Toyota's 2016 Yaris Delivers Practicality, Affordability, Reliability and Safety in One Small Package, Says AutoTrader

The 2016 Toyota Yaris is the smallest Toyota you can buy here in U.S., but it still brings big Toyota credibility to the table in key areas like reliability and safety. Autotrader editor Jabari Jones recently outlined five good reasons to consider buying a Yaris in this video segment.

In addition to its ultra-maneuverable size and right-sized price tag, the Yaris benefits from Toyota's well-earned reputation for reliability. In fact, all scheduled maintenance is covered for two-years/25,000 miles, and Toyota's offers free 24-hour roadside assistance...

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NY Times Review: New Prius Has a New Look, Better Handling and Electric Power Management

The Toyota Prius pioneered the hybrid vehicle category over 15 years ago, and still is iconic in all that is represents: being eco-conscious, sensible, progressive. The 2017 Prius, the fourth generation, arrives with a distinctive new look (what would be a Prius be, if not distinctive) and an even stingier hybrid gasoline engine than the previous version. Tom Voelk, auto critic for The New York Times, has the review.

The new Prius Eco model has an EPA-rated fuel economy rating of 58 city, 54 highway. The Prius does hybridy kinds of things. Coasting and braking charges the battery...

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Michigan-Engineered, Texas-Built Toyota Tundra Takes on 1 Million Miles of Highway

Victor Sheppard drives a lot. We mean a lot.

While the average American driver puts about 12,000 miles on their odometer every year, Louisiana-native Sheppard drives 125,000 miles per year, on average. Most people take ten years to reach the mileage Sheppard hits in one. In only nine years, Sheppard's truck exceeded 1 million miles.

The only truck tough enough to handle mileage like that, with its original transmission, engine, and paint job?

 

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Before Toyota Built Cars in America, It was Designing Cars in America

For the second year in a row, the Toyota Camry is the most American-made car on the road.

Toyota has been manufacturing parts and assembling vehicles in the United States since 1986, and since then its operations have grown to include 10 plants and nearly 25,000 full-time manufacturing jobs in the states.

Yet, even before Toyota Motor North America began to build vehicles domestically, it was taking advantage of American designing talent. Calty Design Research, Inc. opened in El Segundo, California in 1973 -- a tiny operation that allowed the Japanese automaker to dip its toe into

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Toyota Camry Nabs Top Spot in Cars.com American-Made Index

Here at Kings Toyota, we’re proud to be able to say that Cars.com has, for the second year in a row and sixth time overall, given the Toyota Camry the top spot on its “American Made Index.” So that means America's best-selling car is still the most "American Made."

 

 

 

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A Musical Approach to Aerodynamics—the 2016 Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius has been the poster child for “green cars” since it burst onto the US market in 2000 with a bit of a clunky, boxy design and an entirely new way of doing things. Times have changed, thankfully, and the 2016 Toyota Prius is a little more hip, happening, and aerodynamic. As a way to highlight the aerodynamic design language of the 2016 Prius, Toyota has taken a unique approach: it has engineered the world’s first Prius Piano, an LED wind tunnel piano that shows off the aerodynamic body of the 2016 Prius by sending ribbons of…

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The Toyota 4Runner is a breath of fresh air

In order to stay in our right minds, we've got to step away from our chaotic routines and sneak off in search of some fresh air once in a blue moon. The 2016 Toyota 4Runner is the perfect way to get away as it offers plenty of power to take you to endless relaxing destinations.

 

Nothing like fresh air and the power of a #4Runner in the palm of your hands.

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The Toyota 4Runner moves without a hitch over any and all landscapes with some…

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The RAV4 Hybrid is Ready for All Your Adventures

If you love a good adventure but your car just can't keep up, then be sure to check out the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid. This vehicle offers great capabilities, features and efficiency you need to enjoy all kinds of adventures. You can see this vehicle in action in the video below as James Marsden takes it on a pretty unique journey.

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Video Challenge Winners Use Whales to Make a Point About Safe Driving

"If you were doing 40mph down the street in a giant beluga whale, you probably would not take your hands off the wheel, you probably wouldn't be reaching for your cell phone, and you probably would not be cranking music as loud as possible," says one of the winners of a yearly contest by Toyota and Discovery Education.

The problem high school sophomores Matthew Post and John Caporaletti see is their peers doing exactly that when they drive -- texting, talking, and otherwise paying less than full attention to the road.

Perhaps the problem is perspective. Most drivers don't…

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