Doing used car overviews on a weekly basis for a number of years can sure be an eye opener. Your correspondent scours owner's forums, consumer complaint threads and reliability resources regularly to help ascertain what owners of a used model can expect-- and what key issues to check for on a test drive. As time passes, a few things have become apparent: Korean cars are built better than ever, you can't beat a well-maintained Honda, Toyota or Subaru as a used small-car buy, and when it comes to pricey premium machines, the Germans offer a tremendous driving experience but fall slightly short on reliability.
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Toyota 51%-owned affiliate Daihatsu is recalling 882,000 Move and Tanto minicars because of a problem with their door mirrors.
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Toyota wants to attract young families and hatchback buyers with its new Verso-S minivan. The model marks the company's re-entry into Europe's fast-growing small minivan segment after the company stopped selling the Yaris Verso in Europe in 2006.
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In today's News Brake, Mini sets the sticker price on the Countryman, there's a hole in Charlotte, and Toyota offers free service to repair its image . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly plans to launch two variants of its Prius hybrid in the United States by 2013 as it ramps up plans to leverage its gasoline-electric drivetrain technology to meet stricter emissions standards.
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Toyota Motor Corp., aiming to restore customer trust after a recall crisis, is launching two new U.S. service plans that will come standard with Toyota and Scion brand vehicles.
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Toyota will introduce more hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars to boost U.S. sales.
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Toyota will introduce more hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric cars and fuel-cell vehicles to boost U.S. sales. The automaker also will offer a 25,000-mile, two-year free maintenance deal on all Toyota and Scion-brand models.
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The Toyota Prius hybrid continues to lead its class, passing the 2m production mark at the end of September and remaining the number one seller in Japan.
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Toyota has just announced that they will be including 24 months of free maintenance on all of their 2011 products, in the US. This "added value" will also include 24-hour road-side assistance. The plan covers normal factory scheduled maintenance for up to 25,000 miles, or the aforementioned two years.
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ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR CHERYL L. BLAHNIK: For being a redesigned car, it still looks too conservative and not all that different from the old car at first glance.
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In line with its strategy to topple Toyota as global carmaking leader, VW intends to raise its market share in India to 20% by 2018 from the current circa-2%.
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Daimler has no plans to cooperate with Toyota on hybrid car development, the automaker's head of research & development, Thomas Weber, said.
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Toyota and Honda are rushing to exploit their advantage in hybrid systems to make inroads in Europe. Daimler and PSA plan to stop them before they have the chance. Toyota began selling the U.K.
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Hyundai has appointed Mark Hall as new marketing director for its European subsidiary. A former Toyota executive, Hall, 49, will be based at the automaker's European headquarters in Germany.
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That's 'Cruze' with a 'Z', by the way. Replacing the Cobalt, which replaced the Cavalier, this new compact sedan from Chevrolet will soon launch as a 2011 model. Among many other things, the American automaker hopes the Cruze's top-notch powertrain, safety, warranty and value equation will be the automotive equivalent of a hand-grenade tossed into its competitive set-- which includes the Mazda 3, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla.
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Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America (TEMA) said it had had not found a single case in which the vehicle's electronic throttle control system would lead to unintended acceleration but had nonetheless broadened the scope of its on-site Swift Market Analysis Response Teams (SMART) evaluation process following an 80% drop in complaints of unexpected acceleration since April 2010.
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Toyota Motor Corp. said today it hasn't found any evidence its electronic throttle control caused unintended acceleration after engineers and technicians investigated more than 4,000 U.S. vehicles whose drivers made such complaints.
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Toyota Motor Corp. said today it hasn't found any evidence its electronic throttle control caused unintended acceleration after engineers and technicians investigated more than 4,000 U.S. vehicles whose drivers made such complaints.
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