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In 2011, Toyota revamped the Tacoma namesake with a new name:  the Tacoma T|X Pro.  Quickly becoming a fan favorite of Toyota truck, Tacoma, and truck fans alike, the Tacoma T|X Pro turned previous Tacoma's on their collective heads adding in TRD components like rock-crawling BFGoodrich Rugged Trail-wrapped TRD alloys, off road capable undercarriage support, and TRD graphics to name a few.

But for 2012 it's not the Tacoma that gets…

With gasoline prices passing $4 a gallon in most areas, the Prius is the new hot commodity.  Well - maybe not "new" as much as remembered.

Back in 2007, gasoline hit a record high - then only $3.07 per gallon - and Toyota and other brand owners flocked to the most fuel efficient car in America, the Toyota Prius and its 50 miles per gallon combined.  At the time, Toyota set a Prius sales record of over…

Toyota announced plans after its unveiling of the 2013 Toyota Avalon at the New York Auto Show that they would be adding up to 150 engineering jobs at their Ann Arbor and Saline, Detroit plants.  This news comes after Toyota announced that the 2013 Avalon will be both designed and produced predominantly in the United States, including a large proportion of domestic auto parts for the full sized luxury sedan, estimated by some to be comprised of up to 85 percent American-made car parts.

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Truth be told, the Avalon isn't in the best of shape.  It's a nice full sized sedan, that much is certain, featuring a 3.5L V6 engine, front or all-wheel drive powertrains, and all the creature comforts a driver could ask for including plush leather, power seats; windows; locks; and more, a tap-shift transmission, and so on.  But it's always been viewed as what it was originally:  a high level Camry, even…

Months and months ago, Handy Toyota, courtesy of several online news sources, broke the news that Toyota was opening a dedicated Toyota Corolla plant in good ol' Blue Springs, Mississippi, bringing countless American jobs to the table as Toyota's employees filled the promise of up to 150,000 Toyota Corolla units leaving the doors a year.  And then we - meaning both we in Vermont and, in many instances to a greater degree, our brethren…

As you very well know, the Prius IV (4th generation) is now on sale and doing as well as ever, and the new Prius v, a Prius hybrid with 58% more cargo room and still up to 44 mpg, has sold nicely and been received by owners of the vehicle with a fervent love.  And soon the Prius c, the world's first hybrid subcompact car, will be released along side the Prius Plug-in.  Knowing all of this, we at Handy Toyota of St. Albans, VT, Vermont's first Toyota dealership and America's first Cow Powered green dealer are inclined to think Toyota's newly launched Rethink the Way You Drive campaign is a teaser for the family of Prii... but is it?

Take a look at the Rethink the Way You Drive video and read some details we've dug up and let us know in the comments section of today's blog.  Click the Read More button to sound off and view the video.

With the release of the 2012 Prius IV (the 4th generation Prius hybrid), the 58% larger Prius v, and the pricing release of the subcompact Prius c, does it really surprise you that the Prius Plug-in - basically a current edition Prius hybrid with the added benefit of better technology and up to 15 miles of electric, emissions free driving on a single 1.5 hour charge (as well as an estimated $4 bump to the electricity bill at two charges per day) - that Forbes Magazine just released the Most Anticipated Cars of 2012 with the Prius PHV topping the list?

Find out a few more and in depth reasons why the 2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is sure to not only impress but become the new standard in the electric vehicle / EV-world in today's blog.  Read More button to find out more or subscribe today to get email notices when we post new blogs.

Unless this is your first trip through the Handy Toyota blog, you are well aware of the upcoming four-car family of Prius hybrid vehicles:  the fourth generation Prius IV is already sitting on our St. Albans, VT new & used Toyota dealership lot, the recently released Prius v is also wowing drivers currently with its 58% more cargo room when compared to the original Prius hybrid, and the highly lauded 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in is but months away from its full launch date.  But what about the little guy of the herd, e.g. the 2012 Toyota Prius c?

With a recently released starting price, a bevy of standard features, and a long list of technologically savvy optional equipment, the sporty, stylish, and 50 mpg Prius c is now starting to make the waves it deserves.  Learn more by clicking the Read More button to learn about the pricing and options of the world's first subcompact to get 50 miles per gallon combined, the 2012 Toyota Prius c.

Even with the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami Japan had to endure in the early half of 2011, Toyota Motors - whose factories and car parts supply chains were as ravaged as any other industry or part of the country - was able to come through the calendar year with some strong winning models in terms of overall sales figures.  The 2011 Sienna was America's best selling minivan with 111,429 units sold, where the Toyota Tacoma earned the best selling small pickup sales segment with over 110,700 units sold, and the world's best hybrid vehicle, the Prius, sold over 136,000 units.

But the real winners?  Toyota's Corolla and Camry sedans, winners of the world's best selling and America's best selling vehicle overall respectively.  Learn more about the excellent year these two flagship Toyota vehicles had by clicking the Read More button or subscribe today.

Though we have discussed interesting upcoming vehicles such as the Toyota 86, the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the RAV4 EV, or even the compact Prius c compact hybrid vehicle, that doesn't mean Toyota Motors and Toyota Motors USA were even close to being finished unveiling new and exciting vehicles at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in our country's automotive capital Detroit, MI this past week.

So allow us at Handy Toyota of St. Albans, Vermont properly introduce a concept vehicle with a four-year completion window (and likely shorter says Toyota Motors USA president and COO Jim Lentz):  the Toyota NS4 concept.

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