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Today's Fresh Blogs...| A Short History of Toyota Motor's March to the Top |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 10:43 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Corolla, Crown, Factory, Nummi, President, Prius, Production |
| has taken 70 years for Toyota Motor Corp. to make it to the top.By the end of this year Toyota will have outsold General Motors Corp. 9.42 million to 9.28 million units. Toyota probably already passed GM last year...but this year it will be a no doubter.1955 - Toyota started producing the Crown. 1957 - Toyota began exporting passenger cars |
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| Toyota, Honda Predict Increased Sales in Europe |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 10:48 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Cars, Europe, Honda, Japanese, Sales Target |
| Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co. are increasing their sales targests in Europe despite tougher emissions rules to fuel demand for subcompacts and hybrids.Toyota wants to sell 5% more cars in 2008 - 1.3 million units.Honda wants to boost sales by 40% by 2012 - 500,000 units.Japanese cars have only about a 10% share of the European market. |
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| Toyota Plans for New Domestic Factory - First in 18 years |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 5:15 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Corolla, Domestic, Factory, Japan, Production, Sendai |
| Motors hasn't built a new factory in Japan for nearly 18 years.However, the Toyota Motor Corp group is in the final stages of negotiations for a 50 billion auto plant to be built in Miyagi...a bit north of Tokyo...to replace the Kanagawa prefecture owned by Toyota subsidiary Central Motors Co.The factory will be near Sendai and |
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| Daihatsu Fuel Cell Technology Eliminates Need for Platinum |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 3:04 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Daihatsu, Fuel Cell, Motor |
| Daihatsu Motor Co has come up with a break-through for fuel-cell technology.Instead of using platinum costing 400,000-500,000 a pop, cobalt and nickel can be used for 400-700 yen.Suddenly, fuel-cell cars will cost $4000 less!"The new fuel cell technology was developed with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and |
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| EU Will Require Toyota to Turn Over Tech Data to Repair Shops |
| Published: September 17, 2007, 3:33 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Affiliate, Independent, Spa, Technical Info, Toyota |
| Unfair!Toyota Motor Corp has been playing unfair by giving technical info to affiliated shops and not toe independent repair shops.General Motors Corp., Germany's DaimlerChrysler AG and Italy's Fiat SpA are on the dirt list as well.The European Commission says there is a price gap between affiliated shops and independent shops. |
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| Toyota Rolls Out New Land Cruiser SUV |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 5:32 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Crawl Control, Land Crusier, Makeover |
| first time in about 10 years Toyota Motor Corp has made a full makeover of its Land Cruiser luxury SUV.Toyota Motor says all Land Cruisers have the world's first advanced control system - crawl control - a system that automatically "controls the engine and brakes to maintain a low speed when driving up steep hills and over rough |
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| New Toyota Land Cruiser - Back to Basics |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 9:01 am |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Four Wheel Drive, Japan, Land Cruiser, Off Raod, Suv |
| Toyota Rolled Out a New Land Cruiser SUV.According to the chief engineer who developed the vehicle, emphasis was placed on providing a reliable four-wheel-drive vehicle.The flagship sport utility vehicle will be marketed in 100 countries and regions around the globe....China and the United States included...with hopes of selling about 100,000 in |
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| UAW Rejects Retiree Health Care Trust Proposal |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 10:29 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Health Care, Retiree, Strike, Target, Uaw |
| are reasons why Toyota is gaining on GM, will overtake GM this year as the world's top car maker.One of the reasons can be spelled U-A-W. United Auto Workers.GM wants to pay the auto union to form a trust and take over the company's huge retiree health care obligation.It seems the UAW knows it's a losing cause and they want no |
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| Toyota and the Beauty |
| Published: September 23, 2007, 6:48 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Beauty, Cars, China, Dealers, Sales |
| if Toyota really needed help to sell their cars.Apparently dealers in northen China think the car maker does.And, what better way to attract attention than to put a beauty next to the car...and I am still wondering what the connection is.And what better than a naked, or near naked girl?How about a Chinese model in an ancient costume playing old |
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| Toyota Stopped by Earthquake...General Motors Stopped by UAW |
| Published: September 24, 2007, 5:32 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Earthquake, General Motors, Negotiations, Strike, Toyota, Uaw, Walk Out |
| have walked out on General Motors. I think I saw it coming when I wrote UAW Rejects Retiree Health Care Trust Proposal.But, I don't claim to be a prophet.Toyota production was interrupted earlier this year when an earthquake hit Niigata and stopped production of piston rings at Riken. GM production has been stopped by something |
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| Toyota Plans Ultracompact 4-seater iQ in Europe |
| Published: September 25, 2007, 2:31 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Diesel, Europe, Fuel Efficient, New Car Sales, Toyota, Ultracompact |
| Toyota Motor Corp. has an ultracompact fuel-efficient 4-seater version of its iQ planned for Europe for 2009.The car is just 2.98 meters long (Yao Ming can still lay down in it, barely). The car is 80 cm (2.8') shorter than the Yaris subcompact....Toyota's mainstay in Europe.The car will have a 1-liter-class engine and be able to seat four |
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| Toyota Introduces 3-mode Cabin - Sedan, Wagon, Van |
| Published: September 26, 2007, 11:22 am |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, 3 Mode, Minivan, Sedan, Station Wagon, Zio |
| Toyota Motor Corp released an automoblie whose interior can be swapped around in different arrangements and used as a:1. sedan2. station wagon 3. minivanThe Mark X ZiO is priced at 2.56 million to 3.33 million yen and has a 2.4-liter engine or a 3.5-liter V-6. A cargo space can be covered to allow the car to be a sedan. If the board is |
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| 3 Reasons Why GM Should Thank Toyota for UAW Concessions |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 2:25 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors |
| Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers have come to terms...thanks to Toyota...maybe.Details of the deal can be found in a Wall Street Journal report. Several key points in the WSJ article - 1. Toyota Motor Corp., not GM or the UAW, now sets the bar for labor costs in the U.S. auto industry.Toyota and other Asian and European auto |
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| Toyota's New Fuel-cell Vehicle Goes 470 Miles on One Fueling |
| Published: September 28, 2007, 9:32 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, Fc Car, Fc Vehicle, Fuel Cell Car, Mileage, Tank, Vehicle |
| Toyota Motor Corp unveiled an upgraded fuel-cell car that can go can run 780 km (470 miles) on a single fueling, double+ the 200 miles achieved by Toyota's existing model.Toyota was one of the first car makers in Japan to get government approval to market the FC vehicle, back in 2002.Tank capacity was increased by doubling the fuel pumping |
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| Toyota to Unify Distribution in China |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 4:34 pm |
| Tags: Toyota Motors, China, Distribution, Faw, Group, Guangzhou, Logistics, Management, Toyota |
| Toyota Motor Corp. has created a logistics management company in China for the purpose of consolidating distribution operations in the country and cutting costs.Toyota hopes to sell as many as 1 million units in China each year within 5 years, more than three times what it sold in 2006. Tong Fang Global Logistics Co., located in the Tianjin |
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