Avalon

Toyota quarterly profit rises to $3.17 billion

2:39 am U.S. ET | May 8, 2013
Toyota more than doubled its fourth-quarter net profit as the yen's depreciation helped the automaker export more profitably and U.S. sales of the Avalon sedan and Tacoma pickup were strong. The company posted net profit of 313.9 billion yen ($3.17 billion), compared with 121 billion yen last year.... Read More »

 

Toyota quarterly profit rises to $3.17 billion

May 8, 2013 08:39 CET
Toyota more than doubled its fourth-quarter net profit as the yen's depreciation helped the automaker export more profitably and U.S. sales of the Avalon sedan and Tacoma pickup were strong. The company posted net profit of 313.9 billion yen ($3.17 billion), compared with 121 billion yen last year.... Read More »

 

Crossovers, trucks juice Toyota's Feb. gains

5:20 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013
Toyota Motor Sales posted a 4 percent sales gain in February, to 166,377 units, with big gains in crossover and truck sales countering declining volumes for Camry and Prius.... Read More »

 

Toyota extends surge into 2013

11:59 am U.S. ET | Feb. 1, 2013
Toyota's sales in the United States jumped 27 percent in January, echoing their increase for all of 2012 and signaling another year of market-share gains.... Read More »

 

2012 LISTS OF 10

10 fine designs

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 31, 2012
Great design is in the details. Here we note 10 fabulous fine points found on production vehicles that were unveiled or went on sale in 2012.... Read More »

 

Toyota Avalon will accommodate wireless phone charging

2:34 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012
Dueling with the tangled cord of a phone's in-car charger could soon be a thing of the past for some 2013 Toyota Avalon drivers. Toyota-affiliated supplier Denso has created an integrated in-vehicle wireless phone charger with Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions so drivers with compatible phones can forget about wired charging.... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

Next-gen Impala's sticker shows GM means business

4:07 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 28, 2012
It's hard to think of a recent vehicle that took a bigger leap to the next generation than the upcoming Chevrolet Impala. The 2014 Impala is sleek and sculpted, its plush interior loaded with technology. The lone redeeming quality of the outgoing '13 Impala, built on a platform that dates back to the '90s, is its cavernous trunk, Consumer Reports says.... Read More »

 

Redone Avalon is shorter, sleeker, stiffer

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 5, 2012
The moribund full-sized sedan segment gets a shot in the arm with the arrival of the redesigned 2013 Toyota Avalon in early December. The new version of the U.S.-built Avalon has a sleeker silhouette and a more dynamic front fascia than its staid forerunner, as well as a hybrid version that gets 40 mpg.... Read More »

 

Top Avalon engineer wasn't just a front man

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 5, 2012
No shadow engineer oversaw Randy Stephens, the 49-year-old Yank who led development of the 2013 Toyota Avalon. Stephens had final engineering authority for the vehicle, managing a group of 120 engineers in the United States.... Read More »

 

MARK RECHTIN

Toyota aims sleeker Avalon at younger buyers

6:00 am U.S. ET | Oct. 30, 2012
The moribund full-sized sedan segment gets a shot in the arm with the arrival of the redesigned 2013 Toyota Avalon in early December. The new version of the Avalon, built in the United States, has a sleeker silhouette and a more dynamic front fascia than its staid forerunner. A hybrid version gets 40 mpg.... Read More »

 

CARS & CONCEPTS

'13 Avalon: 'Most American Toyota ever'

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 2, 2012
The redesigned 2013 Toyota Avalon, expected to go on sale in late November, was designed, engineered and developed in North America, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. said last week. It is the first North American example of Toyota's new decentralized, regional product development process championed by Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda.... Read More »

 

2013 Ford Taurus rated at 26 mpg city-highway combined, topping 2012 rivals

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 26, 2012
The 2013 Ford Taurus, powered by Ford Motor's 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, has received an EPA certification of 32 mpg in highway driving and 22 mpg in city driving, for a combined city-highway rating of 26 mpg, the automaker said today.... Read More »

 

Toyota to offer 2013 Avalon with hybrid powertrain

4:04 pm U.S. ET | June 25, 2012
The redesigned 2013 Toyota Avalon will have an optional gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain when it goes on sale this fall. The 2012 Avalon offers only the standard 3.5-liter, double-overhead-cam, V-6 gasoline engine.... Read More »

 

Lexus ES sheds more Camry roots for 2013

11:26 am U.S. ET | May 31, 2012
Lexus detractors pillory the ES 350 as little more than a rebadged Toyota Camry XLE. But an initial drive of the re-engineered 2013 ES lineup challenges that claim, even though much of the platform and powertrain are shared with the Camry.... Read More »

 

Uchiyamada backed U.S. in fight with Japan over Avalon

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 21, 2012
An unexpected showdown over the redesign of the Toyota Avalon became a test of Toyota's professed intent to move more decision-making power away from Japan and entrust it to U.S. engineers. Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyota Motor Corp.'s global r&d chief and the premier champion of regionalized product development, made sure the company followed through with his plan to decentralize decision making.... Read More »