With a sporty design and hybrid power, the Lexus CT 200h brings considerable panache to the luxury-compact segment. The front drive five-door goes into production late this year and will come to the states, where it is expected to draw new, younger customers to the brand. A 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine works with an electric motor, a nickel-metal-hydride battery, and a generator. The styling, draws heavily on the Frankfurt shows LF-CH concept and its asymmetrical dashboard.
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Archive for March, 2010Lexus CT 200h Unveiled in GenevaMonday, March 29th, 2010Wall Street Journal Columnist Questions Toyotas Mysteriously High Level of Acceleration ComplaintsMonday, March 29th, 2010In todays Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins addresses Toyotas mysteriously high level of unintended acceleration complaints compared to most car makers. One pattern…is unmistakable, Jenkins notes, commenting on the widespread press coverage of Toyotas recalls and reflecting back on the situation with Audi more than 20 years ago. Complaints beget complaints. When a similar fury engulfed Audi in the 1980s, complaints flooded in…[and] more complaints were filed about sudden unintended acceleration than in the previous 20 years combined, Jenkins notes. Perceptions that Toyotas are unusually unsafe may be entirely a product of a complaint bandwagon…partly encouraged by trial lawyers and activists. Despite this, he writes, careful studies by several governments, including the U.S. government, concluded there was no defect behind the earlier Audi acceleration complaints. Jenkins also notes that since 2001, trial lawyers have been “urging a revival of sudden unintended acceleration litigation, insisting that such cases could prevail in absence of evidence of a defect, and even amid evidence of driver error, simply by harping in front of a jury on a record of ‘Other Similar Incidents.’…“That’s the roadmap being followed now.” Toyota is not the first target of this kind of campaign, the Journal points out. In fact, “a 10-year battle against Ford over a 1999 Aerostar minivan crash ended four weeks ago when a jury rendered a verdict in favor of Ford after just two hours of deliberation.” President of J.D. Power & Associates Cautions Toyota Rivals Not to GloatThursday, March 25th, 2010Finbarr O’Neill, president of J.D. Power & Associates, said in an op-ed piece in today’s New York Times that success brings risk and while some of Toyota’s competitors may delight in the company’s stumbles, most realize they could be next. As for Toyota, he advised the company to return to what made it great in the first place. It must hear what customers are saying from the showroom and service departments to call centers around the globe. But hearing the voice of the customer is not enough, O’Neill continued. The voice must not be filtered by self-serving internal sensors that may lead the company astray. O’Neill is the former president and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors Sales North America as well as of Hyundai Motor North America. To read the article, please click on Columnist Criticizes Media for Uncritical Look at Complaints About ToyotasWednesday, March 24th, 2010Under the headline Toyota, Flying Saucers and Bigfoot Tuesday, Forbes columnist Jerry Flint took members of the media to task Tuesday for accepting as real the claims of runaway Toyotas without serious questioning. Flint also shared a few of his thoughts about why so many new complaints are being filed and what the long-term impact may be on Toyota. In addition to drivers putting their foot on the wrong pedal and dreams of the big payoff from a lawsuit, Flint suggested that people’s feet may simply be getting bigger. “Maybe these bigger feet overlap” the brake and gas pedals, he said. As for how all this will impact Toyota, Flint said the company “might spend more money on lawyers over the next few years than on developing fuel-stingy engines.” To read the entire column, click on Local News Broadcasts Focus on Extensive Toyota TestingTuesday, March 23rd, 2010More than 25 TV stations across the county, including stations in Los To see a Toyota interview with Kristen Tabar, please click on New York Police Agree Driver Error Caused Prius CrashTuesday, March 23rd, 2010Police who investigated the crash of a Toyota Prius in the New York suburbs said Monday they agreed with federal regulators that driver error caused it. According to USA Today, the investigation found that the driver, Gloria Rosel, never braked before she crashed into a wall, Harrison police Capt. Anthony Marraccini said. The vehicle accelerator in this case was depressed 100 percent at the time of collision, and there was absolutely no indication of any brake application, Marraccini said. The finding concurs with that of U.S. safety regulators, who said last week that the car’s computers showed the throttle was open and the brakes not applied. Toyota spokesman Wade Hoyt said the investigation showed that the company’s cars are safe, and that if you step on the brake they’ll stop, even if the accelerator is glued to the floor. Technicians from Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), as well as the police department’s own consultants, examined the wreck outside police headquarters in Harrison on Wednesday. The Prius is equipped with an event data recorder, or “black box,” designed to record the state of the car at the moment of an impact. Star Telegram Columnist Pinpoints Media Hysteria on ToyotaMonday, March 22nd, 2010In an article posted by the Fort Worth Star Telegram on Friday, columnist Pointing out that real engineering or science is considered boring news, To read the article, click on NPR Discusses Impact of Toyota Sales IncentivesMonday, March 22nd, 2010National Public Radio this weekend discussed the impact that sales “We’re on pace this month to sell 125 new Toyotas,” Boch commented. That’s To read an overview of NPR’s report and hear audio of the piece, please A Top U.S. Toyota Electronics Engineer Discusses Extensive Vehicle TestingMonday, March 22nd, 2010In an interview available now on www.toyotanewsroom.com, Kristen Tabar, “The most important thing to us is to understand what’s going on with the “I’ve worked for Toyota for a long time, almost 20 years, and I have a lot To see the interview with Kristen Tabar, please click on the following Consumer Reports Best Car Overall Lexus LS 460 LWednesday, March 3rd, 2010Best Car Overall |
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