Minivans – while boring, the segment is a very important one in the United States. The current battle for minivans has to main competitors, Toyota and Dodge. While Toyota is catching up fast, Dodge still leads the segment wit ha total of 92,930 Grand Caravan units sold through the first 10 months of 2011. Toyota [...]
Toyota announced today that is recalling 420,000 cars in the United States due to a potential problem with the power steering. The recall consists of approximately 283,200 Toyota models and 137,000 Lexus models where the company will replace the crankshaft pulley on the V6 engine. “There is a possibility that the outer ring of the [...]
Five minivan models have earned the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The winners are the safest vehicles around, with better rollover crash protection than other models. Other qualifying factors include the highest ratings for side, frontal, and rear crash protection, along with electronic stability control. On the top [...]
Rachelle Friedman was a woman celebrating her upcoming marriage at her bachelorette party. Heading home from the night out, she ended up in a bad accident that left her paralyzed. Over a year later, The Bruan Corporation, world leader in manufacturing wheelchair accessible lifts and vans, teamed up with Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. to donate [...]
Not a fan of the design of Toyota models? Things may just get a little better because Toyota in North America is now taking product development authority away from Japanese bosses and keeping it in the hands of North American executives. The move is a part of its response to the quality crisis that hit [...]
We’re not sure how man of you are fans of the minivan segment but as Cars.com points out “It’s not often you see an entire segment of the auto industry redone at the same time, but 2011 is a renaissance for minivans.” All the major players in the segment including Nissan, Honda, Dodge, Chrysler, Toyota [...]
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America said it will increase production earlier than expected following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. “Beginning in June, overall North American production will reach approximately 70 percent of normal levels, up from approximately 30 percent in May,” Toyota said in a statement. “The improvement in parts availability [...]
In these days, nothing seems to be built like they used to be. The simple answer is that it’s all about the money. In desperate bids to increase profits and expand into markets to raise volume, much has been sacrificed in the realm of build quality, reliability and handling performance. This should not be news [...]
Toyota on Sunday (Jan. 30, 2011) will launch a national advertising campaign highlighting the company’s U.S. ties. The commercial is part of Toyota’s latest corporate advertising campaign called “Filled With Possibilities,” highlighting the company’s extensive U.S. operations and team members, who are the passion behind its vehicles. The commercial, called ‘Filled with Pride,’ shows the [...]
The Chrysler Town & Country is on its way to regain the sales crown in the minivan segment for 2010. Surprised? Well, you shouldn’t be since the spot has been largely dominated by Chrysler since the first of its minivans rolled off the line in 1983. Up to the final month of 2010, Chrysler has [...]
