A few months ago - maybe a year, I don't do well with time frames relative to the past - I was lucky enough to take a behind the scenes look at a Prius Plug-in before the first model was available to anyone, be it a dealership, pre-order customer, or an average Joe (.  This allowed me a unique position to evaluate the new technology, not from a sales point of view but rather from that of a cross between consumer and Toyota employee; naturally my job makes me far less than impartial, but at the same time I don't get…

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…

I thought this post I found on CNET.com, everything-review authority on the Internet, would give you some insight into just how well the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE is doing. Please note, the gentleman from CNET.com who reviewed this car, Antuan Goodwin, makes it very clear: "blech, Hybrids! They're the worst" he has said many times before.

Take a look at what he thinks of the redesigned, 200HP Camry Hybrid XLE.

If you had to sum up what the Toyota Camry lineup stands for terms like best selling, reliable, and volume come to mind, but if you need to keep the summary in a neat, little package only one word will suffice:  safety.

Throughout its illustrious history circa 1984 the Toyota Camry has stood for safety in a way that few competitors have managed.  For 2012 the sheet metal was redesigned, the interior finagled and enhanced, and the Camry was given a new birth of sorts as a sportier, more attractive, and ultimately better selling car - and the issue of safety…

The Toyota 4Runner is nothing short of a legend.  From its humble beginnings as the world's first "sport-utility vehicle," to the explosion of would-be copies the world has seen from every automaker under the sun, one fact remains:  the Toyota 4Runner is the king of the SUV world.  And if the 4Runner is king, the 2012 Toyota 4Runner Limited is the king of kings.

Handy Toyota of 39 South Main Street in St. Albans, VT recently scooped up a new 2012 Toyota 4Runner LTD featuring deep, jet black paint, chrome accents, step rails, alloy wheels, tan leather insides, and…

When it comes to the full sized truck and sport utility vehicle market, one thing is abundantly clear:  the Toyota Tundra 4WD Truck and Toyota FJ Cruiser SUV rule their respective fields.  The Tundra's available 5.7-liter V8 engine with VVTi (variable valve timing with intelligence) makes the horsepower, torque, payload, and towing champion of the last half a decade, while the emergence of…

As you know if you're reading our blog, Handy Toyota of St. Albans, VT has become the northern New England headquarters for the all new 2012 Toyota Prius v.  We have already sold one, had four, and have shown ample test drive footage on our YouTube page, Facebook wall, and Twitter stream, making us, and forgive me for puffing our collective egos, the aforementioned Prius v headquarters in Vermont.

But what do the people think of the all new Prius v hybrid?  We at Handy Toyota can tell you how great it is all day long, but at the…

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...