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Toyota, Struggling With Part Shortages, to Restart Car Lines

NYT > Business  Thu, 03/24/2011 - 11:16

As automakers scramble to ensure a reliable supply of parts from Japan, Toyota said it would restart production of Prius and Lexus hybrids next week.


 

Toyota's global sales of Prius, other hybrids top 3 million

Topix - Business News  Wed, 03/09/2011 - 04:32

Toyota Motor said Tuesday that global sales of its hybrid models have topped 3 million vehicles on the back of brisk demand for the Prius.


 

Toyota Prius’ 20 Month Reign as Japan’s Best Seller Ends

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 02/09/2011 - 02:34

After 20 months of topping the sales charts in its home market, the Toyota Prius has been overtaken by a more traditionally popular – and less expensive – rival...can you guess which one?


 

Toyota Could Consider Prius-Based Pickup Truck

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 01/12/2011 - 02:05

Auto shows are a great place to get rumors--or even wild fantasies--confirmed. (Or, occasionally, dismissed contemptuously--but that's a different story.) Following today's Toyota press conference that introduced the Prius V multipurpose vehicle that will go on sale as a 2012 model, and unveiled...


 

Prius ranks as Japan's top-selling car in 2010

Newsvine - business  Mon, 01/10/2011 - 21:38

Toyota's Prius hybrid ranked as Japan's top-selling car in 2010 with annual sales hitting an all-time high, bucking the fallout from a series of massive global recalls, an auto industry group said Tuesday.


 

Toyota shows off another Prius MPV image, teaser video

Topix - Business News  Sat, 12/25/2010 - 16:00

Toyota is set to unveil its Prius MPV at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2011, and it's just released its third teaser photo, as well as a teaser video starring X Games champion skateboarder Bob Burnquist.


 

Toyota Prius tops October sales in Japan

Newsvine - business  Thu, 11/04/2010 - 22:59

An auto industry group says Toyota's Prius ranked as Japan's top-selling car in October for the 18th straight month even as the number sold fell due to green car incentives expiring.


 

Drive with a glass of water on your dash; improve your MPG: Toyo...

Topix - Business News  Sat, 07/24/2010 - 12:28

This will sound outlandish, but any veteran driver of a Prius, or at least one who's worked hard to get decent mileage out of the hybrid, will tell you it's not.


 

New York runaway Prius the result of driver error

Topix - Business News  Mon, 03/22/2010 - 18:49

As of Monday, Harrison, NY, police completed their investigation of a runaway Prius incident, and came to the same conclusion that the NHTSA did last week: driver error.


 

Second Prius unintended acceleration case also questioned

Topix - Business News  Thu, 03/18/2010 - 20:25

The second of two Prius "unintended acceleration" incidents examined this week by Toyota has come to the same conclusion as the earlier one: the data retrieved from the hybrid does not agree with the driver's account.