkswagen • dog • cat • Hummer

 Nissan Leaf Wins Name Game 

Not dirty, sexy, or violent, brand is 'a minor miracle'

Oct 30, 09 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nissan already had its work cut out in designing a hybrid—whatever it made had to measure up to Toyota’s hugely successful Prius. Then it needed a name, which came at the end of a process blending business, culture, and the law. Possibilities must be cleared in hundreds of... More »

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Japan • Toyota • Nissan • Mazda • Toyota Prius • Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • vehicle • automobile • auto imports • Leaf • Nissan Leaf • Daihatsu

ANALYSIS

 Saturn: GM's Biggest Mistake  

Brand was an unsustainable distraction from the start

Oct 2, 09 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As General Motors’ Saturn experiment ends with a whimper, it’s important to understand that the brand was a failure from the start. Some obituaries blame GM for not providing a fuller roster of vehicles to build customer loyalty—but if anything, the automaker gave Saturn too much, writes Mark... More »

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Toyota • General Motors • Detroit • Saturn • Hyundai • auto industry • Big Three

Toyota Will Recall 3.8M Vehicles in Floor Mat Danger

Company fears accelerator pedal in Camry, Prius, others can become trapped

Sep 29, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota will issue a recall next week on 3.8 million vehicles—including many popular Camry, Prius and Lexus models—over fears that accelerator pedals can become stuck under floor mats even after drivers take their feet off. In the meantime, a company rep tells Automotive News, owners should remove... More »

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Lexus • Toyota • Toyota Prius • product recall • Camry • accelerator • floor mat

 Japanese Mull 
 Noisier Hybrids 
 to Protect Blind 

Survey finds blind people are unnerved by silent vehicles

Sep 8, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese automakers are looking into ways to make their super-quiet hybrid cars a lot louder after more than half of blind people surveyed said they were terrified of the vehicles, AP reports. The automakers are considering equipping the vehicles with radar to sense pedestrians and make sounds like engine noises... More »

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Japan • Toyota • Honda • automaker • blindness • hybrid car • pedestrian

Toyota Accused of Hiding Evidence on Rollover Deaths

Lawsuit from former company lawyer says Toyota concealed documents in hundreds of cases

Sep 1, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former top lawyer for Toyota says the company concealed evidence relating to hundreds of rollover accidents that caused death and injury, the Los Angeles Times reports. The attorney, who says he was forced to resign from the firm in 2007, has filed a lawsuit alleging that engineering data that... More »

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car accident • Toyota • car crash • lawyer • auto industry • rollover

(Newser) - The final numbers for the Cash for Clunkers are in, and they’re pretty rosy, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dealers had until yesterday to file for rebates, and the total was 690,114 new cars sold—and 690,114 clunkers traded in—for a total of $2.9... More »

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Toyota • auto industry • US automakers • Ford Explorer • gas mileage • Cash for Clunkers • Car Allowance Rebate System • foreign automakers

(Newser) - Toyota plans to keep its lead in the environmentally friendly vehicle market with a new car to be released in 2011, Bloomberg reports. The vehicle, to be based on the company's Vitz compact, will be around 5% more fuel-efficient than its Prius and will sell for around $15,600, according... More »

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Toyota • fuel efficiency • fuel economy • Prius • auto industry • hybrid car

(Newser) - The "cash for clunkers" program might be a boon for car dealers, but for American automakers the news isn't so good—four of the five top-selling cars in the program are Japanese. While the Ford Focus is the No. 1 seller, Toyota and Honda occupy the next four spots.... More »

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Toyota • Honda • Ford • auto industry • car dealers • Ford Focus • Japanese auto industry • Cash for Clunkers

(Newser) - A rare sentiment emerged from the auto industry today: cautious optimism. New sales figures show that Americans bought 860,000 vehicles in June, the Wall Street Journal reports. That's down 28% from last year, but it's also the smallest monthly sales drop of the year. Ford and Toyota both declared... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • General Motors • auto industry • auto sales • Ford Motor Co.

Toyota Rolls Out Mind-Controlled Wheelchair

Chair can translate thoughts into commands within milliseconds

Jun 30, 09 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota has unveiled research on a mind-controlled wheelchair that can read its user's thoughts much faster and more accurately than any previous efforts, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The chair's interface reads brainwave activity and responds to imagined hand and foot movements within 125 milliseconds with up to 95% accuracy,... More »

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Toyota • mind • wheelchair • brain waves

 10 Cars That Changed Our Lives

Forbes compiles autos that changed the world

Jun 28, 09 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cars can create or symbolize profound change—in lifestyle, financial status, and even forms of government. Forbes looks at 10 that changed the world:
  1. Toyota Prius. The flagship model for all hybrids, the Prius opened people's minds to the ugly environmental impact of driving. It remains the world's best-selling
... More »

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Toyota • Ford • SUV • Prius • Jeep Grand Cherokee • automobile

 US Automakers See 
 Sales Increase in May  

Ford, GM have best month of 2009

Jun 2, 09 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some actual good news for the auto industry: All three US automakers saw sales of new cars jump from April to May, reports the New York Times. Granted, sales are still way down compared to last year, but the month-to-month leap offers a glimmer of hope among the bankruptcy headlines.... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • General Motors • Detroit • Honda • Nissan • Ford • auto industry • auto sales

Big Three See Bumpy Road With 20-Somethings

Demographic key to rebuilding for US automakers

May 29, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Detroit automakers face a hard road when it comes to Generation Y—consumers aged 22-32 whose business is crucial to securing the firms' futures, BusinessWeek reports. Their boomer parents broke from tradition by shifting to Japanese cars, and Gen Y is following in those footsteps. Detroit “simply must do... More »

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Chrysler • baby boomer • Toyota • General Motors • Detroit • automaker • Ford • Big Three • Generation Y • US automakers • Japanese auto industry

 Toyota Forecasts 
 First-Ever Annual Loss 

$8.6B loss is far worse than anticipated

May 8, 09 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota forecast a 2009 loss of $8.6 billion, its first annual loss ever and one far deeper than anticipated, Reuters reports. Only last year Toyota posted record profits and climbed past GM to become the world's largest car maker, but the global downturn in the auto industry and a... More »

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Japan • Toyota • automaker • auto industry • Japanese auto industry

AUTO REVIEW

 Honda Ready to 
 Take On the Prius 

Insight cheaper, simpler than Toyota's hybrid king

Apr 28, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honda is rolling out a fresh—and worthy—competitor to Toyota’s Prius, king of the hybrid market, writes Joseph P. White in the Wall Street Journal. The 2010 Insight will sell for just under $20,000, some $2,000 less than the most popular Prius model, and gets “... More »

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Toyota • Honda • Toyota Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • cars • Honda Insight • mileage

 Volkswagen Challenges 
 Toyota's No. 1 Ranking 

Global sales surge on Germany, China stimulus, Toyota lags

Apr 17, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Volkswagen may have beaten Toyota in global sales in the first quarter, Reuters reports. Although VW sales declined overall, the company's market share increased to 11% with 1.39 million vehicles sold. Toyota has not released sales figures, but it estimated its first-quarter sales at 1.23 million. Volkswagen had... More »

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China • Germany • Toyota • automaker • sales • Volkswagen • vehicle • sales projections • global stimulus

'Car Bubble' Blows Up on Automakers

Sales were artificially high in boom years; rebound unlikely

Apr 3, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The housing boom brought a car bubble along for the ride, and now that one has burst, so has the other, reports the Washington Post. Thousands of cars are sitting on lots and likely to stay there. “You had a huge number of cars being sold," says Steven... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • General Motors • Ford • auto industry • auto sales • housing bubble

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