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Honda Rolls Out a Hybrid to Challenge Toyota

Oct. 2, 2008
Honda issued its challenge to the Toyota Prius, introducing the Insight hybrid at the Paris Motor Show.
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Kelly Blue Book picks 2009 resale awards

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Honda's and Toyota's 2009 model year vehicles earned top honors in an annual projection of U.S. used car prices, Kelly Blue Book said Wednesday.

Toyota offers zero-percent financing

DETROIT, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is responding to disastrous September sales figures by rolling out a zero-percent interest financing plan, the company said.
Hybrids to be hot at Paris auto show

Hybrids to be hot at Paris auto show

PARIS, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Hybrid automobiles for a world rocked by wallet-emptying gas prices will be front and center at the 2008 Paris auto show, a trade publication reported Sunday.
Toyota scales back 2009 projection

Toyota scales back 2009 projection

TOKYO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will sell hundreds of thousands fewer vehicles next year than it had projected earlier, the Japanese automaker said Thursday.

Toyota to put hybrid engine in all models

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- All Toyota models will have hybrid engines by 2020, the company has announced at an automotive conference.
A used Prius is money in the bank

A used Prius is money in the bank

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A used Toyota Prius is doing something very few vehicles ever do: appreciating in value, a car value research group said.

Toyota mulls price hikes for Prius, Lexus

TOKYO, July 27 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is considering raising the price of its hybrid Prius and luxury models in Japan to help offset higher material costs, an executive said.
Toyota switches U.S. plant to Prius

Toyota switches U.S. plant to Prius

BLUE SPRINGS, Miss., July 10 (UPI) -- Toyota Motors said Thursday it would switch production plans for a new factory in Blue Springs, Miss., to making hybrid gas-electric vehicles.

Toyota's agility challenged by downturn

TORRANCE, Calif., July 9 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. finds itself in the same boat as U.S. automakers with too many large and not enough small vehicles in production, car dealers said.
Toyota Canada reduces prices on 11 models

Toyota Canada reduces prices on 11 models

TORONTO, July 1 (UPI) -- Toyota Canada used the country's national birthday Tuesday to announce price cuts on 11 models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

Prius fever hits, driving prices up

DALLAS, June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. demand for the Toyota hybrid car Prius have outstripped supplies, shooting prices upward, dealers and car owners said.

U.S. Toyota sales drop in January

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. posted highs on some models, but total sales fell 2.3 percent in January compared with a year ago, the company said Friday.

Ford loses sales spot to Toyota

DETROIT, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The Ford Motor Co. is now only the United States' third-ranked automaker thanks to declining sales and a good year for Japan's Toyota Motor Corp.

Toyota sets sales target to topple GM

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. set a sales target of 9.85 million vehicles worldwide for 2008, aiming to break General Motors' record of 9.55 million in annual sales.

Toyota considers building hybrid minivan

TOKYO, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A Prius minivan is not out of the question says a top executive of Toyota, maker of the world’s No. 1 gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch