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A busy end to a VERY busy month

It is lunch time and I am absolutely famished.  The morning started off at such a pace that I did not take the time to have breakfast; this is not good, and I should make an effort to avoid this in the future.  One's health should be the foremost focus for all of us but for poor reasons, and sometime none, this is not always the case.  Shame on us!

The week has proven...

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An employee becomes a customer

I recently purchased a new 2011 Toyota Corolla Sport, giving me the true, firsthand knowledge of its workings (up to the 29 short miles I've driven thus far), so I thought it would serve you well to hear, from a customer and not a sales person, how the vehicle is.  I always explain how the new Camry or FJ Cruiser runs, how powerful the Tundra feels, or how smooth the Yaris handles, but you...

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Three more winners from 100 Cars for Good

As the name implies, 100 cars will be given out when all is said and done.  Think about that for a minute:  100 vehicles, ranging from around $18,000 to $40,000 depending on the model for an average of around $21,000, will have been given away.  That's around $2 million worth of donations for this program.  Without a doubt, Toyota has once more proven their philanthropic intent, and this doesn't even…

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Pricing released on two of the new Prius hybrid models

Hot on the heels of last week's Camry pricing blog, Toyota has just announced pricing on the all new 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in and the soon to follow Toyota Prius v.

The 2012 Prius Plug-in, the next evolution in the Prius namesake, is set to light the electric vehicle and hybrid world aflame this coming spring with 13-mile, all-electric driving, 3-hour recharge times with a standard 120-volt charging cord (as in an outlet you...

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Toyota's driver safety education moves to the AARP

Back in February, we at Handy Toyota of St. Albans, VT published a blog about Toyota's dedication to automotive safety amongst today's youth and how they were teaching young people how to be better drivers, ultimately awarding those deemed the best young drivers with prizes ranging from donations to new cars and more.  This past month, Toyota once again made a contribution to the same sort of young driver education program, once again...

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2012 Toyota Camry pricing is (finally) revealed

We have been talking a lot about the upcoming 2012 Toyota Camry, the newly redesigned, sportier, and for lack of a better term, well, better car.  But alongside all that news one thing has been clearly missing:  pricing.  That was not a mistake but rather a purposeful omission, as Toyota Motors and Toyota Motors USA has sent out a gag order to all dealers, holding us to the promise that we would not release information...

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A quiet week for the Blogmeister

This week in Tom's world has been relatively quiet.  Weather-wise it has been spectacular with the exception of today, which is certainly a good break for us all.  With the decent weather better news for new car-shoppers has also arrived, as every week we are seeing more car haulers from Toyota, meaning new car inventory is enhancing by the blog.In Europe, the 2012 Prius Plug-in was road tested for fuel economy at the...

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The 2012 FJ Cruiser

It's really no surprise that the FJ Cruiser is so popular amongst its fan base.  By combining the legend that is the Toyota Land Cruiser (or as the shape of the current generation of FJ Cruiser and the letters F and J signify the World War II-era Toyota FJ) with a modern day set of tools and curb appeal, Toyota hit the jackpot with the introduction of this off-road wonder.

It's because of...

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Toyota gives Yaris fans a shot of sport with an SE model

Could the rumors be true?  A Toyota that remains under or around $15,000 (MSRP) and boasts the "SE" trim tag?  Indications and jubilant newshounds point to a big yes as the answer.

The 2012 Toyota Yaris, which was first unveiled publicly at the Lollapalooza music festival (click here to read that blog), the 2012 Yaris is nothing if not shaping up to be a sporty, fairly priced subcompact sedan and/or...

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Update on EV releases

Have you been keeping track of the Handy Toyota blog and/or website?  If you have you surely know all about the coming boom of Toyota electric vehicles, headlined of course by the Prius Plug-in and a Toyota-Tesla collaboration the Rav4 EV, however if you don't fit the description you may be behind.  Lucky for both up to date and behind the times parties, I'm going to give you an update on the…

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