Report: 2013 BMW Vision EfficientDynamics supercar moving toward production

Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, BMW, Rumormill, Electric, Diesel

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

According to Inside Line, which is quoting an unnamed “senior BMW authority out of Munich,” the German automaker will indeed build a production version of the Vision EfficientDynamics concept that debuted last year at the Frankfurt [...]

Toyota CEO apologizes to those affected by ThrottleGate

Filed under: Recalls, Toyota

Toyota’s President and CEO, Akio Toyoda, made his first public comment about the the Toyota recall during an interview with NHK today, in which he publicly apologized to the company’s customers. “I am deeply sorry,” the grandson of the automaker’s founder told the Japanese network, going on to say that “we think [...]

2009 Toyota RAV4, an AW Drivers Log:

SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: There’s something to be said for being a competent, capable, no-frills everyday vehicle–and this RAV4 hits that nail squarely.
The rest is here: 2009 Toyota RAV4, an AW Drivers Log:

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Consumer Reports yanks Recommended status on recalled Toyotas

Filed under: Car Buying, Recalls, Toyota

This could help quell some criticism against Consumer Reports being biased in favor of Toyota when handing out its valuable “Recommended” status to vehicles. The popular consumer products review magazine announced today that it has temporarily suspended Recommended status for all eight vehicles involved in Toyota’s accelerator pedal recall. Just [...]

Second House hearing on Toyota pedal recal scheduled for Feb. 5

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Toyota

What’s that, a scandal?!?!?! Time for everyone and their mother’s legislator to seek the spotlight at Toyota’s expense. This time it’s House Representative Ed Towns, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He’s scheduled a hearing on Toyota’s current recall for defective accelerator pedal mechanisms for February 4th, [...]