Latest Toyota Headlines
All the headlines from our Toyota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Toyota Develops Rear Window Air Bag
Oct 1 2008 // Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a rear window air bag to upgrade protection for back-seat passengers. In the event of a rear-end collision, the air bag is ejected from the roof lining above the rear window and spreads...
Report: Toyota Tacoma Safest of Small Pickups
Jul 24 2008 // Small pickups aren’t providing as much protection in side crashes as many new cars and sport utility vehicles. The Toyota Tacoma was the only one of five small pickup trucks, all 2008 models, to earn the highest...
Captive Ratings: American Road, First Beacon, Toyota Motor, Agrinational
Jun 25 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb” of The American Road Insurance Company (TARIC), but with negative outlooks. “The...
Idaho Insurance Department Upset at Toyota, Claims Ads Promote Fraud
Jan 13 2008 // The Idaho Department of Insurance (DOI) has joined forces with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a Washington group that includes insurers, law enforcement officials and consumer groups, in expressing concern over...
Idaho Upset over Toyota Ads
Jan 3 2008 // The Idaho Department of Insurance (DOI) has joined forces with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a Washington group that includes insurers, law enforcement officials and consumer groups, in expressing concern over...
Ford, Honda Named Safest Vehicles
Nov 16 2007 // The number of new cars considered the safest by the U.S. insurance industry nearly tripled in the past year, helped by automakers’ push to make certain safety equipment more widely available. Ford Motor Co. and Honda...
Insurance Safety Group: Death Rates in Minicars More Than Double Rates in Other Cars
Dec 19 2006 // Driver death rates in minicars are higher than in any other vehicle category and more than double the death rates in midsize and large cars, a new study shows. For the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
Toyota Says System Detects Rear Collisions Before They Happen
Aug 28 2006 // Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. said last week that it had developed the world’s first system for detecting rear-end collisions before they happen. Automakers have already developed systems that warn drivers of...
Toyota Officials Being Investigated in Alleged Recall Negligence
Jul 12 2006 // Three Toyota officials are under a criminal investigation on suspicion of professional negligence in allegedly shirking recalls for eight years and not fixing a defect that may have caused an accident, Japanese police said...
IIHS Reports Several Minivans Fare Poorly in Crash Tests
Sep 19 2005 // Head restraints in some minivans inadequately protect people against neck injuries in rear-end crashes, said the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Several automakers took issue with the latest test results. Earning...
SaferCar.Gov Unveils Car Crash Test, Rollover Ratings for 2005 Cars
May 25 2005 // The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced this week the completion of crash test and rollover ratings for passenger cars for the 2005 model year. All...
Goodbye, Steadfast Toyota
Apr 4 2005 // I’m afraid to see my next auto insurance bill. My daughter “totaled” her car recently. Yes, it was her fault, and no, no one was seriously hurt, thankfully. She ran into the back of a pickup truck at a...
Toyota Reacts to Camry’s Ranking on NICB Stolen List
Feb 26 2004 // Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. released a statement regarding the 1989 Camry ranking on the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s most stolen vehicles list: “Toyota is committed to reducing cost of ownership of its...
Trio of N.J. Residents Charged with Receiving Stolen Cars, Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that three North Jersey men have been charged via separate Passaic County Grand Jury indictments with conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft by...
Toyota Camry Makes It Five Years in a Row As Most Stolen Vehicle
Mar 19 2002 // The Toyota Camry has made it five-for-five, ranking in 2001 as tops on the target list of auto thieves, according to a report from CCC Information Services Inc. It was the 1991 model Camry that captured the No. 1 slot...
Calif. Thieves Prefer a Toyota or Honda
Dec 13 2001 // In a report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, thieves in California’s urban areas prefer Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords, mirroring a national trend. But in rural and border regions, pickup trucks and...
National Insurance Crime Bureau Lists Top Autos Targeted by Thieves
Nov 14 2000 // Thieves continue to find sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and mini-vans attractive targets. According to a new study conducted by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a not-for-profit insurance organization committed...
