With more than 1 million sales around the globe, Toyota Boston said the Toyota Corolla was once again the best-selling car in the world in 2011—further extending its position as the world’s best-selling car ever: More than 30 million Corollas have been delivered since Toyota first introduced its iconic compact back in 1966, and for 2011, this included some 235,000 sales in the U.S. alone. [click to continue…]
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It’s not always easy to find the perfect vehicle for winter travel, but “If only a minivan can really meet your basic transportation needs, there’s just one choice to be made: the 2012 Toyota Sienna with optional On-demand All-wheel Drive System with Active Torque Control.” That’s the expert advice from Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com, which recently named the all-wheel-drive Sienna as one of the Top 10 Winter Cars for 2012. [click to continue…]
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Details about two of the most popular members of the Toyota lineup were recently announced for the 2012 model year, with the automaker releasing information about MSRPs and upgrades to the Toyota Prius and Toyota RAV4. [click to continue…]
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When a top NFL program builds a dynasty that competes with the best in the league year after year after year, you’re likely to hear the old cliché that the team doesn’t have to rebuild between seasons—just reload. Well, much the same can be said of Toyota and the all-new 2012 Toyota Camry. According to Toyota Dealerships MA, the best-selling car in America for nine straight years—and counting—recently scored a place among KBB.com’s “10 Best Redesigned Cars for 2012.” [click to continue…]
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Still the best-selling car in America, the 2012 Toyota Camry showcased the automaker’s traditional approach to safety in recent testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), once again scoring a 5-star overall ranking.
According to Chicago Toyota, achieving this important benchmark was on Toyota’s radar screen right from the start of the new car’s development, and is evidenced by features like a reinforced body structure featuring B-pillar and rocker-panel reinforcements made from high-strength steel. The robust construction helps keep the cabin from deforming in severe collisions, while also absorbing impact energies, to significantly enhance the safety of all occupants. In addition, Toyota Lexington said the 2012 Camry boasts a best-in-class 10 standard airbags, including advanced dual-stage SRS front airbags, front and and rear seat-mounted side airbags, side curtain airbags and driver’s and front passenger’s knee airbags.
Also standard on the Camry is Toyota’s “Star Safety System.” This package of technologies includes vehicle stability control, traction control, anti-lock brakes, electronic brake-force distribution, brake assist, a tire-pressure monitoring system and Toyota’s Smart Stop brake-override system.
Other safety enhancers available on the new Camry:
According to the automaker: “We are very pleased that the all-new 2012 Camry has earned a five-star composite safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The fact that the Camry earned this 5-star overall score after enduring a more rigorous NHTSA testing procedure targeted at raising the bar for overall vehicle safety is testament to the strong design, and safety-focused engineering consumers can expect in the nation’s top-selling car.”
For more information on the 2012 Toyota Camry, visit Toyota ABQ or your local Toyota dealer.
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Beginning this year, the Toyota Prius is on its way to expanding its family with three new members, and its progeny are already living up to their parent’s award-winning ways: In fact, three Prii—Prius Liftback, Prius v and Prius Plug-in Hybrid—recently combined to earn the “Best Green Car to Buy 2012” recognition from GreenCarReports.com. [click to continue…]
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The versatile Toyota Venza is a unique vehicle, combining the design of a sport sedan with the capabilities of a crossover; it also used to be unique among Toyota products in being offered only with option packages—not configured into different trim levels, like the rest of the automaker’s lineup. And while nothing has changed with Venza’s customer-satisfying combination of good looks and adaptable design, Toyota has—to further satisfy customers—now aligned the 2012 Venza models to better match shoppers’ expectations. In other words, Toyota Lexington tells us the Venza is now being offered in LE, XLE and Limited “grades” for the new model year. [click to continue…]
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Toyota and Discovery Education announced the launch of their Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge – a competition that invites high school students to create a two-minute video showing how they would encourage safe driving to fellow students. The challenge is part of Toyota and Discovery Education’s Toyota Teen Driver program, which offers educators, students, and parents a variety of powerful tools and materials designed to help teens stay safe behind the wheel.
According to Lexington KY Toyota, entries will be judged on creativity and originality. Entries will be narrowed down to ten finalists which will appear on the Toyota Teen Driver website and Facebook page during a “fan voting” period where the public will be invited to vote to determine the grand prize winner. The grand prize winner will receive a $20,000 cash prize and the remaining nine finalists will each receive $1,500 in cash. Oakland Toyota Dealers said that students in grades 9-12 can submit their two-minute videos on the Toyota Teen Driver web site through February 16, 2012. [click to continue…]
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Already boasting a lineup of cars specifically designed to allow maximum personalization, Scion swept into this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show with some bold new examples of how to take that core advantage to ye olde next level.
The brand is premiering a variety of models at the event, all tricked out by some of the best tuners in the business, with a particular focus on the all-new 2012 Scion iQ. The urban-friendly iQ comes wrapped in some particularly eye-catching sheet metal right off the Scion lot, but—as just one example—the Pit Boss Cartel iQ shows how the car can be just as at home on the race track as it is on city streets.
The Cartel group added plenty to the Pit Boss iQ, but most noticeable is what the team removed—the car’s roof. Now showing off the silhouette of a traditional open-top road racer, the Pit Boss iQ relies on an anything-but-traditional interface for vehicle controls: an integrated iPad and innovative RED EYE Automation. Other Cartel upgrades include:
Other designers increasing the style quotient for the iQ at SEMA include Michael Chang, Jon Sibal and Tatsu.
Also at the show, Scion’s top seller and top performer, the tC, gets an extreme motorsports-style makeover from Gruppe-S Engineering—a subsidiary of Dynamic Autosports Inc. The Gruppe-S tC adds forced induction for more power, courtesy of a GReddy Turbo Kit, along with stoppers from TRD (Toyota Racing Development), an enhanced suspension featuring a custom Gruppe-S rear camber arm, Recaro seats, and a full complement of carbon-fiber body pieces, including hood, trunk, and front splitter.
According to Used Cars Albuquerque, the Scion xB, long a SEMA favorite, breaks new ground this year with the Numeric, designed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of legendary snowboard brand 686. Created by 686 and Scion Racing, in collaboration with Spin Imaging, the upgrades here were “directly inspired from a product and brand that’s progressively pushed skateboarding and snowboarding to new levels.” Among them:
Finally, to really wrap things up, 686 and Spin Imaging developed a unique technology that allowed the Numeric to be wrapped in the same kind of waterproof, breathable material used in leading snowboard outwear. The wrap even features waterproof YKK zipper pickets and stitched seams.
And while this year’s SEMA show only runs through November 4, Scion fans can check out the brand’s accessories-friendly approach to driving anytime they want, simply by visiting Toyota Dealer Oakland, their local Scion dealership or going online to www.Scion.com.
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Ready to offer city drivers up to 15 miles of all-electric driving—and hundreds of more at an expected EPA rating of 49 mpg—the new 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in was recently named Urban Green Vehicle of the Year by Decisive magazine. The honor is part of the annual Urban Wheel Awards, given out each January in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. [click to continue…]
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