Video gamers rejoice - well at least if you live in Japan, speak Japanese, or plan to learn and order an overseas copy of an upcoming Nintendo 3DS game that will work in conjunction with Toyota's high end navigation systems.

For those that aren't into the video game scene, Nintendo - a name that surely rings a bell to anyone who watches even a little television - has released a new handheld or portable gaming device…

In 2011, Toyota initiated what you certainly remember as the "100 Cars for Good" initiative, a charitable effort to assist 100 out of hundreds of non-profit organizations around the United States get the mobility they so desperately needed and deserved.  Based on the Toyota Motors USA Facebook page and the 100CarsForGood.com website, users across the country could specify who they thought was most deserving of a new car and the winners were given their…

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), the world's largest automaker for the past several years, has once again fought off all odds and sold the most cars in the world for the first fiscal quarter of 2012.  Toyota sales rose 18 percent to 2.49 million in the quarter allowing Toyota to retain the "world's largest automaker" title again, surpassing domestic brands.

As Jim Wiseman, Toyota's North American vice president of external affairs, explains…

Late last week Toyota and Discovery Education announced the winners of this year's Safe Drivers' Challenge, awarding $40,000 to promote the importance of safety in teen driving across the country.

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…

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…

A few months back, Handy Toyota's blogging staff and the Handy Channel on YouTube broke the news of a new idea and new model in the Toyota hybrid and Hybrid Synergy Drive worlds, and many of you eco-friendly fanatics out there were riled up... and rightfully so.  A Toyota Yaris Hybrid, similarly to the upcoming Prius c, would mean something huge for Toyota:  combining the fuel efficiency of the Hybrid Synergy Drive engine with the small stature and gas-sipping makeup that is the Toyota Yaris.  To me, the Yaris Hybrid sounds like a solid win.

As of now, unfortunately…

Headlining the news in the world of hybrid cars, the Prius, diesel engines and - believe it or not - Bavarian luxury vehicles, Toyota Motors and BMW have formed an alliance for the ages in the hopes of expanding upon each company's dominance in the eco-friendly fight against gas guzzlers and high gasoline prices alike.

On the heels of President Obama's recently proposed law that calls for fleetwide fuel economy ratings of no less than 54.5 in the next few years, BMW hopes to use Toyota's excellent Hybrid Synergy Drive technologies - the lithium-ion batteries that have propelled the…