By Dianne de Guzman, SFGATE Published 3:13 pm PST, Friday, November 23, 2018 Allyn Pierce made it out of the fire. But his beloved truck, which he dubbed the Pandra, almost didn't. Allyn Pierce made it out of the fire. But his beloved truck, which he dubbed the Pandra, almost didn't. Photo: Via Instagram Photo: Via Instagram Image 1 of / 98 Caption Close Image 1 of 98 Allyn Pierce made it out of the fire. But his beloved truck, which he dubbed the Pandra, almost didn't. Allyn Pierce made it out of the fire. But his beloved truck, which he dubbed the Pandra, almost didn't. Photo: Via Instagram Toyota delivers new truck to heroic nurse who helped save others in Camp Fire 1 / 98 Back to Gallery … [Read more...] about Toyota delivers new truck to heroic nurse who helped save others in Camp Fire
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PSA and Toyota to end joint production of small cars by 2021
PARIS (Reuters) - PSA Group <PEUP.PA> and Toyota <7203.T> have decided to end joint production of small cars by 2021 but will add cooperation in light commercial vehicles, French newspaper Les Echos reported on Thursday.Toyota will acquire PSA's stake in the joint venture created by the two carmakers and will integrate the Czech plant of Kolin into its industrial apparatus, the newspaper wrote without citing sources.gi The two groups will expand cooperation in the production of light commercial vehicles in France and Spain, Les Echos added. PSA would go on assembling commercial vehicles for Toyota at its Sevelnord plant in northern France, while the group's Spanish factory in Vigo would produce new Toyota vehicles."Regarding Kolin, the initial agreement of the joint venture which was signed in January 2002 includes a close which enables each partner to review its position at a given moment. We are in this evaluation process. Nothing has been decided," a spokesman with PSA … [Read more...] about PSA and Toyota to end joint production of small cars by 2021
Toyota boosts profit outlook on rising global sales combined with cost-cutting
Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 28 percent surge in the last quarter on growing sales in Europe, Asia and the Americas and cost-cutting. It raised its profit forecast for the full year. The top Japanese automaker said Tuesday that its July-September profit totaled 585.1 billion yen ($5.2 billion), up from 458.3 billion yen the year before. Quarterly sales rose 2 percent to 7.31 trillion yen ($64.7 billion).The manufacturer of the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Corolla subcompact forecast a 2.3 trillion yen ($20 billion) profit for the fiscal year through March. That exceeds its earlier forecast for 2.1 trillion yen ($19 billion), but is down nearly 8 percent from nearly 2.5 trillion yen in the previous fiscal year.Toyota sold 2.183 million vehicles in July-September, up from 2.175 million vehicles the same period a year earlier.Vehicle sales slipped in the U.S. and Japan but improved in Europe, the rest of Asia and Central and South America. The company stuck to its full-year forecast for … [Read more...] about Toyota boosts profit outlook on rising global sales combined with cost-cutting
Payne: Toyota’s new Avalon is a Lexus-beater
opinion Henry Payne The Detroit News Published 10:14 PM EST Nov 14, 2018 Toyota and its luxury-brand Lexus dominated Consumer Reports' reliability rankings again this year, and it’s easy to see why. While brands like Tesla (third to last) and Volvo (last) innovate with new but glitchy technology, the Japanese brands beaver along with proven, dependable hardware. Take the big Toyota Avalon that I’ve been driving with its dependable gated shifter, dependable infotainment display and dependable V-6 engine. They should call it the Toyota Dependable. But for all their metronomic reliability, the Tokyo titans are hardly vanilla. Bucking design tradition, they’ve reached into the Hollywood wardrobe and assembled some of the most radical designs in autodom. Lexus in particular has walked off the deep end, wearing costumes with more angles than Dr. Strange’s cape and a face that only Darth Vader could love. It's even more bonkers … [Read more...] about Payne: Toyota’s new Avalon is a Lexus-beater
Toyota Concert 2018 to feature British orchestra
The London-based Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) will perform with Vietnamese dancers at the Toyota Classics concert 2018 at HCM City Opera House on Saturday. Photo courtesy of the organisers Viet Nam News HCM CITY – The London-based Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) will perform with Vietnamese dancers at the Toyota Classics Concert 2018 at the HCM City Opera House on Saturday. Among the works to be played will be Handel’s Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 25. Excerpts from the opera Rinaldo and the oratorio Messiah by Handel, as well as the Winter concerto from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, will be included. The concert will feature the performances of soprano Charlotte Beament and violinists Daniel Edgar and Kinga Ujszászi. One of Việt Nam’s leading choreographers and dancers, Tạ Thùy Chi, and artists from the HCM City … [Read more...] about Toyota Concert 2018 to feature British orchestra