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Toyota tops Consumer Reports' most reliable brands; Honda plummets

Published Tuesday, 28 February, 2012 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Vehicle Reviews, Vehicle Ratings.

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…

Toyota Chooses an Electric Vehicle Equipment Provider

Published Friday, 12 August, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Toyota, Green, Electric Vehicles, Technology.

Though it still feels like light years away to those of us in the car business or fanatical Toyota drivers, the 2012 model year is inching its way to our collective doorsteps. Part of this slowdown of time is the enhanced anticipation of a fantastic year for Toyota and indeed the entire automotive world. Toyota alone is unveiling its newest form of not just transportation but propulsion this year, that being the unleashing of the?

High Definition or High Clarity of Sound?

Published Thursday, 11 August, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Toyota, Vehicle News, Green, News.

Recently while doing a test for the right to remain certified under the Toyota Motors USA for the Toyota brand, Toyota introduced their new radio technology. This new technology, for whatever reason, is being dubbed high definition, or HD Radio. This is being marketed by iBiquity Digital Corporation.

As we all know or at least were told years ago, there is a certain quality that makes HDTV high definition; though it does have better sound…

Parents Name 3 Toyota Vehicles Best Family Car

Published Thursday, 28 July, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Vehicle Reviews, New Inventory.

I've said it before and I'll surely repeat it again in the future - and that's because it's a fact - but being an employee of a Toyota dealership in Vermont either means one thing or puts this notion in most of your minds: I'm trying to purvey vehicles. And truthfully folks, I don't overly deny it. I've said before that I loved Toyota vehicles forever as they've always…

The Latest Viewing of the Toyota EV Lineup in Japan

Published Friday, 15 July, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Toyota, Hybrid, Green, Electric Vehicles.

This weekend at Japan's Little Tokyo Design Week, a car manufacturer will take center stage in a noncar-centric showing of technologies from around the world. Toyota, soon to unveil the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in and the Tesla/Toyota joint collaboration the 2012 Toyota Rav4 EV, will show off their latest versions of each at the event and if opinions of the local journalists is any indication the auto giant may very well…

A 2010 Deal of a Lifetime

Published Thursday, 30 June, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Finance, Handy Toyota.

Before we get into the heart of the amazing deal we at Handy Toyota have for you today, folks, let me first apologize with a slight lack of weight behind said apology. You see you have to agree it isn't often that I use the blog to throw deals at you; in fact, I'd go on a limb as to say it's pretty rare. But once in a while I do and…

V is for Versatility

Published Monday, 23 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Green.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Prius is a revolutionary and class-leading car, and I'm not even going to qualify that statement with a "hybrid" tag. If you must attach the word hybrid to the Prius' class, then my statement changes from "class-leading" to king of the mountain: since its release over a decade ago, the Toyota Prius has earned numerous awards for all things Toyota--safety, reliability, low cost of ownership, etc…

Reinventing the Wheel

Published Sunday, 08 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Toyota, New Inventory, Handy Toyota News.

I don't know about a lot of the gents and ladies that are within the handycars.com and Handy Toyota walls, but I would suspect they've not seen a last-model-year Toyota vehicle being sold during said vehicles second year of life in a while, if not ever. As I spoke about last week, the tragedy in Japan has caused a lot of grief for the folks in the surrounding area, and though their…

More News on Batteries in the Coming EV Boom

Published Sunday, 27 March, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Green, Technology.

One thing we're infinitely proud about when it comes to latching onto the Toyota Motors crest upon our shirts is the company's longstanding involvement with eco-friendly vehicles of all kinds. It goes without saying that the Toyota Prius has reigned supreme in the world of green vehicles for more than a decade, nearly a decade and a half actually, and the name "Prius" has more or less become synonymous with the very notion…

The 2011 Toyota 4Runner is Here--And Better Than Ever

Published Friday, 17 December, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Toyota, New Inventory.

Every year without fail it seems one of the most popular vehicles in the Toyota lineup is the 4Runner. There's good reason of course: as the last of a dying breed of off-road yet family friendly vehicles, it's really one of a kind. More importantly it was the first of its kind; I'm sure you fondly remember the days of yesteryear when everybody and their mother drove a gigantic Sport Utility Vehicle…

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