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Toyota predicts double the profit in 2013; Q4 income quadruples
After dealing with floods, earthquakes and a super-strong yen, Toyota Motor Corp. is following a fourth quarter in which income quadrupled with a similarly optimistic forecast for 2013. The Japanese car company, which last year relinquished the title...
Tags: Lexus, Foreign Exchange Market, Product Recalls, Kia, Nissan
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Toyota and Salesforce.com team to build Toyota Friend social network
L.A. Times Tech BlogToyota has teamed with Salesforce.com to build Toyota Friend, a social network connecting cars, dealers and the automaker. Toyota Friend is set to launch in Japan in 2012, first with Toyota electric cars and later with plug-in hybrids, before rolling... -
Toyota's runaway-car worries may not stop at floor mats
The 2009 Lexus ES 350 shot through suburban San Diego like a runaway missile, weaving at 120 miles an hour through rush hour freeway traffic as flames flashed from under the car.
At the wheel, veteran California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Emergency Planning, Science and Technology, Road Transportation, Bridgestone Corp.
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Toyota, looking for positive spin, turns to Twitter [Updated]
L.A. Times Tech BlogIf ever there were a company in need of positive spin it’s Toyota. With the relentless grind of safety recalls and suffering sales, the Japanese automaker has tapped Twitter to help repair its image. Toyota launched a branded channel on TweetMeme with... -
Video: Watch Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda drive the new NASCAR Camry
Autoblog.comFiled under: Motorsports, Videos, Toyota, Racing When Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wanted to give his company's 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Camry a shakedown run, Kyle Busch was chosen to ride shotgun. Even though Busch has won 85 races driving Toyotas in three... -
Toyota CEO lists favorite cars from other automakers
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota During a meeting of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Toyota president Akio Toyoda offered a "Chapeau!" to his fellow CEOs by listing his favorite cars from other makers. He... -
Rumormill: Toyota Supra successor back in the cards?
Autoblog.comFiled under: Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Toyota, Rumormill Motor Trend reports Toyota may have plans to resurrect the Supra name, or at least a new sports coupe to fill the role of the long-dead two door. Hot on the heels of sports cars like the Lexus LFA... -
Cars.com News Briefs: March 22, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a group that represents a dozen automakers including the Detroit Three and Toyota, is gearing up to fight provisions in a $109 billion, two-year highway bill that......Tags: Nissan, Services and Shopping, India, Tokyo (Japan), Honda
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Electric RAV4 jolts Toyota
The much-vaunted systems used by Toyota Motor Corp. to churn out millions of vehicles are being put to one side as the automaker tries to crack new markets in the U.S.
Speed has been at the fore in Toyota's joint development of an electric version of its...Tags: Tesla Motors, Inc., Politics, Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Toyota Recalls 1.7 Million Vehicles
Associated PressTOKYO -- Toyota recalled nearly 1.7 million cars worldwide Wednesday for fuel leaks, the latest in a ballooning number of quality problems that could add another dent to its tarnished reputation in the crucial U.S. market. Toyota's latest recalls are...Tags: Product Recalls, General Motors Corp., Science and Technology, Japan, North America
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