Archive for November, 2009

No mystery about this compact’s success

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

No mystery about this compact’s success

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26, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 4:27PM EST Q uestion: What does Toyota’s base Corolla have in common with three of the hottest cars in the country? Just a couple of weeks ago, as part of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada’s 2010 Canadian Car of The Year TestFest, I was track testing three members of the …

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2001 Toyota Tundra

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

2001 Toyota Tundra

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Expressway Dodge is looking forward to helping with your next pre-owned vehicle purchase, and we’d like to know how we can better serve you.

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Review: 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Review: 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid

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So the Toyota Prius Hybrid is too Buck Roger-ish for you. The Honda Insight: Ditto.

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Car prize stuck in neutral for family

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Car prize stuck in neutral for family

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Parked somewhere, there is a sparkling new Toyota Prius with Todd Messer’s name on it.But Messer has no idea when he’ll be able to claim the hybrid he won two months ago when he pulled the tab on a Subway iced tea and hit the jackpot in The SCRABBLE at Subway Game.”Team Toyota has been really nice about this.

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LED headlights becoming more popular

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

LED headlights becoming more popular

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Steve Mertl VANCOUVER – The Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 2:47PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

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KRS Battle Royal Nostalgic Trackday!

Friday, November 27th, 2009

KRS Battle Royal Nostalgic Trackday!
Kataoka Racing Service is a workshop in Hyogo, which is in the Kansai region of western Japan.  For years, they’ve held regular trackdays for nostalgics (which they call Battle Royal), and the most recent one was last weekend.  Here’s a terrific vid, which shows what an awesome variety of cars that KRS get at their [...]
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Toyota MR2 Back from the Dead?

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Toyota MR2 Back from the Dead?
Good grief, Charlie Brown! There are many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, but Toyotaku may have just received the greatest gift of all. Japan’s Best Car magazine is reporting that an affordable, mid-engined sports car might be in the works!
Does Toyota president Akio Toyoda have a Dr. Frankenstein complex? He sure seems [...]
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Applications Open for Toyota Choreography Award 2010

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Applications Open for Toyota Choreography Award 2010

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Tokyo – TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announces it will begin accepting applications today for the Toyota Choreography Award 2010.

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Toyota Announces Details of Remedy to Address Potential Accelerator Pedal Entrapment in the U.S.

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Toyota Announces Details of Remedy to Address Potential Accelerator Pedal Entrapment in the U.S.

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TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) announced November 25 (local time) details of the vehicle-based remedy to address the root cause of the potential risk for floor mat entrapment of accelerator pedals in certain Toyota and Lexus models in the U.S.

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JCCS x JNC T-Shirt Contest

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

JCCS x JNC T-Shirt Contest
Listen up, those of you with torsos. We hereby declare the start of the JCCS x JNC T-shirt contest! This year was the fifth anniversary of the gathering that kick-started the entire nostalgic car movement, and due to high demand all the shirts were sold out at the event.
However, the Japanese Classic Car Show crew [...]
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Import Bible x JNC T-Shirt Contest Winner

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Import Bible x JNC T-Shirt Contest Winner
Congrats to Micah J. for winning Import Bible x JNC T-shirt Contest! Your new threads depicting a flared S30 Zed on deep dish Wats will arrive shortly. If you didn’t win, don’t despair. You can still order them at ImportBible.com. There’s even a group buy! And we will be starting another T-shirt contest momentarily. Stay [...]
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Toyota starts discussions on who will get PHEV Priuses

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Toyota starts discussions on who will get PHEV Priuses

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The cars will all be leased for purposes of field testing. Toyota is now in discussions with federal and local governments and energy companies about who will get how many of the lithium ion battery Priuses.

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