Handy Toyota

Those of you reading today's blog are likely familiar with the idea that Handy Toyota of St. Albans, VT 05478, currently located at 39 South Main Street (where we've been located for decades now), is soon to move to a new location featuring a state of the art dealership, a more comfortable and customer-centric lounge; service area; and showroom, and over 500 new and pre-owned vehicles when we finally relocate next door to?

St. Albans, VT - Handy Toyota, a new and used Toyota dealership in St. Albans, VT, serving the Franklin, Lamoille, and Chittenden Counties since 1952, earned their seventh consecutive Toyota President's Award this past week.

Beginning in 2005, Handy Toyota entered the highest ranks of Toyota dealerships across the United States with their first award in this seven-year stretch.  The Toyota President's Award is given by Toyota Motors USA...

Thanks to the support of our first time and loyal customers and the excellent scores they've given our store, Handy Toyota of St. Albans, VT has won their 7th consecutive Toyota President's Award for top tier customer satisfaction.

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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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So... you're looking to buy a new car or lease a Toyota, but you don't want to pay full price.  What do you do?  Do you cave into the pressures of a new 2012 Toyota vehicle?  That's one way to go, and a way we assure you will leave you satisfied, but for deep discounts - Handy's discounts, if you will - the only way to go is with a brand new late…

That's right... Handy Toyota, your St. Albans, VT new and used Toyota sales, service, and parts dealership serving Burlington and all of Vermont, has been named the 2011 Vermont Toyota Dealer of the Year by DealerRater, long time review website and both a friend to worried consumers and enemy of cheating dealers the country over.

In order to be in the running for VT Toyota Dealer of the Year, obviously we had to be…

With the 2012 Prius Plug-in getting named Forbes Magazine's Most Anticipated Car of 2012 as per readers' votes, it dawned on me that our information was not only stale but outdated.  That being the case I took the initiative and update all the Prius PHV information on our website resulting in not only a Prius Plug-in information page but a new Prius Plug-in contact form and a Prius PHV frequently asked questions area.

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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.