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Once again Toyota leads J.D. Power Dependability reports

Chris Dugan
With Toyota's #1 for Everyone sales event launching on March 1st and running through 4/1/2013, what better time is there to comment on what makes Toyota number one?  Is it sales volume?  Safety?  Maybe it's the big one, the summit, the all-knowing end game... the price?  Read more to learn why Toyota earned the 2013 vehicle dependability title from J.D. Power and Associates in today's blog.
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Toyota tops Consumer Reports' most reliable brands; Honda plummets

Chris Dugan

I hate to do this to you folks because it seems like a perpetual Groundhog's Day whenever I post something of this nature, but bearing a (bull?) logo on my shirt, I have to take pride in the inconceivable denial to fall from grace.  Just a year after a full fledged and customer-scaring Toyota issued recall for safety concerns (which as you know by now were later discredited; thanks ABC), Toyota's brand confidence…

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2012 Toyota Camry award roundup

Chris Dugan

There is a lot of hype right now in the Camry-aficionado world, and that might even be an understatement.  If you are a fan or owner of a Camry, be it a 250,000-mile 1991 Camry base model or a new 2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6, chances are you have been emailed or seen in some advertisement the "Camry Effect" campaign that's happening right this very minute (in fact, our next Handy Toyota blog…

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Even With Stiff Competition, the Prius Comes Out on Top

Chris Dugan
For nearly a decade since the late 90s release of the Toyota Prius there was no such thing as competition in the hybrid landscape.  This isn't just Toyota sales jargon either, folks:  there was literally no competition.  This lead to a market wherein if you wanted a hybrid you bought a Prius; if you wanted the best hybrid car, you bought a Prius; if you wanted a vehicle with over 45 miles per gallon…
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There Can Be Only One

Chris Dugan
As many of you are probably aware, the go-to name in safety ratings is generally the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an organization you're most likely more familiar with by the IIHS.  What you mightn't know however is that for the 2011 model year the IIHS changed the way it ranks vehicles, particularly in the rollover crash test.  The rollover crash test is usually a pretty safe pass for a lot of passenger?
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Oh, Toyota! Will You Ever Quit?

Chris Dugan


Here we are again, folks; yet another round of J.D. Power & Associates Dependability Study results are released, and yet again Handy Toyota is thrilled to hear that we--rather our logo--has earned top honors amongst many of its models.  In fact, Toyota took the proverbial cake in terms of top honors, and I'd like to give you a quick breakdown of which won what categories.  For you folks out there in the blogosphere that…
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Toyota Is Top Car By KBB Users

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Even after all the problems in Toyota PR land over the last year, the Japanese auto maker is still on top. The latest Kelley Blue Book Brand Watch study said Toyota is on top "as the most-considered auto brand among new-car shoppers." This is according to a press release by KBB, Toyota held the "most-considered auto brand" title from Q1 2007 through Q3 2009.

In Q4 2009 through Q2 2010, Toyota slipped to second place…
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Could a Hybrid Version of the Yaris Be in Toyota's Future?

Chris Dugan

When people think hybrid, they think Toyota-this isn't my Toyota loyalties shining through either, as for years the word Prius has been synonymous with the former.  Even when the Honda Insight released parallel with the Prius, everyone jumped on the Toyota bandwagon and praised the greatness that was the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle.

Since then, a couple other vehicles in the Toyota lineup have gone to the Hybrid-Synergy Drive platform, namely the?
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