With General Motors now officially terminating its joint-venture at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. factory, Toyota is weighing several options for the California plant. While many options are currently on the table, Toyota could be favoring altering the NUMMI plant to produce the company’s popular Prius hybrid. Although a decision has yet to be [...]   ...read more

In anticipation of increased demand during the second half of the year, Toyota announced on Thursday it will be increasing vehicle production for the United States by about 65,000 vehicles. Toyota’s inventory levels have decreased dramatically over the past few months, leaving the automaker in short supply of some of its most popular vehicles. Since [...]   ...read more

Toyota is recalling 1,281 2009 Lexus GX 470, 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser and 2006-'09 Toyota Sienna vehicles because mislabeling could cause them to be overloaded.   ...read more

You can't say that Akio Toyoda isn't keeping busy. Ever since the new president of Toyota ascended to the position a few weeks ago, the grandson of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda has made a number of aggressive moves that designed to rejuvenate the struggling company. For one, it recently formed a partnership with UK-based Aston Martin, under which Toyota will supply Aston Martin with the Toyota    ...read more

As evolutionary as the changes to Toyota’s third-generation Prius may seem on the surface, beneath the familiar sheetmetal lurks enough new technology to justify over 1,000 new patents. The Wall Street Journal reports that through three generations of the Prius, Toyota has generated over 2,000 patents on hybrid technology, half stemming from the latest generation [...]   ...read more

Toyota has announced that they are recalling certain models of the 2006 through 2009 Sienna, 2004 Landcruiser, and 2009 Lexus GX passenger vehicles. They stated that the vehicle capacity weight on the tire and loading information label and the GVWR on the certification label is insufficient for certain vehicles. Some vehicles were Read the rest of 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA Recall!   ...read more

  While we're still waiting for the Toyota iQ to appear Stateside under the Scion label, Aston Martin is getting ready to launch their own rendition of the iQ across the United Kingdom. Rebranded and renamed the "Cygnet," Aston Martin has collaborated with Belgium-based Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA to design an iQ model meant for buyers with a more luxurious taste.   While full details on the Aston M   ...read more