Toyota To Resume Japan Production Of Prius On Monday

Toyota announced today that it will resume Japan production Monday of the Prius at the Tsutsumi plant.  This announcement comes one week after Toyota restarted production of replacement parts and three days after reopening some of its plants which produce parts for overseas production since the tsunami/earthquake that happened in Japan on March 11. Read more: http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota-to-resume-japan-production-199495.aspx...

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Toyota Expands Prius Family At Detroit Auto Show

When it comes to hybrids, it’s hard to top the success of the Toyota Prius. Despite a growing wave of competition, the Prius is still the most fuel-efficient hybrid in the U.S.—with a stellar EPA line of 51 mpg city/48 mpg highway—and it’s the best-selling one as well, attracting more than 140,000 new customers last year alone. But that doesn’t mean Toyota is resting on its laurels; in fact, the automaker recently introduced three new members of the Prius family at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Prius v: Designed specifically to appeal to young families, the Prius v offers typically hybrid fuel-economy numbers...

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

  Check out these fun facts and may the luck of the Irish smile upon ya! Fun Facts about St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The actual color of St. Patrick is blue. Green became associated with St. Patrick's Day during the 19th century. Green, in Irish legends, was worn by...

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Toyota Launches Entune In-Vehicle Multimedia System

  It’s a match made in heaven: On the one hand, “Consumers have grown accustomed to having the world at their fingertips through their mobile phones,” according to Jon Bucci, vice president of the Advanced Technology Department at Toyota. And on the other, those buyers also have grown accustomed to Toyota meeting all their transportation needs. Now the automaker is putting both those expectations together with the Toyota Entune multimedia system, recently introduced at this year’s International CES consumer electronics show. “And unlike other industry solutions, Entune allows the driver to interact with informative and entertaining...

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Daylight Savings Time Begins on March 13

  Daylight savings time is coming up this weekend.  Don’t forget to set your clocks forward! Every year, daylight savings time seems to take people by surprise. In the United States, daylight savings time begins on March 13 at 2 a.m. local time except in parts of Arizona and Hawaii. As the popular saying goes, clocks need to "spring forward" to observe the change. In other words, clocks need to be set ahead by one hour when the clock strikes 2 a.m. Daylight Savings Time Begins on March 13 in the U.S. - Yahoo! News...

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