Toyota Talk
Keep up with the latest happenings at Toyota with Express-News business writer Meena Thiruvengadam.
Look for Toyota news on Clocking In
(Feb 8)
To all of you Toyota news buffs out there, Thanks for reading this blog. In the future, you'll be able to find Toyota news on Clocking In, the San Antonio Express-News business blog....
Overall sales are down, but Tundra sales are up
(Feb 1)
Toyota in January sold 171,849 vehicles, 2.3 percent fewer than the Japanese automaker sold during the same month last year, Toyota Motor Sales said today. Sales of light trucks, however, rose 1.6 percent. Toyota's full-size Tundra, built in south San...
It's a tie -- at least for now
(Jan 23)
Buoyed by the strength of emerging markets, General Motors today said it sold 9,369,524 vehicles last year. But it wasn't enough to maintain the "crown" it has held for 76 consecutive years. Toyota last week said it sold a record...
Solution could be on the way for sleepy drivers
(Jan 22)
The Toyota Motor Corporation today announced that it has designed the world's first pre-crash safety system capable of detecting whether a driver's eyes are as open as they should be. That means sleepy drivers who feel their eyelids drooping...
Apparently, most of you don't like the A-BAT
(Jan 22)
Yes, the name is weird, but several reporters and photographers I talked to at the unveiling of the A-BAT, Toyota's new hybrid concept pickup, seemed to like it. Apparently, the public doesn't share those opinions. According to a Wall...
Toyota plans to release two new hybrids in '09
(Jan 14)
DETROIT -- Listen up hybrid aficionados: Toyota plans to release two new hybrids next year -- one of them a Lexus. The company so far has released very few details about its plans, but Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe did say...
It's not 200,000, but it's close enough
(Jan 14)
DETROIT - The Tundra may not have met its 2007 sales goal, but the more than 196,000 trucks sold last year were enough to satisfy Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe. "As far as sales volume is concerned, I am actually satisfied,"...
Truck wars heating up
(Jan 13)
DETROIT -- The world of pickups just got a whole lot more competitive. In a scene that looked more like a rock concert than a press conference, the Ford Motor Co. today unveiled its latest redesign of the F-150 --...
Toyota a favorite brand, according to Consumer Reports
(Jan 8)
Toyota and Honda beat out Ford, Chevrolet and GMC to take the top spots in the Consumer Reports 2008 Car Brand Perception Study. The study examines consumer perceptions of car brands in the categories of value, performance, environmental friendliness,...
Toyota starts New Year with lots of management changes
(Jan 7)
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