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If only executive pronouncements were capable of swaying years of product planning and market inertia when it came to building exciting, low volume automobiles. Were that the case, then a recent statement by Takeshi Uchiyamada that he wants Toyota to build a sports car in the vein of the departed …

The 2014 Toyota Corolla has finally made a public appearance, and at first brush the redesigned compact sedan appears to have kept many of the styling cues first shown on the concept that appeared at the North American International Auto Show in January. This means that the dowdy appearance of …

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 242,000 of its Prius and Lexus hybrid vehicles due to problems with their braking systems. The recall applies to about 233,000 Prius vehicles made between March and October 2009 and about 9,000 Lexus HS250h models made between June and …

Headlights are some of the most closely-regulated components on a modern automobile, which makes perfect sense considering how important of a safety role that they play. That being said, some car companies are complaining to the NHTSA in the United States that current rules are holding back the development of …

The Parts Center Blog at the Olathe Toyota Center has published some tantalizing details about the upcoming 2014 Toyota Corolla. The re-designed compact sedan, which will replace the aged, yet strong-selling 2013 model, will feature better fuel efficiency thanks to the introduction of variable valve timing and valve lift technology …

MARKHAM, Ont. - Honda, Toyota and Nissan are recalling more than two million vehicles globally for an identical problem with airbags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending plastic pieces flying. Honda is recalling 1.1 million vehicles, including more than 107,000 in Canada, and Toyota is recalling 1.7 …

Toyota is facing down another massive vehicle safety recall in which over 750,000 versions of the 2003 and 2004 Toyota Corolla have been found to suffer from a defect in their airbag safety systems. Concerned that airbags - a crucial component of crash safety - would not actually deploy in …

Toyota as announced that a 'redesigned' version of the Toyota Tundra will be breaking cover at February's Chicago Auto Show. We put 'redesigned' in quotations because it's currently unclear as to whether the 2014 Toyota Tundra will debut an all-new design, or whether it will simply be a refresh of …

LOS ANGELES _ Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles. The company said the deal will resolve hundreds of lawsuits from Toyota owners who said the value of their cars and trucks …

TOKYO - Toyota expects to sell a record 9.7 million vehicles this year, bouncing back by 22 per cent from a disaster-struck 2011. It has set an even higher target of 9.91 million vehicles for 2013. The numbers released this week underline Toyota Motor Corp.'s solid turnaround from supply disruptions …