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• STUDY: Cash for Clunkers helped Japanese way more than Detroit 3

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: Government/Legal, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan, Toyota

  
  
  While there is no question that Obama's Cash-for-Clunkers program accelerated vehicle sales this summer, a new report by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute shows the big [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  by Michael Harley

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• Report: Toyota to launch larger Prius model next year

  —Leftlane News

  Number of comments: 10
  Toyota’s long-rumored larger Prius model will finally hit the market next year, a new report finds. Reports of larger Prius model have been circling the internet rumor mill since 2007. According to Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper, Toyota will launch a larger Prius model by the end of next year. It remains unclear [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:14pm EST
  by Drew Johnson

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• Need a Formula One car design? 2010 Toyota racer reportedly for sale

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: Motorsports, Toyota

  
  
  Toyota only made the decision to abandon its Formula One program a few weeks ago, but the lead time for developing a new car is a much longer than that. The engineering team at Toyota's Cologne F1 headquarters had [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:32pm EST
  by Sam Abuelsamid

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• Not so fast: Toyota retains title of world’s largest automaker

  —Leftlane News

  Number of comments: 17
  German news outlets have already handed Toyota’s crown of world’s largest automaker to Volkswagen, but those reports appear to have been a little premature. According to the official numbers, Toyota is still well ahead of VW in sales volume. Volkswagen’s third-quarter financial results revealed the automaker produced 4.4 million vehicles during [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  by Drew Johnson

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• Toyota: We’re Actually Number One (Not That We Care)

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 5
  We weren’t the only outlet to note Volkswagen’s apparent 2010 production volume win over Toyota a few days ago. Not so fast, Toyota tells Automotive News [sub]. Volkswagen’s total included production by joint ventures in which it does not hold a majority stake, Toyota’s didn’t. On an apples-to-apples basis (with [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:49pm EST
  by Edward Niedermeyer

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• Toyota Cartoon Explains To Kids Why Their Cars All Look Alike [LOLCars]

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  Number of comments: 28
  This screen-cap is from a cartoon Toyota produced to help kids understand how their cars are made. It starts with a meeting, charts and one paranoid engineer noticing "they all look the same..."... [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  by Matt Hardigree

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• Toyota Planning Bigger Prius Model for 2010

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  An AP report out of Japan says that Toyota is planning to roll out a larger, Prius hybrid vehicle within the next year. The report references a story in the local Yomiuri newspaper that says Toyota is planning to release either a [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  by Ed Hellwig

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• Toyota Prius Is A "Butt Buddy?" [Ad Watch]

  —Jalopnik

  Number of comments: 21
  This Australian ad for the Hybrid Synergy Technology used in the Toyota Prius and other hybrids draws a parallel between gas/electric harmony and having a weird guy attached to your butt all day. Ya... [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:30pm EST
  by Wes Siler

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• Is South Korea The New Japan?

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 19
  Reuters reports that Japanese manufacturers are running scared from Hyundai-Kia. A combination of a rising Yen and South Korea sealing more and more free trade agreements with other countries has helped Hyundai-Kia immensely. Of course, copying Toyota’s business model of building reliable cars at affordable prices has helped greatly, too. [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:10pm EST
  by Cammy Corrigan

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• GERMANY: VW 'overtakes Toyota' on global production volume

  —Daily automotive news and comment

  Volkswagen Group has reportedly displaced Toyota for the first time as the world's largest car manufacturer. [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:41am EST
  

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• Video: The Making of the Lexus LF-Ch Concept

  —Straightline

  Most of the design work for the Lexus LF-Ch concept that debuted in September at Frankfurt happened at Toyota's Calty studio. Lexus divulged few technical details at the time, other than mentioning it had a "full hybrid" powertrain, but it's obvious a production version of the LF-Ch would fill a much needed [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:35pm EST
  by Erin Riches

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• Quote Of The Day: California Dreamin’ Edition

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 33
  You need to go to your toughest market. The state of California is the biggest nut to crack for Buick. Californians love their Toyotas, they love their luxury cars, their BMWs and their Priuses, Buick is not even on their radar screen. These people don’t know this Regal. Picking the [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  by Edward Niedermeyer

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• Report: Toyota to shoulder NUMMI closing costs alone

  —Leftlane News

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  The New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated assembly plant in Fremont, California, might have begun life as a joint-venture between General Motors and Toyota, but reports out of California indicate that only the Japanese automaker will be covering the cost of closing the plant, including worker severance pay and environmental concerns. The [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:22am EST
  by Andrew Ganz

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• Ford adds wheat straw plastic to a small corner of the 2010 Flex

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  Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Ford

  
  Ford's wheat straw bio-filled polypropylene - click to enlarge
  Soy seats aren't Ford's only way to introduce as many bio-materials as possible into a production vehicle. See also: Mazda's biofabric and Toyota's "ecological plastics." Ford announced' [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  by Sebastian Blanco

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• Toyota Stuck With NUMMI Closure Costs

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 17
  Although Toyota was a 50% stakeholder in the NUMMI facility in Freemont, California, it may end up carrying 100% of the closure costs. The LA Times reports that Liquidation Motors, the company which took over GM’s assets won’t fund any of the severance pay or other expenses to the closure [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:24pm EST
  by Cammy Corrigan

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• VW Pushes Past Toyota as Global Production Leader

  —Auto Observer

  The distractions for much of the year surrounding the Volkswagen Group's ownership tussle with Porsche AG didn't stop VW from achieving a significant global milestone: VW this month surpassed Toyota Motor Corp. as the world's largest vehicle manufacturer.

  The United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper reports IHS Global Insight figures as indicating [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  

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• Toyota may be stuck with GM venture closure costs

  —Automotive News - China automotive sales and production, suppliers and OEM in Chinese market, China's homegrown players and their expansions overseas.

  Toyota Motor Corp. may shoulder almost all the costs to shut a California joint-venture plant as the owner of the former General Motors Corp.'s 50 percent stake doesn't plan to fund expenses including worker severance pay. [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:25pm EST
  

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• Are Easy-to-Recycle Cars Less Durable?

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 20
  In tune with the times, automakers are making their vehicles easier to recycle. But is this effort making the vehicles less durable?  Look at the designs Toyota put into the Prius to make it easy to dismantle for recycling (to comply with the Japanese recyclability laws). Wiring connections that come loose [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:54pm EST
  by Robert Farago

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• US: TMS joins EPA's 'WasteWise' program

  —Daily automotive news and comment

  Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS) has announced that it has joined US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WasteWise program. WasteWise encourages organisations to reduce municipal solid waste through waste prevention, recycling and buying or manufacturing recycled products. [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:17pm EST
  

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• Volkswagen (Production) Über Alles

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 9
  The Guardian reports that in the first 9 months of 2009, Volkswagen/Porsche made 4.4 million cars whereas Toyota made 4 million. Naturally, the majority of VW’s growth has come from the area which is growing even faster than VW, China. But the lads from the Middle Kingdom weren’t the only [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:10pm EST
  by Cammy Corrigan

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• Piston Slap: Design Week: Chop Top Talk

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  Number of comments: 43
  TTAC Commentator Volvo writes: Sajeev, today in a parking lot I was approaching a new Toyota Avalon from the side and at first thought I was seeing a recent Chrysler product. It had the bottom of the window about shoulder high to the passengers and the windows seemed rather short. As [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:38am EST
  by Sajeev Mehta

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• Autoblog Podcast #152 - Paukert enhanced!

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  Filed under: Podcasts, Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Cadillac, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Rumormill

  
  Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now!
  The usual suspects of Chris, Sam, and Dan are joined [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:15pm EST
  by Dan Roth

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• Trial By Fire: Toyota to run nearly stock 2010 4Runner in SCORE Baja 1000

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  Filed under: Motorsports, Performance, SUV, Toyota, Off-Road

  2010 4Runner for the Baja 1000 -- Click above for high-res image
  Toyota is taking a nearly stock 2010 4Runner to the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in about ten days, and the immortal [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:58pm EST
  by Jonathon Ramsey

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• NHTSA considers investigation into 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee models over fuel tank concerns

  —Leftlane News

  Number of comments: 18
  Following Toyota’s recall of 3.8 million vehicles prompted by a fiery crash that killed four people in southern California, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering an investigation involving 1993 to 2004 model year Jeep Grand Cherokee models over a potentially hazardous fuel tank. Although no investigation has officially been [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  by Drew Johnson

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• Have the Taliban Abandoned Toyotas for American Pickup Trucks? [Pickup Trucks]

  —Jalopnik

  Number of comments: 118
  If you’re a militiaman rolling in hostile terrain, your best vehicle choice is the Toyota pickup. A minuscule clue in the latest issue of The New Yorker suggests that all that is about to... [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  by Peter Orosz

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• Toyota Pledges Allegiance to NASCAR

  —Inside Line Automotive News

  Toyota has decided to abandon Formula 1, but it has affirmed its conviction to continue participating in NASCAR stock car racing. [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:34am EST
  

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• Leading Indicator

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  AR Index     635.31  +27.34  (+4.50%)

  Stocks of individual interest
  
  Toyota  79.12  +0.00
  
  GM        0.58    +0.03
  
  Ford      8.18   +0.60

  Dow 10226.94  +437.50   (+4.47%)

  I'm still slightly amazed that Ford really has been the driving force in the AR Index right from when I started to record things back in April 2008.' [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:11am EST
  

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• LA Preview: Toyota set to debut 2011 Sienna minivan

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: LA Auto Show, Minivan/Van, Toyota

  
  Soccer moms, NASCAR dads and empty-nesters rejoice! It looks like Toyota is going to debut its 2011 Sienna minivan in Cali next month at the 2009 LA Auto Show. Although the minivan market doesn't get a' [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• Volkswagen-Porsche World's Largest Automaker, Toyota The New GM [Breaking]

  —Jalopnik

  Number of comments: 98
  VW-Porsche has overtaken Toyota as the world's largest automaker, at least through the first nine months of 2009, having produced 4.4 million cars to Toyota's 4.0 million. Somebody warn Poland. This... [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:05pm EST
  by Matt Hardigree

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• Toyota Puts Big R&D Center Into Shanghai

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 7
  Intellectual property warriors, get your guns: Following GM, its arch nemesis Toyota will plant a brand new R & D center smack into the alleged intellectual property jungle called China. Toyota plans to spend between $330 and $440 million for the center. Building will commence next year. Compared to Toyota, [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:43pm EST
  by Bertel Schmitt

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