January 29 2010 by
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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 [...]
January 29 2010 by
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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 [...]
January 29 2010 by
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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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January 29 2010 by
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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 [...]
January 29 2010 by
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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, [...]