Toyota Tundra Forum - Toyota/Tundra News http://www.toyotatundraforum.com Both Corporate and Truck related News. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:21:14 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg Toyota Tundra Forum - Toyota/Tundra News http://www.toyotatundraforum.com Did anyone get a letter from Toyota http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6534-did-anyone-get-a-letter-toyota.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:14:06 GMT i just got a letter from toyota yesterday regarding the recall on the floormats issue pretty much saying that their working on resolving the whole... i just got a letter from toyota yesterday regarding the recall on the floormats issue pretty much saying that their working on resolving the whole floormat issue and advising us owners to remove the driver mat out. Did anyone else get a letter? ]]> Toyota/Tundra News wlstiger http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6534-did-anyone-get-a-letter-toyota.html <![CDATA[Toyota's new U.S. plan: Trim trucks, add hybrids]]> http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6501-toyotas-new-u-s-plan-trim.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:51 GMT According to Automotive News Toyota may be trimming the Tundra. TOYOTA CITY, Japan -- President Akio Toyoda is rewriting his U.S. playbook to... According to Automotive News Toyota may be trimming the Tundra.

TOYOTA CITY, Japan -- President Akio Toyoda is rewriting his U.S. playbook to revive battered sales and a tattered image.
The new strategy:
-- Review and possibly trim the lineup of full-frame trucks.
-- Skip midcycle vehicle enhancements to focus on bigger launches.
-- Introduce more hybrids to North America.
-- Give U.S. engineers a bigger voice in r&d.
Toyota executives who described the plan to Automotive News say the goal is to make a bigger splash with model launches and tailor cars to American demand. For starters, more r&d for North American vehicles will be moved to Toyota's U.S. technical centers.
"Through this shift in responsibility, we expect the vehicles will more closely reflect the needs of U.S. consumers," Atsushi Niimi, executive vice president in charge of North America and global production, said in an interview. "We want the r&d team of North America to have a louder voice in what is exported from Japan to their market."
The moves come as the world's top automaker swung from its biggest profit to its deepest loss in just one year.
After booking its first loss in seven decades in the past fiscal year, Toyota is bracing for more red ink in 2009. Toyoda, grandson of the company's founder, took the reins in June and promptly ordered top brass to orchestrate a back-to-basics overhaul of product development worldwide.
The United States -- long Toyota's biggest and most profitable market -- is a key weakness. Toyota's sales were down 28 percent through September, worse than the market's 27 percent fall. The first-quarter operating loss in North America was the company's fourth straight quarterly loss there.
Toyota plans to shake up its North American lineup.
Toyota's full-frame truck lineup is being reviewed and may likely be trimmed because of the shrinking market for big vehicles that use a lot of fuel, Niimi said.
Meanwhile, look for more gasoline-electric hybrids.
"We need to focus on the hybrid lineup. Maybe we'd be getting into minivans or more compact, smaller-sized vehicles," he said. Executives in Japan are discussing with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. the possibility of lending the Prius name to a family of hybrids, Niimi said. ]]> Toyota/Tundra News Squid http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6501-toyotas-new-u-s-plan-trim.html <![CDATA[Volkswagen Steals Toyota's Crown as World's Largest Automaker]]> http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6492-volkswagen-steals-toyotas-crown-worlds-largest.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:49:11 GMT Volkswagen Steals Toyota's Crown as World's Largest Automaker- Yahoo! Autos Article Page

Quote:
The U.K.’s Guardian explains, "Volkswagen-Porsche has overtaken Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturer as the German group benefits from state-backed stimulus packages around the globe." VW has "produced 4.4 million vehicles so far this year, outstripping its Japanese rival which has seen four million cars roll off production lines since January."
]]> Toyota/Tundra News Toxarch http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6492-volkswagen-steals-toyotas-crown-worlds-largest.html U.S. rips Toyota Statement on floormats http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6447-u-s-rips-toyota-statement-floormats.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:32:30 GMT read this article U.S. rips Toyota statement on floor mats - Autos- msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33627890/ns/business-autos) read this article
U.S. rips Toyota statement on floor mats - Autos- msnbc.com ]]> Toyota/Tundra News wlstiger http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6447-u-s-rips-toyota-statement-floormats.html <![CDATA[Brooks & Dunn Tundra]]> http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6431-brooks-and-dunn-tundra.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:54 GMT Interesting touches.



Toyota's "Brooks and Dunn" Pickup Has Belt Buckle Door Handles - Tundra - Jalopnik ]]> Toyota/Tundra News tonylop33 http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6431-brooks-and-dunn-tundra.html Good Article on the 2010 Tundra http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/toyota-tundra-news/6404-good-article-on-the-2010-tundra.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:41:23 GMT It seems like Toyota has done a lot more refinement on the 2010s then we first though. Things like a higher tow rating (10,800), power steering fluid... It seems like Toyota has done a lot more refinement on the 2010s then we first though. Things like a higher tow rating (10,800), power steering fluid cooler (handy in the desert SW), and numerous enhancements.

The link :)

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