The 2012 Avanza was unveiled by Toyota Motor Philippines recently, presenting a redesigned style and many improved features that will boost the multi-purpose vehicle’s (MPV) popularity in a market that has accepted it well since it was introduced in 2006. More than 29,000 units of the Avanza have been sold nationwide.
At first…
Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. held on to its position as the the country’s No. 1 automaker, despite selling fewer vehicles in 2011.
According to a joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. and the Truck Manufacturers Association of the Philippines continued to lead sales, Toyota’s sales dropped 4% to 54,593 units in 2011…
Hyundai Asia Resources Inc. (HARI) announced yesterday a 26-percent decline in August sales to 1,419 units from 1,921 units a year ago due to supply limitations.
Passenger car sales dropped substantially, particularly in the sub-compact segment, with the stoppage of Getz model production which recorded marked sales in the prior period. On the other hand, light commercial vehicle…
Filed under: Budget, Hatchback, Toyota, First Drives
Satisfactory Subway Substitution
Our enthusiast’s Spidey Sense started tingling when we heard about the newest bit of technology employed on the enhanced 2012 Toyota Yaris. It was not a more advanced variable valve timing system; the Yaris’…
It’s almost time for us to get our eyeballs on the full monty that is the redesigned 2012 Toyota Tacoma. Waiting stinks, though, doesn’t it? After all, this is the give-it-to-me-now Internet era, a mindset that applies to everything from music and movies to…
Filed under: Government/Legal, GM, Toyota
Toyota has finally tied up all the loose ends associated with closing the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. plant – its joint facility with General Motors in Fremont, California. When NUMMI closed in March 2010, some workers who were on medical leave at the…
Filed under: Hybrid, Truck, Ford, Toyota
Is the Prius V not big enough for you? Then you’ll probably be interested to learn that Ford and Toyota announced a partnership today to develop a new hybrid system for SUVs and light trucks. The “equal partners” deal should result in a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain…
Filed under: Sedan, Toyota, First Drives
Patron-Saint Of Mid-Sizers Gets Massaged
Toyota has manufactured and sold 15 million Camry models across 100 countries since it debuted way back in 1983. It’s a number that’s nearly unfathomable. If all of those polite four-doors…
Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Toyota
We’ve just given you our first impressions of the redesigned 2012 Toyota Camry. Now, Toyota is ready to give you pricing, and it’s good news if you’re in the market for this mid-size mainstay. Pricing stays the same for…
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Toyota, Specialty, Racing
While Toyota competes with Ford, Chevy and Dodge on this country’s NASCAR tracks, the pace cars leading them around have remained defiantly American – at least at Daytona, anyway….
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