http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:17:53 -0500 Tips and Advice -- find out how to maintain, service, insure, wash and wax, and change the oil in your car with tips from TheCarConnection.com. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1039009_toyota-to-shorten-then-replace-3-8m-accelerator-pedals-in-safety-recall http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1039009_toyota-to-shorten-then-replace-3-8m-accelerator-pedals-in-safety-recall Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:36:00 -0500 Toyota announced today that it would recall 3.8 million of its vehicles to replace the accelerator pedals, to alleviate once and for all any chance of uncontrolled acceleration from the pedal being trapped by ill-fitting floor mats. While it develops new pedal designs, Toyota will have its dealers shorten the pedals on affected vehicles, ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036217_toyota-lexus-floor-mat-problem-is-now-officially-a-recall http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036217_toyota-lexus-floor-mat-problem-is-now-officially-a-recall Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:06:00 -0400 One week ago today, owners of eight Toyota and Lexus models got an urgent plea from the U.S. Department of Transportation, delivered via the media: Remove your driver's side floor mat immediately, and don't replace it until you've taken your car to the dealer. With much of the coverage calling it a recall of 3.8 million vehicles,  Toyota issued ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020810_2010-lexus-gx-suvs-get-a-ninth-life http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020810_2010-lexus-gx-suvs-get-a-ninth-life Tue, 19 May 2009 11:00:00 -0400 When the Lexus GX first hit the streets early in the decade, a truck-based SUV seemed like the ticket to sales success. Now, six years later with a 35.5-mpg federal fuel economy standard looming, Lexus is still planning on replacing the mid-size GX with a new traditional sport-ute. Ward's Auto reports that a redesigned GX is in the cards, and ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018503_2010-toyota-tundra-boasts-efficient-new-v-8-new-trim-packages http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018503_2010-toyota-tundra-boasts-efficient-new-v-8-new-trim-packages Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:59:51 -0500 Toyota debuted its new 2010 Tundra pickup at the Chicago Auto Show today. Big news is the arrival of an all-new 4.6-liter V-8 that boasts the best fuel efficiency of any V-8 in the full-size segment. New trims and models as well as exterior, mechanical, safety and convenience upgrades find their way onto the 2010 Tundra, which will be ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018256_link-love-from-the-car-connection-classic-car-heaven-kooky-cufflinks-and-shopping-cart-conversions http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018256_link-love-from-the-car-connection-classic-car-heaven-kooky-cufflinks-and-shopping-cart-conversions Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:56:15 -0500 Read up. It's going to be a long week... Saab wants to be Apple: Saab is hoping that its impending liberation from GM will give it the freedom to "think different" [sic], like a certain computer/accessories maker. The company's new target market? "[E]ntrepreneurs, dentists, doctors and agency people". And here we were thinking that Saabs were ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015854_toyota-tought-times-coming http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015854_toyota-tought-times-coming Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:34:23 -0400 Hard times are coming, predicts the world's largest automaker. Toyota - which captured the global sales crown from struggling General Motors during the first half of 2008 - has lowered its global sales forecast for the year, largely because it expects its first annual decline in the critical U.S. market in nearly two decades. Last year, ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015783_prius-production-added-in-us http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015783_prius-production-added-in-us Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:52:25 -0400 Look for a "Made in America" badge to start showing up on Toyota's top-selling hybrid-electric vehicle, the Prius. The Japanese maker will begin producing a version of the high-mileage sedan at a new plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi, starting in 2010, the company has confirmed. Like its Big Three U.S. competitors, Toyota is trying to ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015693_toyota-pinched-by-truck-slump-too http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015693_toyota-pinched-by-truck-slump-too Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:26:46 -0400 Regular readers of TheCarConnection.com have gotten used to the daily barrage of news and headlines trumpeting the impact of record oil prices on Big Three truck sales. But Detroit makers aren't the only ones feeling the pinch. After delaying the launch of a new plant intended to build its next-generation SUV/crossover, Toyota is facing up to ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015642_japanese-also-slammed-by-truck-slump http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015642_japanese-also-slammed-by-truck-slump Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:15:56 -0400 Ford's turnaround plan is in tatters. General Motors must close four more of its plants. And Chrysler's biggest launch of the year, its new Ram pickup, has been all but aborted. Record fuel prices have been devastating Detroit. But the domestic automakers aren't the only ones feeling the pinch. Asian manufacturers are feeling the pinch ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015549_a-dramatic-marketing-shift-at-gm http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015549_a-dramatic-marketing-shift-at-gm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:28:43 -0400 Some news automatically generates a single-syllable response: Duh! Like the new report in the Detroit News that suggests General Motors' mega-billion-dollar marketing program will undergo a "dramatic redesign" reflecting record fuel prices. As reporter Sharon Terlep points out, "after months of holding out hope that U.S. truck sales would ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015092_gm-toyota-locked-in-dead-heat http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015092_gm-toyota-locked-in-dead-heat Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:54:14 -0500 With both makers now reporting their year-end sales numbers, it appears that General Motors and Toyota wrapped up the 2007 sales sweepstakes in a global dead heat. In a release issued Wednesday, GM revealed it had sold 9,369,524 cars, trucks and crossovers worldwide. In rounded numbers, that would work out to a tie with the 9.37 million ..]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1011051_tundra-recall-could-cost-toyota http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1011051_tundra-recall-could-cost-toyota Thu, 31 May 2007 03:00:00 -0400 Toyota's latest quality issues could lead to a recall of the brand-new Tundra pickup. Some owners of V-8 Tundras have reported camshaft failures in their trucks . Toyota told the Detroit News that it had logged 20 such complaints. The problem could affect as many as 30,000 Tundras built at assembly plants in Indiana and Texas ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010442_toyota-prices-tundra-from-22290 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010442_toyota-prices-tundra-from-22290 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:00:00 -0500 Toyota says its new Tundra pickup will carry a base price of $22,290 when it goes on sale next month. The new full-size truck will be offered in 31 different models, with a choice of rear- or four-wheel drive, three cab configurations, three wheelbases, three bed lengths, three engines and three trim levels. Standard versions ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010348_toyota-plans-to-conquest-with-tundra http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010348_toyota-plans-to-conquest-with-tundra Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:00:00 -0500 Toyota is hoping to make conquests in the pickup market, despite a "buyer's market" and tough competition, to sell 200,000 of its new, completely redesigned Tundras per year, said Jim Lentz, Toyota division VP. What gives the new vehicle its competitive advantage, according to Lentz, is a "striking change in who the Tundra was designed ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010263_toyota-launching-tundra-like-a-brand http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010263_toyota-launching-tundra-like-a-brand Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:00:00 -0500 The recent press drive for Toyota 's second-generation Tundra in Charlotte , N.C. , was a different species of automotive press event in at least one respect. You don't usually get reporters from farming, towing, construction, aftermarket trades, and hunting and fishing, RV, and motorcycle magazines all at the same ride and drive. ...]]>