Toyota
Chrysler, GM, and Ford Dominate YTD Fleet Sales
The auto industry's paper of record, Automotive News, did a nice piece of reporting in this week's issue (link here , via TTAC) on the explosion in fleet sales at Ford, GM, and...
NHTSA Analysis Shows Driver Error Caused Most Toyota SUA Crashes
By Chris Haak According to a report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, people familiar with an extensive analysis done by the Department of Transportation told the paper that...
Toyota Plans Three New EVs/Hybrids for 2012
By Chris Haak Late last week, Toyota officials confirmed that the 2012 calendar year will bring a series of new environmentally-friendly vehicles. Some will be hybrids, some...
Honda Reveals All-New 2011 Odyssey Minivan
By Chris Haak At this year's Chicago Auto Show, Honda previewed its 2011 Odyssey minivan concept. True to Honda's recent practice, the so-called "concept" was nothing but a...
Toyota Will Build Corollas in Mothballed Mississippi Plant
Before the global economic collapse, when Toyota began construction of its new plant in Tupelo, Mississippi, the automaker had planned to build Highlander crossovers at the plant,...
EPA Announces Top-Ten Fuel Sipper Lists, 1984-Present
By Chris Haak The US Environmental Protection Agency issued a news release yesterday that listed the top-ten fuel sippers from the period 1984 to 2010. During the 27 model...
Vehicle Safety Bill Moves Toward Senate Vote
By Chris Haak In response to the Toyota recall crisis and the subsequent furor over when vehicles should be recalled, how large fines for deliberate noncompliance should be, a...
GM is Working on a New Small Pickup
By Chris Haak PickupTrucks.com reports that GM is hard at work on a new small pickup - smaller, more efficient, and less-expensive than the unloved and slow-selling Colorado and...
Review: 2011 Toyota Sienna Limited AWD
By Chris Haak I just finished a week with Toyota's all-new 2011 Sienna, and put it through one of the toughest tests that I knew how to put a vehicle through. (Don't worry,...
Tesla Acquires NUMMI; Toyota Buys Tesla Stake
By Chris Haak Just weeks after Toyota shut down production, presumably for good, at its NUMMI facility in Fremont, California, there's a sign of life at the former GM-Toyota...