MARYLAND: States offer electric car incentives
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Nearly half the states are offering or considering incentives to consumers who buy electric cars in a bid to jump-start the fledgling market.
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Zipcar Puts Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid In the Hands Of U.S. Drivers
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Scott Griffith, Chairman and CEO of Zipcar, and Frank Miller, Regional Distribution Manager, Toyota Motor Sales, stand in front of one of the new Toyota Prius PHVs to enter the Zipcar Fleet in Cambridge, Mass.
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V8 Toyota Corolla on Ebay [Found On EBay]
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If you have a death wish or just a love for bizarre engine swaps take a look at this 1980 Toyota Corolla.
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Auto show gives a look at how automakers are jockeying for global success
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Auto show gives a look at how automakers are jockeying for global success Comments From bottom to top: A Ferrari 458 Italia, a Maserati Gran Turismo S and a 1970 Fiat 500.
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Effort to limit cars spurs sales in Beijing
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Beijing has some of the world’s worst traffic jams. One epic jam in August lasted nine days, and during a rainy Friday in September, the capital almost came to a standstill, but cars are seen as status symbols.
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2011 Toyota Prius $28,604;
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We welcome everybody ORR Cadillac Toyota in Hot Springs where you will find the best sales and service crew in Central Arkansas! Take that short drive from Little Rock or Texarkana and find a dealership that will earn your business.
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2011 Volkswagen Tiguan
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Pricing Gallery Compare The stylish Volkswagen Tiguan is based on the Golf platform, so it’s compact and beneath it all more car than ute.
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Divers end search for missing boy in Calif. canal
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Divers have ended their search of a Central California canal without finding the bodies of a missing 4-year-old boy and his alleged kidnapper near the underwater site where the suspect’s car was found.
A dive team searched an underwater tunnel Saturday for Juliani Cardenas and 27-year-old Jose Esteban Rodriguez without success. Sonar also failed to turn up any sign of bodies.
Rodriguez’s damaged Toyota Corolla was recovered from the canal outside Patterson on Friday, but the pair were not inside.
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Numbers for Toyota Up 18%
Last year was quite an experience for Toyota Motor Corp. With more than 1.5 million vehicles produced in North America, the company grew despite the recalls and economic depressions they had to fight through as a company.
According to their press release on the Toyota online pressroom, the company’s production grew 18% despite these challenges. Over the last year, they revealed several new concepts, and turned a single car line into a whole family of ecologically sound vehicles that appeal to all types of consumers. As a company they also formed an alliance between a revolutionary company, Tesla Motors, and is now cooperating to create a new breed of electric and hybrid vehicles that will likely change the automotive industry for the better.
The statistics for the 2010 year can be found below as seen on Toyota’s press release.
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2010 Toyota North American Vehicle Production
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Manufacturing Site
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Model
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2009
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2010
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK)
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Avalon
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27,513
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40,155
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Camry
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225,524
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253,098
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Camry Hybrid
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19,304
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17,151
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Venza
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75,896
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61,290
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Total
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348,237
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371,694
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New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
(NUMMI)*
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Corolla
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172,888
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63,319
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Tacoma
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67,435
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27,495
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Total
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240,323
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90,814
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. (TMMC)
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Corolla
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138,650
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192,271
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Matrix
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38,538
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33,809
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RX 350
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64,282
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81,618
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RAV4
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78,077
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151,031
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Total
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319,547
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458,729
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.
(TMMI)
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Highlander
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17,503
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86,527
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Sequoia
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18,376
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24,685
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Sienna
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72,205
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132,780
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Total
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108,084
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243,992
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC)
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Tacoma
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42,696
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53,829
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Total
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42,696
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53,829
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (TMMTX)
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Tundra
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86,000
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107,959
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Tacoma
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0
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42,139
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Total
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86,000
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150,098
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Subaru Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA)
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Camry
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87,926
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87,731
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Total
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87,926
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87,731
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Total North American Vehicle Production*
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Grand Total
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1,232,813
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1,456,887
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Year
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Vehicle Production
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YOY Change
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2010
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1,456,887
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18%
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2009
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1,232,813
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(15%)
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2008
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1,454,958
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(13%)
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2007
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1,671,009
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8%
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2006
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1,553,790
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(0.3%)
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Toyota North American Engine Production
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Manufacturing Site
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Engine
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2010
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK)
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4-cylinder
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272,833
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V6
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187,167
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Total
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460,000
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. (TMMWV)*
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4-cylinder
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327,447
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V6
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236,431
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Total
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563,878
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. (TMMAL)
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V6
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88,973
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V8
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133,803
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Total
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222,776
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Total 2010 North American Engine Production
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1,246,654
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Toyota Recalls Nearly 1.7 Vehicles Worldwide
January 26, 2011, Toyota Motor Corp. announced a round of recalls affecting 1.7 million models company wide. While there were three seperate recalls around the world, the only vehicles included in the recall in the US were GS Lexus luxury models. The largest amount of vehicles were recalled in Japan (1.3 million) and this makes this particular recall bigger than any before.
This time around, the issue in question doesn’t have anything to do with floor mats, accelerators, or brakes.
Mostly, the fuel system is somehow related in these recalls. For the Avensis cars sold in Europe, Toyota has found that due to several factors, (installation procedure, polish, tightness, ect), can cause a crack in the fuel system pipes. This can cause both fuel leakage and devastating faults in the fuel system. The Lexus GS models in question, (300/350 models sold between 2006-07) have been experiencing problems in the fuel pressure sensor. Again, because of an impropper installation, the sensor may loosen and cause leakage.
On the actual recall, Toyota is not saying right out that there is an issue. They more so just want to get in as many vehicles into shops as they can to inspect the installation of said sensor and find out if it the Toyota Parts are defective at all.
“Due to insufficient tightening of the fuel pressure sensor connected to certain engine fuel delivery pipes (those with Nickel Phosphorus plating), there is a possibility that the pressure sensor could loosen over time. If loosening occurs, fuel could leak past a gasket used in the connection between the sensor and the delivery pipe and through the threaded portion of the sensor”
-Toyota News Release
If your vehicle is one of the ones effected in this recall, bring it to your nearest Kansas City Toyota Dealership to get it inspected for the faulty sensor.
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Toyota Gives Zipcar 2012 Prius Plug-In Hybrids for Testing
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Car sharing services give people a convenient way to rent a car when they need it – a system which Toyota seems to think could yield some valuable information if it introduced its Prius plug-in hybrid vehicle to the fleets.
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Road Test: 2010 Nissan Altima Hybrid
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A solid choice for hybrid-driving beginners, the Nissan Altima Hybrid carries its green-ness witha lively streak.
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