Toyota: "We want to be the best to customer"

Toyota is no longer interested in being the leading manufacturer in the global market: the new target is to instead be the first manufacturer with regard to customer service and satisfaction. According to Satoshi Ozawa, executive vice president of the Japanese giant, there is no real meaning in being the first to sales numbers, Toyota would never have had this goal in its history.

But in the past the company has expressed a desire to take a share of 15% of the global market, whereas, in other words, it means to be the manufacturer who sells more than ever. This year, because of the devastation that has hit Japan, the home record predicts a decline in profits by 31%.

Toyota FT-86: first official technical data

First official confirmation for the Toyota FT-86: waiting coupe of the Rising Sun will be the first vehicle to combine the architecture of the Subaru Boxer engine with direct injection system, Toyota D-4S: it is a highly evolved system, which combines the injector into the combustion chamber an extra, located in the suction line (also the solution adopted by the Ferrari 458 Italy).

A technique that will ensure greater synergy and lower power consumption. Confirmed the displacement of 2 liters and nature "sucked" the engine. The four-cylinder can be mated to a manual transmission or an automatic, both with six speeds. The first excursion will provide a short and precise and quick couplings, and the other other hand, may benefit from the paddles on the steering wheel.

Scion FR-S: All the official photos - Show New York 2011

As we have already had occasion to tell you, Toyota has in the Exhibition of New York as a rebadged version of the FT-86 II presented in Geneva in March: the Scion FR-S, subject to the mark, does not differ in many details with respect to the prototype that 'predecessor. This latest rear-wheel drive coupe is based on the Toyota-Subaru chassis that we will find next to a sports series.

And in common with the car to come, the FR-S also has a 2.0 naturally aspirated boxer four-cylinder, combined with a nice six-speed manual transmission (there is also an automatic, but ... we're serious, come on). In other words, driving pleasure-seekers, the real, here, probably within a year or so, will find it.

Toyota to stop production at all factories in Japan

After stopping production in factories close to the epicenter of the earthquake of 11 March, Toyota announced that it will stop production in its 12 manufacturing plants located in Japan. The decision will result in a stop of at least three working days from today to Wednesday.

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Toyota sold three million hybrids worldwide

Toyota announced today that cumulative sales of full hybrid vehicles in the world have surpassed the 3 million units: the final end of February for the accuracy was 3.03 million cars. Goal that can be defined without hesitation "historic". The story of Toyota hybrid began in August 1997 with the launch in Japan of the Coaster Hybrid minivan, but it was in December of that year began the marketing team (in Japan) the first-generation Prius, the model would marked the turning point along the path of full hybrid car.