Toyota Prius News

The Prius, shining star of Toyota's green car lineup and a decade-long sales success story in California, has joined the beleaguered automaker's recall lineup.

Animal rights groups can leave Johnny Weir alone now. Weir will replace the fox on his costume with faux fur after receiving "hate mail and death threats" from animal rights activists, agent Tara Modlin said Thursday.

Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

It may seem like every Toyota ever made is under some form of recall or investigation, but that's not quite the case.

As Toyota's troubles mount, the automaker is gearing up for a new front in the battle to salvage its once-sterling image and credibility: Capitol Hill.

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of Toyota Motor Corporation publicly traded securities, including American Depositary Shares , during the period between August 4, 2009 and February 2, ...

TOYOTA might be reeling from the recall of almost 8 million cars internationally, but yesterday in Port Melbourne, the car maker's local operations launched Australia's first locally built, petrol-electric car - the Hybrid Camry.

Feb. 8 -- John Wolkonowicz, senior auto analyst at IHS Global Insight, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about Toyota Motor Corp.'s vehicle recalls.

As Akio Toyoda struggles to salvage the decades-old bond with customers that made Toyota Motor Corp.

The cascading crisis at Toyota Motor Corp. stemming from the massive recall of some of its vehicles is prompting other manufacturers that adopted its production system to ask whether the incident reveals a fundamental flaw in the "Toyota Way." The early consensus emerging from that re-examination is that the auto maker's manufacturing philosophy ...

Recent brake feel and application issues in Ford and Toyota hybrids have drawn attention to the inherent complexity of hybrid and electric vehicle braking systems, which typically combine regenerative braking with conventional friction braking, antilock braking and vehicle stability control functions.

Complaints about a faulty accelerator on Toyota's Prius have been filed in America, and numerous vehicles are facing recall.

If you're buying a hybrid, go to www.irs.gov for updated lists on qualifying hybrid vehicles.

Mayor's office says at least 5 people are known dead in Connecticut power plant explosion.

Toyota's wilting reputation is beginning to affect the resale value of its vehicles, with one used-auto pricing service cutting its valuations by $200 to $500, depending on the model.

Safety. That's what Hawaii Toyota dealers say comes first after a massive nationwide recall of some of its vehicles, all involving sticky gas pedals.

Q Please tell us again what we should do if we have a runaway situation with our car.

Before either car launched, the 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Honda Insight were viewed as natural rivals.

Toyota's recalls and disclosures in recent months are part of a long-term pattern in which the automaker has often reacted slowly to safety concerns.

At the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , the various governing poohbahs of the organization-its chairs, vice-chairs and co-chairs -appear to have decided not to follow the advice that damage control experts and other gurus of corporate social responsibility have been handing out to poor old Toyota Motors.