Toyota - Car Reporters

28Feb

By Emma SchmidtNo Comments

Toyota

Succumbing to the Pressure

In the automotive market, there are often cars that are built as a reaction to the pressure from the competition. When one automaker builds a style of vehicle the rest have to follow, especially if the trend is successful on the first vehicle. Soon we see an entire market change toward this new style of vehicle that’s no longer new but a successful and impressive class of vehicle. This was certainly the case as SUVs began to get smaller and that part of the market hasn’t even reached its peak yet, but there’s another part of the market that’s changing and more automakers are getting on board than ever; the hot hatch. (more…)

6Jan

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Toyota

Toyota is Becoming Environmentally Responsible

As the largest auto manufacturer in the world and one of the most impactful companies for the American economy, Toyota has laid out a plan to become more environmentally responsible and friendly over the next several years. This positive impact plan has been outlined and already put in place for Toyota to show a positive change right away. Over the past year this company has already reduced the water usage in North American by nearly 100 million gallons and plans to add a 7.75 megawatt solar setup at the new Toyota headquarters in Plano, Texas to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions by 7,122 metric tons. (more…)

3Jan

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

Toyota

2017 Toyota Highlander: Midsize Perfection

We’ve loved the Highlander for many years and it’s become one of those iconic vehicles on the road. This is an SUV that offers you the safety you want, the space you need and the ability to carry you and your family to any grand adventure you want. This SUV has a new suite of standard safety systems to give you the items you want like active cruise control and automatic collision avoidance while providing you with a living space that can be turned into a cargo space easily. This is still one of the best SUVs you can buy on the market, as it has been for many years. (more…)

19Dec

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Toyota

2017 Toyota Sequoia: Strength in More than Just the Name

When you want to buy a large SUV that offers you the power you need and the capability you’ve been looking for you don’t always have to go to the largest models on the market. What would you think of a full sized SUV that offers you 7,400 pounds of towing capacity, the Multi-model 4WD system and a powerful V8 engine? You would probably want this SUV and feel this is a vehicle that can give you exactly what you want on the drive. The SUV with these features is the Sequoia and it’s ready for you to drive it off the lot of your nearby Toyota dealer. (more…)

16Jul

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

Scion, Toyota

The Toyota Sports Car You Will Love

The Scion brand was only around for a short thirteen years. This sub brand from Toyota was meant to strike a chord with younger shoppers to ensure they could purchase a great vehicle at a reasonable price. The overall thought was to offer a brand of vehicles that had only a few options to help keep the pricing consistent and affordable. The transition for a car shopper of Scion was for them to purchase the Scion at an early age, move to a Toyota model in the second phase of car ownership and eventually head to the luxury arm of Toyota by purchasing a Lexus model later in their lives. (more…)

21May

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Toyota

Camry vs. Camry; It Doesn’t Even Sound Interesting

When you consider the best-selling midsized sedan on the market today you get exactly what you expect. This is a car that can easily get from home to work and back, run errands for you, be a great car for a weekend date or a night out with the kids at a movie and is an all-around great member of the family. While the Camry may be your favorite car for your daily driving duties you don’t expect it to be powerful or fast in any way, and for the most part that is the case with this car. (more…)

19Mar

By Rocco PennNo Comments

Toyota

What’s the Holdup?

We were supposed to already see the new subcompact crossover SUV on the market for Toyota. This SUV would carry the name of the C-HR that was shown in concept form and offer the same polarizing good looks and futuristic body structure, but somehow this new small SUV has been delayed. Did this SUV end up needing a revision in style due to costs? Are we going to get an SUV that looks completely different and be let down by the fact we were expecting to see something similar to what was shown at the various shows this vehicle came to? (more…)

7Dec

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Toyota

2016 Toyota 4Runner: The Toughness You Want

When you think of the body on frame SUVs that are still on the market the 4Runner should come to mind as a leading candidate. It may not have the ride or high-tech features of some of the other models, but this is an SUV that takes a beating and comes back up asking for more. You can certainly appreciate the 4Runner not only for the toughness it provides but also for the reputation of capability, longevity and resale value that have been part of the 4Runner name for the entire time this SUV has been on the market. (more…)

9Nov

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Jeep, Mazda, News, Toyota, Volvo

Sleeping Their Way to Success

What is a “sleeper”? In most cases this is a person or a product that ends up giving a performance that greatly outdoes the expectations of the market or industry. In the automotive industry there are many sleepers that look like they might do well, but little is actually expected of them. What happens when these sleepers start to become the leaders in sales and on the market, the manufacturer has to scramble to keep up with the demand, but certainly is able to be giddy about the unexpected success of one of their products. Here are some cars that were deemed sleepers over the past several years. (more…)

6Oct

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Toyota

The Toyota Camry XLE is the Comfort Player

The Toyota Camry is the best –selling mid-sized sedan in the world. This car has carried this label for many years. What comes with being the best-selling car; a lot of hate toward the success the car offers. The Camry is bland, of course; the Camry is vanilla, yup, sure is; the Camry isn’t exciting, right again; in fact, the Camry has for years been all of these things but somehow has continued to be the top seller. Why has this car been such a great selling sedan? The simple and correct answer is because it fills the need we all have at a price that’s affordable and with features that make it enjoyable to drive. (more…)