TORRANCE, Calif. – The Toyota Tacoma, the best-selling compact pickup truck in North America since 2005, offers two new packages for 2011 based on a concept truck first shown at the 2009 Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) Show. The T|X and T|X Pro packages, available in conjunction with the Off-Road Package, add Toyota Racing Development [...]
2011 Toyota Tacoma Adds New T|X Packages and Other Upgrades
September 3rd, 2010Go-Anywhere Hilux Conquers Fire and Ice
September 2nd, 2010Australia - This go-anywhere HiLux will feature on the Toyota stand at this year’s Australian International Motor Show in October.
It has demonstrated the exceptional ruggedness of HiLux in some of the world’s harshest environments.
This vehicle was the first car to reach the Magnetic North Pole – an expedition undertaken for the BBC’s Top Gear by [...]
Toyota’s Kentucky Plant Revs Past Eight-Million Engines
September 1st, 2010GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) reached a significant milestone when its powertrain facility produced its eight-millionth engine on July 27, 2010.
“Eight million engines is a hard number for me to grasp,” said David Cox, General Manager of TMMK’s powertrain operations. “But to put it in perspective, if you placed them end [...]
“Experience in the line, security at the heart” - 2010 Toyota (Beijing) Traffic Safety Experience Opening
August 30th, 2010China : Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Toyota (China)) and the Spiritual Civilization Construction Committee Office, Chaoyang District, Chaoyang District Road Safety Committee co-organized ” experience in the line, safe in the heart “2010 Toyota (Beijing) Traffic Safety Experience fireworks in Beijing Chaoyang Park Plaza, had begun. Liu Ying, deputy [...]
At The Moscow International Automobile Salon 2010 Land Rover Presents World Premiere
August 28th, 2010Russia, Moscow - As part of the Moscow International Automobile Salon, received in 2010 a category “A», Land Rover is at once the three new items. These are two world premieres - updated Range Rover 2011 model year and the Freelander February 2011 model year, and a limited Anniversary Edition Range Rover Autobiography Black, was [...]
Toyota Announces Voluntary Safety Recall on Certain Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix Models
August 27th, 2010TORRANCE, Calif. — Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it will conduct a voluntary safety recall involving approximately 1.13 million 2005-2008 Model Year Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles sold in the United States to address some Engine Control Modules (ECM) that may have been improperly manufactured. No other Toyota or Lexus [...]
Toyota Celebrates Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Visitor Education Center Grand Opening
August 27th, 2010Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. - - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) and the Yellowstone Park Foundation celebrated the grand opening of the brand-new Old Faithful Visitor Education Center (OFVEC) today at Yellowstone National Park. The new OFVEC is the first national park visitor center to earn Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design [...]
Toyota Introduces the Fortuner Anniversary Edition
August 26th, 2010Bangalore : Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. today announced the introduction of the ‘Fortuner Anniversary Edition’ to celebrate more than 10,000 happy customers in its first year of launch in India. The Toyota Fortuner was launched on August 24, 2009 and since then has maintained close to a 60 per cent market share in its [...]
Toyota’s Hybrids make a BIG Difference
August 26th, 2010Toyota Motor Company (TMC) in Japan has calculated the huge savings in carbon-dioxide emissions due to motorists driving its hybrid vehicles.
The total is 15 million fewer tons (13.6 tonnes) of carbon dioxide, which (at sea level) would be seven billion cubic metres of gas.
The saving is calculated based upon the amount of CO2 that would [...]
Mazda Releases Refined Familia Van in Japan
August 25th, 2010HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the launch of the freshened Mazda Familia Van for the Japanese market. The updated commercial vehicle offers enhanced versatility and goes on sale today at Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealerships throughout Japan.
Mazda Familia Van GX (front-wheel-drive model)
To improve safety performance across the entire Familia Van range, a passenger-side airbag [...]









