Toyota news

The booths of Japanese auto brands were crowded today just like those of any other brands at the Shanghai Motor Show. The situation at the showrooms is slightly different. Sales of Japanese vehicles in China stay risky more than half a year after noisy crowds took to the streets last September to incinerate Japanese vehicles and showrooms. Sales of Japanese models in China were low 14.3 % in March while sales of U.S. auto brands were up 31.1 %. Sales of German carmakers rose 24.6 %.

Unintended acceleration became a buzzword in when more than 14 million Toyota vehicles were recalled in 2009 and 2010 for unintended acceleration. Some of the resulting disputes are still being settled.

Ford, Chrysler and General Motors create profitable business out of light-duty pickup vehicles, but they ignore previously agreed measuring tests and towing capacity standards.

The presentation of the redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra at the Chicago Auto Show sets the Japanese auto brand's 4th attempt to make a hole in the U.S. pickup market. It is the first makeup of the second-generation Tundra, which was preceded by the T100.