October 18th, 2009 
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Filed under: SUV , Toyota , Misc. Auto Shows , Off-Road 2010 Toyota 4Runner - Click above for high-res image gallery Looks like Anaheim was the next stop on the wagontrain from the Texas State Fair this year, at least for a couple of 2010 trucks we had been waiting to see in person. At the 2009 OC Auto Show in Anaheim, we saw not just the 2011 Ford… Read the rest
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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , GM No one is allowed to escape the grinding maw of Detroit’s woes — not even Detroit Piston extraordinaire and hometown mayor Dave Bing. The mayor owns an automotive supplier called The Bing Group that provides stamped parts for carmakers. The recession has put the company on such slippery footing that it told GM it couldn’t provide any more parts, and it’s looking to sell… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: 2010 4runner, 20104runner, 4runner, dave bing, detroit, generalmotors, manufacturing, thebinggroup, toyota, toyota 4runner No Comments » October 18th, 2009 admin 
If you’re trying to sell cars, perhaps it’s best to not alienate or scare the daylights out of potential customers. Toyota has tried a few new approaches lately , and agency Saatchi & Saatchi may have thought it out-clevered itself with a faux-stalker effort for the Matrix, but it’s landed both the agency and the automaker in legal hot water. Amber Duick, a California woman who was seriously freaked… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: amber duick, mark webber, matrix, matrix bowler, matrixbowler, saatchi++saatchi, three-wheel, three-wheeled, toyota No Comments » October 11th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Buick , Toyota Toyota MR2 chasing down a Buick LeSabre at Nelson Ledges - click above image to watch the video You might have heard of this 24 Hours of LeMons traveling sideshow by now. You know, a bunch of $500 cars dropping mufflers all over the place as they pointlessly race around a track. Cruel weirdos dressed up like judges forcing confused,… Read the rest
October 10th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Motorsports , Acura 2009 ALMS Monterey Sports Car Championships Practice and Qualifying - Click above for a high-res image gallery The ALMS race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend is Gil de Ferran’s final race of his career, and he plans to go out on top. The Brazilian captured pole position yesterday in his Acura ARX-02a, which features a unique livery to honor Jim Hall, the… Read the rest
October 10th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Sedan , Etc. A Trabi-Safari in Berlin - click above for high-res image gallery For all the high tech engineering wizardry that symbolizes the modern German car industry, the Trabant 601 was the absolute antithesis of it all. The slow, smoky Trabi was a perfect icon for the failure of the ironically named German Democratic Republic. Once the Berlin Wall fell (twenty years ago next month), many… Read the rest
October 10th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Crossover , Toyota 2008 Toyota Highlander Sport - click above image for hi-res image gallery The 2010 Highlander is now officially Toyota’s 12th North American-built vehicle, with the midsized crossover rolling down the line at the Japanese automaker’s Princeton, Indiana plant. Toyota has also streamlined its worldwide production in the process, as building the Highlander here in the States helps keep its West Virginia engine… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: 2010 toyota highlander, 2010toyotahighlander, highlander, toyota No Comments » October 9th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Sedan , Lexus , Design/Style , Luxury 2010 Lexus LS 460 Sport- click above image for hi-res image gallery The subtle evolution that has defined the life of Lexus’ LS may not be the stuff of action movies or even car magazine covers, but it’s hard to argue with the success that Toyota’s premium division has enjoyed with its flagship luxury sedan. For 2010, Lexus has once… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: 2010 lexus, 2010 lexus ls, featured, floormat, hummermoments, lexusls, lexussportpackage, ls 460, ls 460 sport, ls460, smart gas pedal, sport package, sportpackage, toptenhummer, toyota No Comments » October 8th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Performance , Videos , Lexus , Toyota The Lexus LF-A supercar has been a long time coming and Toyota has finally confirmed (in an ambiguous press release) that the production version is headed to the Tokyo Motor Show next month. The LF-A (or LF-L) is a lock for production and rumors have the Japanese supercar going on sale in the UK as early as this month .… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: floor mat, floormat, floormats, lexus, nhtsa, nurburgringnordschleife, toyota, toyota floor mats, toyota floormat, toyotafloormat, toyotafloormats No Comments » October 8th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Government/Legal , Recalls , Safety , Toyota Good news for those of you who happen to own a Toyota or Lexus vehicle sans floormats, as the Japanese automaker has reportedly come up with a solution to the 3.8 million-vehicle recall announced last week . We haven’t reviewed the documentation ourselves, but it sounds as if the answer is to zip tie the driver’s side floormat to the… Read the rest
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