Toyota

Review: 2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited

By Chris Haak Rarely does my wife get excited about new cars coming to the Full Metal Autos Garage for week-long reviews.  She's just not a car person.  I also would not...

Review: 2010 Toyota 4Runner Trail 4×4

By Chris Haak I'm going to begin by mentioning how disappointed I was during my time with the all-new 2010 Toyota 4Runner.  Not in the vehicle itself, really - more in the...

Recall Watch: Toyota Recalls 870,000 Sienna Minivans

By Chris Haak News hit the wire tonight that Toyota is recalling some 600,000 two wheel drive Sienna minivans in the US and another 270,000 in Canada, covering model years 1998...

Released Toyota Memo Boasts of $100 Million Savings from Delaying Recall

From the "never say things can't get any worse" file, news came out over the past weekend that a PowerPoint presentation with the name of Toyota's US chief, Yoshimi Inaba, on...

Toyota to Announce a Large Prius Recall

By Chris Haak 02.09.2010 Battered and bruised Toyota is preparing to take another blow to it's chin.  The company's pride and joy, the Prius hybrid - its halo car - is set to...

Washington Turns Up the Heat on Toyota

Perhaps it's a case of kicking a company while it's down, perhaps it's a case of political grandstanding, or perhaps it's a case of genuine concern for the safety of Toyota owners...

Toyota Recall Fallout Continues; Solution May be Coming

We've already published several articles on the topic, but Toyota's massive recall and its related public-relations debacle continues to gain momentum.  In addition to the recent...

November 2008 Auto Sales Continue Bloodbath

By Chris Haak 12.02.2008 Though we still don't have all of the full results from Acura to Volvo available to digest, the news is predictably not good on the new car sales front...

2008 Scion xB Review

By Chris Haak 10.29.2008 The Scion xB in its first generation had been a lovable little box, underpowered but charming, and a nearly undiluted lift-off of the Japanese domestic...

September 2008 US Auto Sales Fall Off a Cliff

By Chris Haak 10.02.2008 All of the major automakers in the US announced their sales figures yesterday; amid a slowing economy, high fuel prices, and expensive/unavailable...