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BMW and Toyota Finalize Fuel-Cell Collaboration, Plan New Sports Car
KickingTiresIt's game-on for a jointly developed fuel-cell system from BMW and Toyota. The automakers previously announced a partnership to collaborate on alternative-fuel systems; they finalized the deal today. The arrangement has the automakers combining their...Tags: Automotive Equipment, BMW, Scion, Toyota, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Top 10 Presidential Cars
KickingTiresElection season kicked into high gear last night as the country prepares to peacefully elect a new leader. While everyone is grading the first of three presidential debates from last night and how President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt......Tags: Mitt Romney, Car Engine Repair, Chrysler, Nissan, Elections
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Electric iQ Joins Car-Sharing Programs
KickingTiresAn all-electric version of Scion's iQ microcar is set to join several on-campus and urban car-sharing programs throughout the country. The 2013 Scion iQ EV uses a 12-kilowatt-hour battery that provides up to 50 miles of pure electric driving. Toyota......Tags: Car Guides and Reviews, Scion, Toyota, Electricity Production and Distribution, Passenger Cars
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Toyota Announces Settlement in Unintended Acceleration Lawsuit
KickingTiresToyota announced today that it has come to a tentative settlement in an ongoing class-action lawsuit, one which claimed owners were negatively impacted in the value of their cars due to Toyota's unintended acceleration scandal in 2010. If accepted by........Tags: Toyota Recalls, Laws, New Products, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Honda's U.S. factory: 'Canary in coal mine' to dam-breaker
KickingTiresBy James R. Healey USA TODAY When Japan's Honda Motor announced in 1980 its then-radical decision to build cars in the U.S., the auto business collectively said, "What?" Volkswagen, alone among foreign car companies, was trying limited U.S. production,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Georgetown, Plant Openings, Gardening, USA Today
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Ford Has Highest Loyalty: GM, Toyota Close Behind
KickingTiresFord Motor Co., the maker of Ford and Lincoln vehicles, ended 2010 with the highest loyalty rates in the auto industry, according to R.L. Polk & Co. About 63% of all Ford car owners bought or leased another new Ford......Tags: Toyota Recalls, Chevrolet, Honda, Ford, Automotive Equipment
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2011 Sales Remain Down for Chrysler, Toyota, Lexus and More
KickingTiresWe're halfway through 2011 and a handful of automotive brands are standing out, but for all the wrong reasons. Because 2010 was such a poor year for car sales, sales growth in 2011 was supposed to be automatic. After six......Tags: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Lexus, Ford, Saab
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Toyota Will Have Six New Hybrids by 2012
KickingTiresToyota plans to launch six all-new hybrid models globally by 2012, according to the New York Times. This doesn???t include the plug-in Prius, but that will go on sale by 2012 as well. The new hybrids will include a mix......Tags: Family, Nissan, Chevrolet, Lexus, Automotive Equipment
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Toyota Teases New Prius Model on Facebook
KickingTiresTo celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Toyota Prius, the automaker gave its fans a sneak peek of an upcoming addition to the Prius family on Facebook. If you look at the billboard ??? which, for some reason, is made......Tags: Family, Los Angeles, California, Automotive Equipment, Society
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Princeton: Toyota Marks 10 Years in Midwest
KickingTiresBy Eamonn Brennan Cars.com It's been 10 years since Toyota opened its plant on farmland just south of Princeton, and Gibson County residents have rallied around the site. Its residents have united around the new jobs, competitive salaries and endless........Tags: Alcoa Incorporated, Sales, Automotive Equipment, General Electric Company, Plant Openings
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Toyota joins Detroit Three misery
The Swampby Frank James Much of the opposition to the federal bailout of the Detroit Three automakers was premised on the notion that the U.S. automakers did themselves in through decades of bad management and greedy unions. So it will be......Tags: National Government, Government, Sales, Prius, Automotive Equipment
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GM's Wagoner: Obama demands a price
The Swampby Mark Silva General Motors' troubles may or may not have started when it decided that it could make $10,000 a copy putting leather bucket seats and mobile DVD-players on pickup truck chassis and calling them sport utility vehicles, fleet-mileage......Tags: United States, Government Aid, Management Change, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics
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