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It Won’t Be Long Before All Cars Contain Green Plastics
Toyota Motor Company announced they will begin producing a hybrid vehicle using carbon neutral plastics for its interior. Expected to launch next year, the green plastics are either completely plant derived or derived from both plants and petroleum.
Do you think the Tundra would improve in popularity if it also contained a carbon neutral dashboard?
Although Toyota is starting with the new hybrid next year, the company says it won’t be long before they incorporate the environmentally-friendly plastic into other models as well.
To be “carbon neutral” means that
GM’s OnStar Used to Locate Stolen Toyota Tundra
The OnStar system seems to be creating a large hurdle for professional car-jackers. Although designed to provide a number of convenient services, OnStar
Auto News from Around the Web December 25 2008
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! Here are some tidbits we’ve been meaning to share for a while now…
Finally, Our Latin Friends Down South Get the Tundra
Toyota Tundras are now being shipped from the Tundra plant in San Antonio to other regions of South America, especially Venezuela. This is good news for South American truck lovers and for American Tundra lovers everywhere.
It’s nice to know that this American made truck is alive and well around the globe. Muy bueno!
Three hundred cars have been shipped in the last month and Toyota says that approximately 1,100 will be shipped each year going forward.
Toyota Tundra a Kelley Blue Book
Toyota and The American Auto Worker
If you’re a patriotic American and you drive a Toyota, you know first-hand the number of people that attempt to draw a distinction between “being a true patriot” and “driving a foreign car.” With the Tundra, the loyalties of Ford, Dodge, and GM owners are especially pronounced. It’s quite common to speak with someone who owns or drives a domestic brand and here a comment – whether a simple tease or an out-right insult – about the lineage of the Tundra.
To anyone who doubts the “American” credentials of the Tundra, or Toyota in general, we point to the following:
Is Toyota Wrong To Cancel All Executive Bonuses?
Few automakers are managed as carefully and thoughtfully as Toyota Motor Company – after all, Toyota didn’t become the world’s largest and most profitable car company by making bad decisions. This year, astronomical gas prices followed by a global financial crisis have conspired to make 2008 one of the worst years ever for the global auto market (especially the US market).
Sunday, Toyota announced a decision to eliminate all executive bonuses for the current year. While this decision will save Toyota more than 1 billion yen (about $11 million dollars), it’s not really about cutting costs. The truth is that $11 million is a drop in the bucket for a company of Toyota’s size – paying out these bonuses (or not paying them) will have a nearly insignificant impact on the bottom line.
Many companies, faced with the realization that executive bonuses won’t amount to much, would likely pay them out anyways. After all, Toyota is losing $1.1 billion in the last half of the year, so what’s another $11 million? Many would argue that Toyota executives don’t deserve to lose their bonuses – they’ve done nothing wrong. Why should anyone, executive or otherwise, lose his or her bonus due to circumstances beyond their control?
