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A Pomona man who allegedly spent the night drinking in Newport Beach has been charged with driving the wrong way on the 91 Freeway and slamming head-on into an oncoming car, killing a 53-year-old woman. Ruben Gurrola, 23, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on murder charges and driving under the influence. He is being held on $1-million bail. Prosecutors said Gurrola was drinking for several h...

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Le Salon de Genève, c'est dans un mois et Toyota a levé aujourd'hui un coin du voile qui recouvre l'une des futures vedettes de l'événement : la version hybride de la petite Yaris qui sera produite à l'usine d'Onnaing.

Toyota et Audi sont les principales équipes engagées aux 24 Heures du Mans où la technologie hybride fera son apparition.

Jean-Claude Plassart, le Président de l'ACO, a beau écorcher vifs la plupart des noms propres, grommeler quelques néologismes improvisés en guise d'adjectifs et, patate sur l'omelette, parler de «gentlemen farmers» plutôt que de «gentlemen drivers», Massey Ferguson n'a pas annoncé...

The Cold War ended a long time ago, so you can maybe forgive the government's internal spook-hunters for becoming a little lax compared to the old days. But letting a 67-year-old man ferry top secret documents to his home in a '91 Toyota Corolla? Gonna need a good explanation on this one, guys. More »

Vivez dès 16h00 en direct de TF1 la conférence de presse de présentation des 24 Heures du Mans 2012 et du tout nouveau championnat du monde d'Endurance. La saison sera marquée par le duel entre Audi et Toyota et le retour de Bourdais chez Pescarolo.

Die überarbeiteten Drillinge Citroën C1, Peugeot 107 und Toyota Aygo sind technisch weitgehend identisch - doch bei den Preisen gibt es Unterschiede. Am günstigsten ist der Aygo.

On Sunday night's The Real Howives of Atlanta, common felon turned kept bitch Marlo Hampton got into a butch bitch battle royale with resident doberman Sheree Whitfield and it quickly turned into Marlo bragging about how her townhouse is paid for, her Aston Martin is in her name and she didn't have to spend a cent of her own money on her adam's apple removal surgery....

General Motors Co regained its title as the world's top-selling automaker from Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp in 2011, but the US company faces a challenge to stay on top this year as Toyota rebuilds its disaster-struck business.

Ricky Rubio recuperó en el Toyota Center, de Houston, su mejor versión como jugador completo al quedarse a tan solo dos rebotes de conseguir un triple doble y ser el líder que guió a los Timberwolves de Minnesota a la victoria por 108-120 antelos Rockets.

Die Zutaten zu diesem Sportwagen-Rezept klingen leicht und bekömmlich: Boxermotor, Hinterradantrieb, niedriges Gewicht, bezahlbarer Preis. Wir fuhren den neuen Toyota GT 86; erstmals in europäischer Fahrwerksabstimmung.Mehr zum ThemaGretchenfrageStudie zu Sprit-Preisen - Freitags ist Tanken am teuerstenTest: VW Touareg V6 TDI - Die wahre Wolfsburger OberklasseSchönheit mit FehlernNeue Studie mi...

We all know that celebrities love to post photos of themselves on Twitter (hey, Rihanna!), but what about those other, seemingly innocuous tweets that qualify as neither pasttime or promotion? It could be a paid-for tweet plugged into the social network for a pretty penny in return. The latest issue of New York Magazine, out on stands Monday, reports that celebs like Kim Kardashian, Sn...

Sport treiben hält fit, Sportabstinenz macht schlapp. Vielleicht gilt das auch für Autokonzerne? Toyota jedenfalls meldet sich im Motorsport zurück. Nach acht sieglosen Jahren in der Formel 1 treten die Japaner im Juni in Le Mans an - und zwar mit einem Hybrid-Rennwagen.

Toyota meldet sich zurück: Nach der Krise in 2011 will der Konzern in diesem Jahr 21 Prozent mehr Autos verkaufen. Als Grund nennt Toyota die wieder aufgenommene Förderung umweltfreundlicher Fahrzeuge in Japan.

Heather Patron, of Studio City, California, bought a Toyota Prius and noticed within days that the plastic on her windows was melting.

VICTORIAN car component manufacturers were already slashing staff numbers before Toyota cut 350 jobs.

La empresa japonesa perdió en 2011 el puesto de mayor constructor mundial de autos, en favor de la estadounidense General Motors

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday lifted its 2012 domestic sales forecast to 1.63 million vehicles, up 6.5 percent from its previous prediction and 36 percent higher than 2011, after the government last month decided to re-introduce subsidies for fuel-efficient cars.

A safety consulting firm accused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of holding back evidence that electronic systems in Toyota vehicles were causing unintended acceleration.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - In a cafe on the terrace of a Nairobi mall, well-heeled Kenyans sip coffee as shoppers in the car park navigate between BMW X5s, Toyota Land Cruisers and Mercedes. A nearby cinema...

SOUTH Australian Employment Minister Tom Kenyon will give up his Toyota Prado ministerial car after criticism from the opposition for driving a "pimped out" imported model rather than a locally-built Holden.

VICTORIA may boost taxpayer handouts to the car manufacturing industry after Toyota axed 350 jobs, Premier Ted Baillieu says.

Toyota Motor Corp  has developed a way to make hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of expensive rare earth metals, in which China has a near-monopoly, Japan’s Kyodo News reported.  

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is cutting 350 jobs at its Australian manufacturing operations due to an ongoing downturn in production levels, a rare move from the Japanese auto giant.

KABUL — A Toyota Corolla full of former Taliban officials and armed guards stopped in front of Abdul Salam Zaeef’s home in western Kabul this month, awaiting the man who helped direct the Taliban from Pakistan before his capture and detention at Guantanamo Bay. Read full article >>

While clearing the cars of frost Thursday morning, I was reminded of a difference of opinion Kate and I have about the best approach to a cold car. I tend to start the car up, and immediately turn the defrost on full blast; she prefers to let the car warm up for a while first, because it just blows cold air for a while. My feeling is that while the air from the defrost is not warm in an absolut...

After three years in second place, General Motors reclaimed its title due to strong sales in every region of the globe. The automaker surpassed Volkswagen as Toyota fell to third.

Toyota has played down its demotion to third place in the ranking of global car maker sales.

L'américain devance Volkswagen et Toyota, qui est rétrogradé à la troisième place. Le match pourrait être plus serré en 2012.

General Motors (GM) a reconquis en 2011 son titre de numéro un mondial, preuve du redressement du géant automobile américain menacé un temps par la faillite, devant l'allemand Volkswagen et le japonais Toyota qui a connu en revanche une année noire.histoires liéesLa France et l´Espagne passent leur test sur les marchés, la Grèce dans l´attenteWall Street à la hausse, aidée par une baisse des in...

Le groupe d'engins de manutention tout-terrain Manitou et son partenaire...

Government safety regulators and NASA researchers were right to dismiss electronics problems as a likely cause for unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.

TOKYO (Reuters) - For a former James Bond car, it's a chance to live twice. Japanese engineers put a new spin on an old classic car for a recent auto show, remodeling a Toyota 2000GT with solar panels and high-tech gadgets to make it 100 percent electric and solar-powered. Heralded as Japan's first sports car when it came out in 1967, the vehicle was used in the James Bond movie "You Only Live ...

Der Toyota Prius gilt immer noch als Hybridpionier in Europa. Um auch 2012 nicht alt auszusehen, bekommt er ein paar Technik- und Schönheitsretuschen. Foto: Toyota

"Unser Star für Baku" schröpft den Zuschauern mittels Telefon-Voting. ProSieben revanchiert sich mit einem Auto. Das gewann in der ersten Sendung allerdings ein Phantom - das jetzt im Netz Furore macht.

Die Japaner pflegen die Vorreiterrolle: Ihr Prius bekommt einen kleinen Bruder. Der soll junge Kunden für den Hybridantrieb gewinnen - aber nur in den USA. Immerhin: Die Technik des Cityflitzers steckt bald auch in einem Europa-Modell.

Medienberichten zufolge holt sich General Motors die Krone als größter Autobauer der Welt zurück. Der US-Konzern war 2008 von Toyota überholt worden.

General Motors (GM) saw sales in China rise 8.3% in 2011, and Ford (F) saw sales rise 7%. The U.S. companies were aggressive about rolling out new models in China, Bloomberg notes, and benefited from the slowdown in Japan due to supply shortages. Honda (HMC) actually saw its China sales drop, and Toyota (TM) saw [...]

El fabricante de automóviles alemán Volkswagen vendió 8,16 millones de vehículos en 2011, según aseguró ayer el presidente del grupo, Martin Winterkorn, en ocasión de la apertura del Salón del Automóvil de Detroit. Este récord le permitió superar a la marca japonesa Toyota, aunque se mantiene como el segundo fabricante mundial tras General Motors.

VW will der größte Autokonzern der Welt werden und ist diesem Ziel einen Schritt näher gekommen. Erstmals hat der Konzern aus Wolfsburg mehr als acht Millionen Fahrzeuge verkauft und damit den Rivalen Toyota überholt. Auch der Premiumhersteller BMW vermeldet für das Jahr 2011 Rekordzahlen.

Ambitious agenda includes vehicle sales of 200,000 and winning customers back from Detroit

Hier die geilen Japanischen Ökoautos. http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,807562,00.html Übrigens. Die haben rückläufige Umsatzzahlen. Allerdings laufen die gebrauchten Toyota mit Ladeflächen sehr gut. Wg. Revolutionen) Nein , nein, die Welt brauch Deutsche PKW. @Torsten Wein doch!

The company, which is present in India through a joint venture with the Kirloskar Group, had first introduced the world's best selling hybrid car in 2010.

Toyota and Honda saw US sales fall sharply in 2011

Bei der vierten Etappe der 33. Rallye Dakar jubelte einmal mehr Stéphane Peterhansel, der sich die Führung im Gesamtklassement durch den Etappensieg zurückholte. Auf der 326 Kilometer langen Strecke von San Juan nach Chilecito in Argentinien war Peterhansel in seinem Mini des hessischen X-raid-Teams der Schnellste und verwies den Argentinier Orlando Terranova im Toyota mit 5:19 Minuten Vorspr...

Stephane Peterhansel hat am Mittwoch die Führung in der Autowertung der berühmt-berüchtigten Rallye Dakar übernommen. Der 46-jährige Franzose dominierte in seinem Mini das vierte Teilstück, das über 750 km von San Juan nach Chilecito führte. Peterhansel setzte sich nach 326 Sonderprüfungskilometern komfortable 5:19 Minuten vor dem überraschend stark fahrenden argentinischen Lokalmatador Orlando...

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This should be the year for Toyota to shake off natural-disaster-related supply constraints and recall woes, reclaiming lost U.S. market share, but the steely Japanese yen isn't helping the auto maker's prospects.

Vor wenigen Tagen blies Toyota mit neuen Absatzzielen zum Angriff, nun folgt Hyundai. Die Koreaner investieren deutlich mehr in Forschung. Das macht Volkswagen das Leben schwerer.

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media an…

In this video, a camera rests atop an ordinary car. Software developed by researchers at ETH Zurich and Toyota rapidly identifies pedestrians and other vehicles.

Toyota is poised to lose its crown as the world's biggest auto company by sales, projecting unit sales will fall 6% this year, but the company forecast a 20% rebound next year.

TOYOTA SAID yesterday that it expected sales to jump by a fifth in 2012 as it rebounded from two natural disasters that disrupted its supply chain and production and halved its profits this year.

Brigitte Nielsen was rushed to the hospital after an allegedly drunk driver plowed into her vehicle. Nielsen was in the passenger seat of a 2006 Porsche when a woman in a Toyota Matrix crashed into the Porsche at 10:20pm. The Porsche was knocked forward and hit another car. The woman was arrested for DUI and sources say she [...]

A 23-year-old Arizona State student was found with her Toyota Corolla on a remote road in after being stranded in the snow 10 days.

La empresa japonesa, que reportó un descenso de 6% en sus ventas globales, quedaría detrás de GMy Volkswagen en 2011, aunque proyecta un repunte en su facturación para 2012.

Le constructeur japonais Toyota Motor anticipe une progression de ses ventes de l'ordre de 20% l'an prochain à 8 millions 480.000 véhicules alors que…

Toyota says it plans to increase production by 20% next year as it tries to recover ground lost due to the earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand.

WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALBRAZIL STRIKER Neymar scored a superb opening goal as he inspired Santos to a clinical 3-1 victory over Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol in their Club World Cup semi-final in Toyota yesterday.

Brazilian side Santos booked their place in the FIFA Club World Cup final on Wednesday with a 3-1 defeat of Japanese outfit Kashiwa Reysol in Toyota City.

Brazil striker Neymar showed why Europe's best are hot on his heels as he inspired Santos to an exciting 3-1 victory over Japan's Kashiwa Reysol in a Club World Cup semi-final in Toyota.

Der FC Santos steht als erstes Team im Finale der Klub-WM. Der Pelé-Klub setzte sich im ersten Halbfinale in Toyota gegen Kashiwa Reysol mit 3:1 durch.

Nella prima semifinale del Mondiale per Club il 'Peixe' supera la formazione nipponica, trascinato dal suo fenomeno, autore di un goal da cineteca.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil striker Neymar scored a sublime opening goal as he inspired Santos to an exciting 3-1 victory over Japan's Kashiwa Reysol in a Club World Cup semi-final in Toyota on Wednesday.The Libertadores Cup holders are expected to face European champions Barcelona in this weekend's final, barring the unthinkable in Barca's semi-final against Qatar's Al Sadd on Thursday.Neymar str...

Aller guten Dinge sind drei: Nach Peugeot Citroen und Toyota scheint BMW einen neuen Partner gefunden zu haben. Die Bayern verhandeln mit General Motors (GM) über eine Zusammenarbeit bei Brennstoffzellentechnologien.

Toyota, set to lose its crown as the world's top-selling carmaker this year, more than halved its annual profit forecast to €1.9 billion, reeling from a strong yen and Thai floods that severed its supply lines.

Kashiwa Reysol s'est qualifié pour les quarts de finale du Mondial des clubs après sa victoire devant les Néo-Zélandais d'Auckland City (2-0), jeudi à Toyota. Dimanche, le champion du Japon affrontera les Mexicains de Monterrey.

ewhac writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the MythBusters accidentally sent a cannon ball hurtling through Dublin this afternoon, punching through a home, bouncing across a six-lane road, and ultimately coming to a rest inside a now-demolished Toyota minivan. Amazingly, there were no injuries. The ball was fired from a home-made cannon at the Alameda County Sheriff's Departmen...

Toyota entdeckt die Freude am Fahren wieder - das passt gut zur Kooperation mit BMW. Beim Sportflitzer GT 86 half unter der Haube allerdings noch Subaru mit einem Boxermotor aus. Die erste Ausfahrt mit dem federleichten Nippon-Renner.

As the carbon count goes higher, inexorably, globally and the world community suffers from mounting challenges due to climate chaos, the value of incremental individual...

Automakers Toyota and BMW on Thursday struck a partnership to share eco-friendly technologies, including in the joint development of lithium-ion batteries for next-generation electric cars, the companies said.

* Toyota, BMW to jointly develop electric vehicle batteries

Deux constructeurs d’automobiles, le japonais Toyota et l’allemand BMW ont annoncé jeudi à Tokyo un partenariat technologique dans le cadre duquel ils vont notamment co-déve...lire la suite

Deux constructeurs d’automobiles, le japonais Toyota et l’allemand BMW ont annoncé jeudi à Tokyo un partenariat technologique dans le cadre duquel ils vont notamment co-déve...lire la suite

This is it. Actually, these are them. The Toyota GT 86 and Subaru BRZ. They are awesome.

Heard on the Street: Toyota Motor has got problems, but being uncool isn't one of them, yet.

Do you recognize all three viral video stars in the carmaker's newest TV campaign? The nice thing about the ads is that they work either way.

David Cameron welcomed the move as 'fantastic news and a massive vote of confidence for UK manufacturing'.

Tras el Prius Toyota lanza el segundo de sus modelos híbridos, que al igual que el primero dispone de dos motores, uno de gasolina 1.8 que rinde 99 CV y otro eléctrico de 82 CV, que pueden funcionar independiente uno del otro o conjuntamente, en cuyo caso la máxima potencia no es la suma de ambos, 181 CV, sino 136 caballos.

Water Disclosure Project survey says of companies that took part, many do not have top level responsibility for water issuesSome of the world's biggest companies have admitted to suffering multi-million dollar costs from flooding and droughts in the last year. However overall they have failed to learn the lessons and often remain unprepared for the threat of water problems to their business, wa...

Masao a dit adieu à son chat. Au volant de sa Toyota remplie de meubles, il...

Toyota's robots could help rehabilitate or transport the injured or ill. And you thought Toyota was just a car company. In fact, the Japanese corporation has dabbled in non-automotive activities of various stripes for years. Among its most intriguing off-roading jaunts is Toyota's interest in robotics, something it's been exploring for about five years now. Recently, it unveiled four healthcare...

Osnabrück (ots) - Toyota kreist um sich selbst Für den japanischen Autokonzern Toyota kommt es derzeit knüppeldick. Nicht nur, dass der einstige Branchenprimus in diesem Jahr auf Platz drei der führenden Autokonzerne weltweit abrutscht, unter GM und Volkswagen. Erstmals schlug sich der ...

Schweizer Unternehmen wehrt sich gegen Offensive durch Toyota Industries

Zwölf Jahre alt und ohne Chance auf ein "Pickerl" ist der Kleinwagen von Armin Fischer (37) - in Seekirchen im Bundesland Salzburg hätte er als Ersatz für seinen alten Wagen einen Toyota Yaris gesehen, um 4.000 Euro. Zu teuer für ihn, der gerade 500 Euro im Monat verdient. Dann fand er vor dem Autohaus 4.360 Euro. Und gab sie sofort ab.

Toyota, the world's biggest seller of gasoline-electric hybrid cars, intends to begin retail sales of a plug-in version of its Prius hybrid by 2011 as environmental concerns increase demand for fuel-efficient vehicles.