Beaman Toyota

• Ford and Toyota are collaborating as equal partners to accelerate consumer availability of a new advanced hybrid system for light trucks and SUVs

• New co-developed hybrid system ready for use later this decade on Ford and Toyota rear-wheel-drive light trucks and SUVs, delivering greater fuel efficiency while still providing customers the capability they want and need 

• Ford and Toyota also will collaborate on development of next-generation standards for in-car telematics and Internet-based services

Let's face it. Toyota is innovative no matter how you look at it. Whether it be in their award-winning lineup or their 'Ideas for Good' campaign, Toyota brings a certain energy to the table that is hard to match. And, now Toyota is looking to shake things up in the realm of giving through their 'Cars for Good' program.

In the 'Ideas for Good' program, Toyota plans on delivering a new Toyota vehicle to…

North American vehicle production levels are expected to return to 100 percent in September, Toyota said today. Production is recovering earlier than originally anticipated following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

On average, current production has improved to more than 80 percent through August. Eight of the company's 12 North American-built models returned to 100 percent production on June 6.

"After September we will focus on making-up lost production as much as possible," said Steve St. Angelo, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America. "Our team members and suppliers here and in Japan have…

News of the natural disaster that struck Japan in March was devastating to say that least. It forced automakers across Japan to decrease production drastically and heavily damaged the plants of many key parts suppliers. The Automobile Manufacturer's Association indicated that auto production in Japan plummeted in April from 731,829 in 2010 to 292,001 in 2011. Japan lost a production total of 550,000 vehicles and another 350,000 overseas. These kind…