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2005 Toyota Tacoma

February 16th, 2010 No comments

     This is a Tacoma?
     Can’t be. A Tacoma is a dinky little Toyota truck with dinky little doors and a dinky little bench seat. There’s no way this truck — a big, tall, four-wheel-drive, four-door, honest-to-goodness truck — could possibly be a Tacoma.
     It’s just not dinky enough. Read more…

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2005 Toyota Avalon

February 12th, 2010 No comments

     Ever since the Japanese earned a reputation for building top-quality cars, American automakers have been copycats.
     In fact, today’s American cars are in many ways hard to tell apart from their Japanese rivals after decades of copying the technology, construction, materials and even styling of their competitors from the Far East. Read more…

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2005 Toyota Celica

February 11th, 2010 No comments

       If you’ve been waiting until Toyota introduces a new Celica to buy one, your wait is over.
     The Celica is dying.
     After a 35-year run as a popular sports coupe — especially popular among young buyers — Toyota announced that Celica production will end in July because of sagging sales. Read more…

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2004 Toyota Tundra

February 6th, 2010 No comments

     Hear that nervous clattering noise coming from the North? That’s the sound of Detroit shaking in its old, worn-out boots.
     After watching the Japanese steal sales year after year in the small, midsize, and luxury car markets, the folks in northern Michigan are surely biting their fingernails at the thought of Japan swooping in for another conquest. This time, though, the fight will be over the mainstay of all-American transportation — the full-size truck.
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2004 Toyota Solara

February 4th, 2010 No comments

        What do you get when the practical, buttoned-down Toyota Camry puts on a string bikini? The new Solara. Read more…

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2004 Toyota Prius

December 1st, 2003 No comments

        Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, here’s some news: Toyota is selling an all-new Prius hybrid.
But, since you obviously aren’t hiding in a cave on the Afghan-Pakistani border, you probably already know that the Prius is more popular than Patrick Stewart at a convention of Star Trek geeks. It’s the darling of environmentalist Hollywood and the recipient of dozens of design and engineering awards. Read more…

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