Automotive Fleet News

ARLINGTON, VA - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that for the second consecutive year the Toyota Corolla compact sedan and Scion xB have each earned "Top Safety Pick" awards.

Tags: Corolla, IIHS, Scion, Toyota, xB

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today announced that, working in cooperation with Attorneys General across the country, Toyota will be extending on a nationwide basis the additional services being provided to Toyota and Lexus customers in New York affected by the company's recent recalls.

Tags: Lexus, Recall, Toyota

CHICAGO - Toyota and Lexus once again captured more trophies than any other automaker in the 23rd annual Intellichoice.com "Best Overall Values of the Year" (BOVY) awards.

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TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 model-year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle's anti-lock brake system (ABS).

Tags: HS 250h, Lexus, Prius, Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. announced it will begin fixing accelerator pedals in recalled Toyota Division vehicles this week.

Tags: Recall, sudden acceleration, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Overall, U.S. commercial fleets have been measured in their response to 2.3 million vehicle safety recalls and sales/production suspension of eight Toyota models due to reports of sticking accelerator pedals causing sudden, unintended vehicle speed-up.

Tags: ADESA, Manheim, NAAA, Recall, ServNet, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models that are included in a safety recall aimed at addressing reports of sticking accelerator pedals.

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TORRANCE, CA -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. said it would recall approximately 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals.

Tags: Recall, sudden acceleration, Toyota

PRINCETON, IN - Production of the all-new 2011 Sienna minivan is underway at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (TMMI) in Princeton, Ind.

Tags: 2011 model, Toyota, Toyota Sienna

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp plans to increase global production of gas-electric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, twice the volume of last year.

Tags: hybrids, Toyota, vehicle production

DETROIT --- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. on Monday, Jan. 11, unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.

Tags: battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, plug-in hybrid, Prius family, Toyota, Toyota FT-CH hybrid

NAGOYA, JAPAN - Toyota Motor Corp. on took the wraps off the IS250C four-seat convertible of the Lexus brand featuring an electronically opened aluminum top as an addition to its IS250 sedan series.

Tags: Convertible, IS250C, Lexus, Top 2009 News, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA --- Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. said it will debut a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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TORRANCE, CA --- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. revealed details of its remedy to address the sudden acceleration issues that have prompted a safety recall of 4.26 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Toyota Motor North America is recalling 110,000 MY 2000-2003 Tundra trucks sold or currently registered in states that use road salt in winter snow conditions.

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TOKYO, JAPAN --- Toyota Motor Corp. said today it has received about 14,000 orders for its new SAI hybrid sedan, scheduled to go on sale in Japan on Dec. 7.

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BIRMINGHAM, AL --- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. has donated a 2010 Toyota Tundra to the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Program.

Tags: safety training, Toyota

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released some new details about the fatal car crash that triggered Toyota's recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

Tags: NHTSA, Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA --- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A. Inc. has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG).

Tags: Camry Hybrid, CNG, Toyota

CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Police Department is adding Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUVs to its fleet, which will be converted into K-9 units, supporting bomb-sniffing dogs and counter-terrorism specialists.

Tags: Cincinnati Police Department, Highlander Hybrid, Toyota

EL SEGUNDO, CA --- Advances in telematics are making car theft a riskier business -- and thankfully, the technology figures to thwart even more thieves in the near future.

Tags: car theft, iSuppli Corp. , Telematics, Toyota