The Toyota Corolla was in a much-needed facelift/redesign and it’s finally getting one. Tomorrow at the 2010 LA Auto Show, Toyota will show the 2011 Corolla with a new front nose and minor changes to the rear. It also gets some nice interior upgrades, Toyota Care complimentary maintenance plan, standard Smart Stop Technology, standard vehicle [...]
HGTV’s show “House Hunters” recently held a compact sedan shootout between the new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla. Following an independent test, more people said that they were likely to purchase a Chevy Cruze over the Civic and Corolla combined. To make sure the test results were unbiased, Gfk conducted the [...]
General Motors is asking 3,000 Chevrolet dealers to prepare for the launch of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze by buying competitor vehicles and keeping them on their lots for test-drive comparisons. The 2011 Cruze will go on sale later this month. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Cruze. Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet small-car marketing director, [...]
The hits keep on coming for Toyota, once the world”s most admired car manufacturing brand: news out of the NHTSA today indicates that an investigation into possible engine issues with the Corolla and Matrix models from 2005 to 2007, or 1.2 million cars all totaled. The inquiry, previously a “preliminary investigation”, has now been dubbed [...]
Toyota will recommence construction on its Mississippi plant when it begins producing the Corolla there late next year. The production of the Corolla at the plant will mark the second major shift in production there; the original intent was to produce Highlanders there, but focus had shifted to Prius production in mid-2008 after fuel prices [...]
General Motors yesterday announced pricing details on the new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, which will hit dealerships in September with a starting price tag of $16,995. That price includes shipping and is actually a couple hundred dollars more than the Cruze’s targeted Japanese competitors. The 2010 Honda Civic and the 2010 Toyota Corolla both start at [...]
Toyota told federal auto saftey regulators that the computer flaws in up to 1.2 million Corolla and Matrix models that can cause engine stalling does not pose ‘an unreasonable risk’to safety, though the company is considering how to go about addressing the issue. Among the other issues facing Toyota, the NHTSA opened a probe this [...]
As if Toyota didn’t have its hands full already, federal safety officials said today that they are looking into complaints from Toyota Corolla drivers about an issue with the steering on their vehicles. Officials said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received close to 80 complaints from drivers of 2009 and 2010 Toyota [...]
Toyota announced today that it is temporarily suspending sales of eight models that are involved in the recall for a sticking accelerator pedal. The vehicles include the 2009-2010 Toyota Corolla, 2007-2010 Toyota Camry, 2010 Toyota Highlander and others. “Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our [...]
Earlier this morning we told you that Toyota has passed GM as the top manufacturer of the most vehicles purchased under the Cars Allowance Rebate System. We also told you that Toyota’s Corolla is the No.1 new vehicle being purchased for a traded-in clunker. In fact, after looking at the top 10 list of new vehicles [...]
