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CARS & CONCEPTS

Next Corolla gets CVT, 2 engine choices

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
The redesigned 2014 Toyota Corolla that debuts here on June 6 will have a continuously variable transmission and will be offered with a choice of two engines, company officials have told dealers.... Read More »

 

Focus or Corolla: Who's No. 1?

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 15, 2013
The "world's best-selling vehicle nameplate" has a nice ring to it, and last week Ford laid claim to that title in 2012, just as it had for 2011. But Toyota would have none of it, claiming that its Corolla was the real No. 1.... Read More »

 

Spiced up middle-aged Corolla key to Toyota profits, sales lead

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 2, 2013
With Toyota back on top as the world's largest automaker, President Akio Toyoda isn't looking to a relative youngster like the Prius hybrid to defend that lead. Instead, he's counting on a middle-aged veteran: the 47-year-old Corolla.... Read More »

 

NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

Sizing up Detroit

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013
West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin -- our tireless chronicler of such things as "micro-cheese-grater" interiors and front ends that evoke "a dachshund snorting a gopher hole" -- walked the floor of the Detroit auto show gathering first impressions of new cars and concepts. Here's his take on the winners, losers and everything in between.... Read More »

 

NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

Toyota Furia sheds some light on the next Corolla

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013
Toyota offered a vision of its next-generation Corolla sedan that arrives in late 2013 with the unveiling of the Furia concept at the Detroit auto show.... Read More »

 

2013 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Toyota Furia sheds light on next Corolla

2:30 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013
Toyota offered a vision of its next-generation Corolla sedan that arrives in late 2013 with the unveiling of the Furia concept at the auto show here. The Furia's wheelbase is four inches longer than that of the outgoing Corolla, and the Furia is two inches longer overall. Pushing the wheels to the corners typically has advantages in dynamic handling and interior room, but tends to reduce trunk space. Also, the Furia is wider but the outgoing Corolla is taller.... Read More »

 

2013 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Toyota to unveil Furia concept at Detroit

3:49 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012
Toyota Division will show a concept vehicle -- code-named Furia -- at the Detroit auto show in January. Toyota officials declined to give details, other than to say the Furia is a sedan.... Read More »

 

Toyota sales jump 42% on car volume

4:56 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 2, 2012
Rebounding Camry, Corolla and Prius sales enabled Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. to continue making up lost ground last month with a 42 percent sales gain over September 2011.... Read More »

 

Nissan Sentra retooled with touch of Altima to rival Civic, Corolla

12:00 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 31, 2012
Nissan is retooling the Sentra for 2013 with an all-new platform, lighter body and 1.8-liter engine to elevate its appeal in the compact sedan segment now dominated by the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. The 2013 Sentra, which will reach showrooms this fall, sheds the radical styling of the outgoing model and is aimed squarely at the sales-rich center of the compact segment.... Read More »

 

Toyota posts $3.7 billion quarterly profit, hikes sales forecast

4:02 am U.S. ET | Aug. 3, 2012
Toyota reported a big increase in first-quarter profit and raised its vehicle sales forecast on demand for its cars in North America and Japan. The automaker said vehicle sales at its Toyota, Daihatsu and Hino brands would increase to 9.76 million from January to December, raising an earlier target of 9.58 million.... Read More »

 

Toyota's profit bucks downward trend in Europe

Aug. 3, 2012 11:00 CET
Unlike mass-market rivals GM and Ford, Toyota posted a quarterly profit in Europe. The Japanese automaker reported a first-quarter operating profit of 35.6 million euros compared with a 68.8 million euro operating loss in Europe during the same period last year, when it was reeling from the effects of natural disasters in Japan.... Read More »

 

Toyota extends rebound, remains No. 1 retail brand for 4th straight month

5:41 pm U.S. ET | July 3, 2012
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. continued its rebound from last year's earthquake-related inventory shortages as June sales surged 60 percent to 177,795 units. The automaker's inventories were severely crimped by the March 2011 Japan earthquake, prompting big gains this year. May sales rose 87 percent. Last month's results allowed Toyota to remain the industry's No. 1 retail brand for the fourth consecutive month..... Read More »

 

Toyota blasts past 200,000 May sales

5:52 pm U.S. ET | June 1, 2012
For only the third time since the cash-for-clunkers program, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. sold more than 200,000 vehicles in a month, demonstrating that the automaker has firmly rebounded from last year's earthquake.... Read More »

 

Toyota will not return to Corolla name for its Auris compact in Europe

May 28, 2012 11:19 CET
Toyota said it will keep the name Auris for its No. 2 seller in Europe. There had been speculation that the Japanese automaker might return to using the name Corolla, which it dropped in Europe in 2007 for its hatchback compact car amid some criticism.... Read More »

 

CARS & CONCEPTS

Japanese Corolla gets upscale features

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 28, 2012
Toyota Motor Corp. is packing the redesigned 11th-generation Corolla with new technologies in a bid to give the compact a more upscale feel. Standard or optional on the Japanese version of the Corolla are such features as climate-controlled seats, automatic high-beam headlamp dimmers, safety belts with pre-tensioners and interior lights that turn off automatically.... Read More »