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Toyota learning the hard way that Twitter isn’t a spamming service for its products

Toyota learning the hard way that Twitter isn’t a spamming service for its products

As we head into the Super Bowl every company and their marketing teams are doing their very best to get their products in front of as many eyes as they possibly can and spinning everything they do ... continue
New Prius Is The Smallest Toyota Hybrid On The Road

New Prius Is The Smallest Toyota Hybrid On The Road

Toyota on Monday began selling a new Prius model in Japan, the smallest Toyota hybrid released to date. Known as the Aqua compact hybrid in Japan the same vehicle will sell as the Prius C in the ... continue
Plug-in Toyota Prius Now Available for Order

Plug-in Toyota Prius Now Available for Order

A new plug-in version of the popular Toyota Prius hybrid can be ordered from this week. The latest Prius, a half gasoline-half electric hybrid, boasts extraordinarily efficient mileage (check it: 143 miles per gallon in Japan) and a ... continue
Toyota to sell hydrogen-powered car in Europe by 2015

Toyota to sell hydrogen-powered car in Europe by 2015

Toyota wasn't the first automobile manufacturer to introduce a hybrid car, but they were the ones who popularized hybrids with the Toyota Prius. Similarly, Toyota isn't the only company working on a hydrogen-powered car, but they're aiming ... continue
Rival Car Dealership Ordered To Pay $7.5 Million For “Taliban Toyota” Comments

Rival Car Dealership Ordered To Pay $7.5 Million For “Taliban Toyota” Comments

If you're a car dealership owner hit by the tough times of a faltering economy there's one surefire way to earn some cash, become part of a rival dealers attempts to discredit you by telling potential buyers ... continue
Toyota Minicar, The Pixis Space, “Launches” in Japan

Toyota Minicar, The Pixis Space, “Launches” in Japan

In order to tap the growing demand for smaller vehicles, Toyota Motor Corporation has launched a its first "minicar" in Japan - the Pixis Space. Minivehicles - known as Kei-class vehicles - are defined under Japanese regulations as ... continue
Toyota to add entirely nonsensical social networking capabilities to cars in 2012

Toyota to add entirely nonsensical social networking capabilities to cars in 2012

Making random things social- like vending machines and grocery shopping- is a marketing trend that is likely to plague us for some time. Of course, with more than one in three people hitting up the money-printing machine that ... continue
Another Toyota recall: 1.3m Matrix and Corolla models

Another Toyota recall: 1.3m Matrix and Corolla models

If you moved to Earth over the past year, you might think Toyota is a company that trades in recalls. The company has had a rough year, with a spate of recalls across the globe affecting several different ... continue
About Those Sticking Toyota Pedals: Apparently It Mostly Happens To Older People

About Those Sticking Toyota Pedals: Apparently It Mostly Happens To Older People

They say there's lies, damn lies, and statistics. But a new set of statistics raises some interesting questions about the crisis that is currently hounding the Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. According to two separate reports over the ... continue
Steve “Woz” Wozniak “Very Scared” By His Toyota Prius, Calls It A Software Glitch

Steve “Woz” Wozniak “Very Scared” By His Toyota Prius, Calls It A Software Glitch

When a regular persons Toyota accelerates at quick speeds or fails to slow down quickly enough, they immediately blame the floor mats or their pedal. When Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak experiences the same type ... continue
New Toyota Recall Affects 2.3 Million Cars

New Toyota Recall Affects 2.3 Million Cars

Toyota has continued its run of bad luck with a new Toyota recall in North America affecting 2.3 million cars. The new recall is voluntary, and is said by Toyota to correct a situation in which the ... continue
Very cool Toyota, too bad the flowers are only temporary

Very cool Toyota, too bad the flowers are only temporary

How can you tell when technology has become totally mainstream? Well when a major marketing campaign centered around something totally different targets the growing  number of people who live online regardless of where ... continue
Good news: they’re making a baby Aston. Bad news: I still can’t afford it

Good news: they’re making a baby Aston. Bad news: I still can’t afford it

Toyota and Aston Martin have teamed up to create the Aston Martin Cygnet, a baby Aston based on the Toyota iQ small car sold in Europe. For purists, the car though is an Aston in visuals only. The ... continue

Drunk man caught trying to have sex with a Toyota

Popping down the street to pick up some groceries may seem like a regular chore, but imagine finding a man trying to hump a Toyota SUV! A drunk man was caught having sex with an SUV that was ... continue