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Toyota (July 2007, Week Vol. 30)

Toyota announces price drop for new standard 2008 Prius Hybrid model
Jul-31-2007
Toyota have just giving us their new pricing for their 2008 car lineup, but something caught my eye and that was a new lower priced Prius. This cheaper model shows that Toyota is committed to their Hybrid program, even though some people think that hybrids are waning. I never expected Toyota to reduce the price of [...]
Toyota, GM tops in Motorists Choice Awards
Jul-29-2007
Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp. were the top winners in the IntelliChoice.com and AutoPacific Motorists Choice Awards. Toyota scored winners in eight segments, including the overall winner, Lexus LS. GM finished second with five segment winners, including the Cadillac DTS and GMC Yukon XL.
Tundra has the horsepower to get up and go
Jul-29-2007

"Toyota is on track to build 400,000 vehicles in Indiana this year"

'Get up and go' is standard equipment on Toyota's full-size Tundra pickup truck, according to Brandon Walker, sales associate at Toyota of Muncie.

Toyota Zimbabwe exhibits new Land Cruiser
Jul-30-2007

"This is a new model which has been on the market for a month now and we are exhibiting it for the first time at the Mine Entra. This pickup has not been officially launched, plans to do that are on course"

ONE of the country's leading car dealers, Toyota Zimbabwe, exhibited the new Toyota Land Cruiser pickup for the first time in Bulawayo at Mine Entra.

Toyota Announces 2008 Model Year Prices for Eight ...
Jul-30-2007
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the 2008 Avalon full-size sedan, Prius gas-electric hybrid, Yaris subcompact, RAV4 compact sport utility vehicle (SUV), FJ Cruiser off-road SUV, 4Runner mid-size SUV, Tacoma pickup and Sienna....
Toyota Launches Fully Redesigned 'ist'
Jul-30-2007
Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today the nationwide launch in Japan of the completely redesigned "ist" compact hatchback through "Netz" dealers...
Toyota to introduce a lower-priced Prius
Jul-30-2007
The Japanese automaker hopes to broaden the availability of the top-selling gasoline-electric hybrid by offering a new 2008 model in August. Toyota Motor Corp. is introducing a lower-priced model of its popular Prius hybrid for the 2008 model year.
Dave Sammartino's 2005 Toyota Tacoma Axcesscab
Jul-29-2007
Reader's Ride of the DayDave's ride has it all, from the 6" Procomp lift to the limo tint on the windows and more.More Toyota Rides - Photo Gallery...
Toyota expects boost from compact car
Jul-30-2007
It redesigns ist to woo customers in Japan TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's biggest vehicle maker, introduced a new version of the ist compact car to lure buyers as the domestic market shrinks. ...
As UAW negotiates, Toyota workers eye unionization
Jul-30-2007
GEORGETOWN, Kentucky (Reuters) - As U.S. auto workers negotiate with the faltering Big Three under intense pressure to surrender benefits, employees at Toyota's flagship U.S. plant want what their blue-collar counterparts in Detroit have: union representation.
As UAW negotiates, Toyota workers eye unionization (Reuters)
Jul-30-2007

Reuters - As U.S. auto workers negotiate with the faltering Big Three under intense pressure to surrender benefits, employees at Toyota's flagship U.S. plant want what their blue-collar counterparts in Detroit have: union representation.


1995 Toyota Supra - Double Dragon
Jul-30-2007

To say that we've seen every badass Supra out there would be a flat out lie. Between here and Japan, we've featured some of the sickest Toyota supercars that you could possibly imagine.

Toyota Prius named world's greenest car
Jul-29-2007

"The goal is to modernise the fleet of cars and to make the use of natural resources as efficient as possible, so that using cars will exert less pressure on the environment"

ZURICH * Switzerland, renowned for its clean Alpine air and pristine ski slopes, has named Toyota's Prius the world's greenest car.

AMA Motocross: Washougal Results
Jul-30-2007
Two Kawasaki riders won the overalls at Round 8 of the Toyota AMA Motocross Nationals at the revamped Washougal Motocross Park in southern Washington. The only catch was
Toyota dominates but Honda gains share
Jul-30-2007
Only four automakers gained market share in Hawaii in the second quarter as new-vehicle sales continued to slump.

Glory on a plate for former champs
Jul-30-2007
Nissan took its fifth consecutive SA Off-Road victory at last weekend's after Toyota's Mark Cronje and Chris Birkin threw it away within sight of the finish - again.
Going the extra mile...
Jul-30-2007
Garrett Sevilla's 2001 Toyota Tacoma is a reminder of some of the darkest days in this 18-year-old's life. It marks the year his grandfather passed on from illness....
Japanese revved up for car software standard
Jul-30-2007
Blog: Toyota, Honda, Nissan and others on board with Japanese government to develop a standard operating system for cars.
Pa. landowners come up short as companies tap gas in coalbeds
Jul-29-2007
BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. - Farmer Bill McConnell steers his Toyota Land Cruiser over a deeply rutted road through his pastures to a noisy drill extracting methane from a coalbed 1,100 feet below.
Toyota Tundra SR5 CrewMax from North America, manufactured in 2007
Jul-29-2007
A very nice vehicle, very technologically advanced, with lots of unique characteristics and features
Volkswagen's diesel Polo puts a hole in the street cred of green stars' favourite eco-car
Jul-30-2007
A DIESEL car has beaten the world's best-selling hybrid vehicle, the Toyota Prius, to the top spot in a new government guide to greener motoring.
1995 Toyota Supra - Double Dragon
Jul-30-2007

To say that we've seen every badass out there would be a flat out lie. Between here and Japan, we've featured some of the sickest supercars that you could possibly imagine.

13-year-old boy apparent drowning victim in Okanogan County
Jul-30-2007

Riders take a turn during the the 2007 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship's 12-event series stop at MX Park in WA.

Veracruz does it right
Jul-29-2007

I see trouble on the horizon. Not for you or me, but for the likes at Toyota, Honda, Nissan, etc.

Man still hospitalized after crash
Jul-30-2007

A man severely injured Friday morning when a metal grate smashed through the windshield of his Toyota on Rte.