Toyota

Ford Takes On Toyota In Hybrid Battle

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Video, Hybrids, Toyota Hybrid, Toyota, Ford Hybrid, Ford Toyota, C-Max Hyrbid, Fuel Efficiency, Hybrid Market, Ford, Prius V, Business News

DETROIT -- Ford is taking on Toyota in the hybrid market. Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that its new C-Max hybrid small minivan will have a base price...

Read Whole Story

This Is America's 'Blind Spot'

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, Michelin, Toyota, L'Oreal, Reuters, Employment, Organization for International Investment, Bmw, Manufacturing, Foreign Investment, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, US Tax Code, Dhl, Business News

* Each job at a foreign firm's U.S. unit supports 3 others * Manufacturing employment leads other sectors * U.S. slice o...

Read Whole Story

Toyota's Bold Predicition

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Earnings, Automakers, Quarterly Earnings, Video, Toyota, Japan Tsunami 2011, Automaker Earnings, Business News, Toyota Earnings, Toyota Sales, Toyota 1q Earnings 2012, Auto Industry, Business News

TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit more than quadrupled to 121 billion yen ($1.5 billion), and the automaker gave upbeat forecasts as it recovers from...

Read Whole Story

Five Greenwashed Car Ads That Make You Feel Good To Pollute

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Mazda, Automakers, Car Advertising, Toyota, Greenwashing, Audi, Chevy, Greenwashing Companies, Earth Day 2012, Greenpeace, Business News

Despite all the hype about fuel efficient cars and the future of alternative fuels, there are few things more harmful to the environment than cars. ...

Read Whole Story

Porsche Halts Car Sales To Iran

The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Renault, Nissan, Uani, Porsche, Toyota, United Against Nuclear Iran, Hyundai, Iran Sanctions, Mitsubishi, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Currency, Business News

Porsche has joined Hyundai in its decision to cease selling cars in Iran, after a group called United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) asked both automaker...

Read Whole Story

Toyota's Small Recall Could Spell Big Problems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Electronic Interference, Toyota NHTSA, Toyota, Interference, Remote Starter, Nhtsa, Toyota Recall, Business News

A small recall Toyota is conducting in several U.S. Gulf states might help advance arguments by safety critics who argue Toyota has problems with its ...

Read Whole Story

Toyota Recalls Nearly 700,000 Vehicles In U.S.

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Toyota Recalls, Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Camry, Automobile Safety, Recalls, Toyota, Toyota Venza, Business News

TORRANCE, Calif. -- Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. said Wednesday that it's recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles because of various problems. The recalls i...

Read Whole Story

CNN Says Toyota Withheld Sudden Acceleration Evidence From Feds

The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Toyota Recalls, Video, Toyota NHTSA, Toyota, Cnn, Toyota-Sudden-Acceleration, Anderson Cooper, Toyota Probe, Toyota Investigation, Business News

Toyota withheld a key document from federal investigators probing electronic causes of unintended acceleration in the automaker's vehicles, reported C...

Read Whole Story

Discovering Denver

Erin Harper | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Visit, Toyota, Clyfford Still Museum, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Travel, Atlanta, Ysl, Tourism, Elephant, Southwest Airlines, Museums, Convention, Brown Palace, Denver, Travel News

The magnificence of the mountainous backdrop and the modern architecture throughout the city, make it impossible to turn a corner without being greeted by a breathtaking view.

Read Post

Automaker Rakes In Huge Profit

AP | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Earnings, Car Sales, Automakers, Porsche, Frankfurt, Video, Toyota, Cars, Revenues, Volkswagen AG, Auto Industry, Business News

BERLIN -- Automaker Volkswagen AG said Friday that its net earnings more than doubled last year as revenues grew by more than a quarter and the compan...

Read Whole Story

Auto Sales Recover Due to Superior Value

Grant Cardone | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: GM Sales, Toyota, Ford Sales, US Automakers, Hyundai, Honda, Chevrolet, Volkswagon, Kia, Toyota Sales, Edmunds, Auto Sales, Auto Industry, Business News

Do increased sales volumes in 2011 mean that the US economy is recovering or is it indicative of the automobile's value proposition to the consumer?

Read Post

Financial Sector Leads Brands With Plunging Reputations

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Bp, Goldman Sachs, Foreclosure Crisis, Apple, Toyota, General Motors, Corporate America, Corporate Reputation, Bank of America, Banking, Enron, Aig, Adelphia, Harris Interactive, Foreclosure Abuse, Business News

The U.S. economy may have exited 2011 on an upswing but it looks like the year left most Americans feeling worse about corporate America. Just 20 p...

Read Whole Story

The Greenest Car Of 2012 Is...

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Mitsubishi I MiEV, Green Cars, Video, Chevy Volt, Toyota, Green Technology, Honda, Cars, Nissan Leaf, Automotive Technology, Mitsubishi I-MIEV Greenest Car, Green News

From Mother Nature Networks' Melissa Hincha-Ownby: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has published its 14th annual Green...

Read Whole Story

Sex Sells, Gay or Straight

Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Super Bowl Commercials, Toyota, Toyota Camry Reinvented Commercial, Toyota Camry Super Bowl Commercial, Toyota Camry It's Reinvented, Toyota Camry It's Renvented Commercial, Toyota It's Reinvented, Toyota Camry Super Bowl Ad, Toyota Super Bowl Commercial, Video, Gay Voices News

Did you catch the Toyota Camry Super Bowl commercial? Within 13 seconds, Toyota defies the expected heteronormative relationships that make up this coveted commercial landscape.

Read Post

Toyota Sees Big Profit Boost

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Automakers, Earnings, Video, Quarterly Earnings, Toyota, Reuters, Business News, Toyota Earnings, Auto Industry, Toyota Earnings q3 2011, Business News

TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp reported on Tuesday a forecast-beating 51 percent rise in quarterly operating profit, defying the impact...

Read Whole Story

Companies That Blow Money On Super Bowl Ads

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale, Michael B. Sauter and Ashley C. Allen | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Toyota, Gm, Ford, Coke, Super Bowl, Pizza Hut, Budweiser, Video, Super Bowl Ads, Super Bowl Commercials 2012, Advertising, 2012 Super Bowl Commercials, Hyundai, Taco Bell, McDonald's, Kfc, Super Bowl Commercials, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: A 30-second ad spot in this year's Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That's an 84 percent increase from 10 years ago an...

Read Whole Story

Chrysler Reports First Yearly Profit In More Than A Decade

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Bankruptcy Protection, CEO Sergio Marchionne, Video, Toyota, Japan Earthquake, General Motors Co., Chrysler, Ford Motor Co., Fiat SpA, President Barack Obama, Honda, Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV, Jeep, Business News

DETROIT — Higher sales of Jeeps and other new vehicles propelled Chrysler to its first annual net income since 1997, capping a pivotal turnaroun...

Read Whole Story

High-Tech Start-Up Focus: Flite's 'Agile Marketing Platform'

Bill_Robinson | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Charles Schwab, Marriott, Microsoft, Intel, Tostitos, Starcom, General Mills, Fedex, Adweek, Paramount Pictures, Toyota, Best Buy, Cnet, Cisco, Publicis, Yahoo, Sony, Coca-Cola, Hummer Winblad, Dell, General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, Mediavest, Digitas, Aetna, Sybase, Loreal, Ibm, Google, Flite, Small Business America, Small Business News

One of the most crucial elements of any high-tech start-up's survival -- much less evolution -- is the money backing the enterprise. Is it 'smart money?' Is it 'patient money?' Is it 'connected money?'

Read Post

Why Toyota Has a Whisker Across Its Bumper

Sean Kane | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Car Safety, Cars, Toyota Recall, Toyota, Toyota Tin Whiskers, Tin Whiskers, Toyota Accelerator, Toyota Acceleration Problems, Business News

Toyota's problem is that it has treated unintended acceleration in its vehicles as a public relations dilemma, rather than a technical issue.

Read Post

Toyota Exec's Internal Email: 'We're Putting The Company At Risk'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Irv Miller, Toyota Recalls, Toyota Acceleration, Brake Pedals, Toyota, Sudden Acceleration, Business News, Nhtsa, Shinichi Sasaki, Toyota Accidents, Sudden Acceleration Litigation, Business News

A top Toyota executive wrote that the automaker colored the truth during the furor over sudden acceleration problems to make the company’s story see...

Read Whole Story

"Tin Whiskers" and Other Discredited Unintended Acceleration Theories

Mike Michels | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Toyota, Tin Whiskers, Business News

There is no problem with the electronic throttle control systems in Toyota vehicles -- and all the scientific evidence confirms it.

Read Post

Wing Cracks and Cars That Won't Stop

Christine Negroni | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Toyota, Qantas, Wing Cracks, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Lufthansa, Airbus A380, Airbus, Airplane Tech, Technology News

Everyone who did not go on a wild ride in a Toyota may be sick to death of the subject just as many people are tired of the debate over whether portable electronic devices should be allowed on flights below 10,000 feet.

Read Post

Increasing Cost Of Rare Earths Prompts Toyota Innovation

Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Toyota Fuel-Saving Cars, Video, Toyota, Prius, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Toyota, Reuters, Toyota Hybrid Cars, Prius Toyota, Technology News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has developed a way to make hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of expensive rare earth metals, in which ...

Read Whole Story

Classic American Automaker Reclaims Industry's Top Spot

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Automakers, Auto Bailout, Video, Toyota, Japan Earthquake, General Motors, Gm, Financial Crisis, Auto Sales, Auto Industry, Volkswagen, Business News

DETROIT — General Motors Co. has retaken the title of world's top-selling automaker, selling just over 9 million cars and trucks across the glob...

Read Whole Story

Toyota Lays Blame At Driver's Feet, Revealing Defense Strategy In Sudden Acceleration Cases

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Toyota Recall 2010, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Lawsuits, Toyota Gas Pedal Problems, Sudden Acceleration, Toyota Recall, Paul Van Alfen, Sudden Acceleration Litigation, Business News

A court filing by Toyota earlier this week lays out how the automaker plans to defend itself against sudden acceleration claims: by blaming the driver...

Read Whole Story