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Garage Cordia orguyoso di suministra Cuerpo Policial Aruba cu Toyotanan optimal
CAMACURI (26 di juli 2012) - E calidad, durabilidad y eficiencia di autonan Toyota a keda confirma cu e confianza cu Cuerpo Policial Aruba a deposita den e marca ora cu a scoge nan como nan autonan nobo di patruyahe. E flota di 26 automobil cu a keda entrega e siman aki ta consisti di modelonan Prado y Landcruiser y ya caba a cuminsa subi caminda pa proteccion di e ciudadanonan di Aruba.
E acto y firma di entrega oficial a tuma luga diamars ultimo na sede di Garage Cordia Aruba su showroom na Camacuri. E ceremonia a conta cu presencia di Minister di Justicia y Enseñanza, Sr. Arthur Dowers, Alto Comisario di Cuerpo Policial Aruba, Sr. Adolfo E. 'Dolfi' Richardson hunto cu Sr. Hans Schnog, Director Geneal y Howman Chow, Director Comercial di Garage Cordia Aruba. Tambe tabatey varios agente policial, ehecutivonan y personal di Garage Cordia Aruba, companianan asocia y prensa.
Garage Cordia, mescos cu varios otro agencia di auto, a participa den e destaho publico habri dor di Land Aruba pa medio di Ministerio di Husticia. E oferta di e distribuidor nacional di Toyota a resulta esun mas califica y competente despues di e revision cu varios oficial a haci pa percura cu e autonan ta cumpli cu tur e criteria y rekisitonan necesario e trabou na nos isla.
Un bes cu Garage Cordia Aruba a haya e aprobacion, a proceso di e order a tuma aproximadamente ocho siman pa keda cla. Un bes cu tur e Pradonan a yega, a inicia un trabou den conhunto cu otro companianan local cu a percura pa e autonan ta ekipa cu e acesorionan necesario manera zwaailicht, sirena, radio, etc. y naturalmente e stickernan tur rond cu ta identifica nan como patruya di Polis di Aruba.
E modelo Landcruiser destina pa fungi como loke antes den pueblo tabata yama 'Dogcatcher', a yega poco despues di e Prado y esakinan tambe mester a pasa den un fase di adaptacion pa cumpli cu criteria di Cuerpo Policial Aruba. Entre otro, a cambia e posicion di e stoelnan patras y añadi elementonan di siguridad. Otro detaye cu mester a cambia ta e porta patras cu mester ta dos, na luga di un so y esaki tambe mester ta separa cu heki mescos cu entre e chofer y e pasaheronan patras, caminda ta transporta detenido.
Garage Cordia Aruba ta orguyoso di tur esfuerzo y dedicacion cu nan personal a duna pa cumpli cu e ordo aki pa Cuerpo Policial Aruba. Awe e agencia ta satisfecho di entrega un producto final di nivel halto. Den esaki Garage Cordia Aruba a conta cu e sosten completo di e corporacion internacional Toyota loke a agiliza e entrega di e pedido te na nos isla y segun e specificacionnan haci.
Pero e trabou no ta caba aki, ya cu Garage Cordia Aruba lo percura tambe pa e mantencion di e flota. Di e manera aki ta garantiza cu e autonan ta keda den un condicion optimal loke na su luga lo alarga ainda mas nan tempo di funcion. Pa esaki Garage Cordia Aruba ta para duro ya cu tin como base un departamento di servicio excelente y un departamento di pieza completo.
Ta tuma e oportunidad aki pa un bes mas gradici Gobierno di Aruba, Ministerio di Husticia y Cuerpo Policial Aruba pa e confiansa duna na Garage Cordia Aruba y ta felicita pueblo cu e adkisicion di e flota nobo aki cu ta cla y capaz pa brinda seguridad den tur skina.
Bek como e #1 na mundo, Toyota ta supera GM den benta
TOKYO/ORANJESTAD - Toyota a recupera di e 'safety recalls' y desasternan natural, bendiendo 4.97 miyon vehiculo rond mundo den e prome mita di aña pa recupera asina su corona como e fabricante di auto number un for di General Motors Co.
E compania Hapones a bende rond di 300 mil auto y truck mas cu GM a bende den e prome mita di aña, un bentaha suficiente grandi cu lo ta dificil pa GM alcansa Toyota den e ultimo seis luna di 2012.
GM a bisa cu nan a bende 4.67 miyon vehiculo durante e prome mita. Ambos compania a anuncia nan cifranan diaranson ultimo.
Pa Toyota Motor Corp., e cifranan ta acentua un regreso grandi for di un periodo di bentanan decepcionante, y e resistencia di e marca na mesun momento cu ta gana tereno den mercadonan nobo manera China y sur di Asia, mientras cu ta recupera e mercado cu el a perde na Merca.
Ambos compania a bisa den pasado cu nan no ta tene cuenta cu e liderazgo den benta global y ta enfoca riba haci ganashi. Pero e corona ta un asunto di orguyo corporativo pa ambos fabricante di auto.
Toyota su produccion a keda afecta dor di e teremoto y tsunami na noroeste di Hapon aña pasa y despues dor di inundacion na Tailandia, un base importante di produccion pa e fabricante. Prome cu e desasternan ey, su bentanan a baha dor di 'safety recalls' masivo na Merca, sumando mas di 14 miyon auto desde cu e problemanan den control di cualidad a bin dilanti tres aña pasa.
Pero e produccion y benta di e compania a recupera mas lihe di loke a spera, haciendo e hopi dificil pa GM por a alcansa Toyota entre awo y fin di aña, asina Jeff Schuster, vice president senior di prediccion na LMC Automotive consulting firm na Troy, Michigan.
GM ya caba tabata pega tras di Toyota pa e prome trimester di e aña aki cu 2.28 miyon auto y truck rond mundo, mientras cu Toyota a bende 2.49 miyon vehiculo. Toyota a pronostica cu lo bende 9.58 auto den 2012, 21% mas cu aña pasa. GM no a duna su pronostico pa henter aña.
Chizuko Satsukawa, analista di industria di auto pa Standard & Poor's na Tokyo, a bisa cu Toyota ta confronta competencia pisa no solamente for di GM y Volkswagen, pero tambe di otro fabricantenan di auto, incluyendo Hyundai.
Toyota ta contando riba su proximo ola di expansion na sureste di Asia, sigui pa mercadonan cu crecemento halto manera China, India y Brasil, el a bisa. "Toyota su regreso ta impresionante," Satsukawa a bisa. "Pero loke ta mas importante ainda cu e cifranan, ta cu tin ganashi." Haci bon na Norteamerica tambe tabata critico pasobra e mercado rico aki ta caminda fabricantenan di auto, incluyendo Toyota, por spera di haya un ganashi gordo.
Vocero di Toyota, Joichi Tachikawa a subestima e cifranan anuncia diaranson ultimo. "Nos ta djis sigui purba di traha bon producto cu ta atractivo pa nos clientenan," el a bisa.
2012 Toyota Prius C First Test: Smaller Prius, Bigger Questions
Sixteen months ago, I committed one of my better blunders when I declared the Honda Insight the more important car compared with the then-just-introduced third-generation Prius. My thinking? Economy car shoppers are notorious scrooges, and the Insight's lower base price would make it the car to blow open the doors to hybrid affordability.
2012 Toyota Prius C Front View Click to view Gallery Guess what? Ebenezers are willing pay a bit more for a nicer car. The Prius went on to give the Honda a terrible smacking in the showroom. And now comes the smaller and cheaper Prius C, the car prompted by that onetime Insight threat that now faces the Insight's very same challenges.
Prius C pricing ranges from $19,710 to our test car's $25,140, and it's the third member in the Prius family, which that recently grew to two with the bigger Prius V and will become four with the early 2012 arrival of the plug-in variant of the original-recipe Prius (now called the Liftback). While the "V" in Prius V has been a little confusing (The number five? Churchill's victory sign? Nope -- it stands for "versatility"), the mystery of the Prius C's "C' is permanently solved if you associate it with "city." As in city mileage. Which, at 53 mpg per the EPA, is the best you can buy short of taking a flying technological leap into the plug-in pool (comparatively, its 46 mpg highway number seems pedestrian).
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/hatchbacks/1202_2012_toyota_prius_c/
Toyota Prius still Japan's best-selling car in 2011
Popular hybrid takes top spot for third consecutive year
The Toyota Prius was Japan?s best-selling car in 2011, the third straight year the popular gas-electric hybrid claimed the country?s top spot.
A total of 252,528 units of the Prius were sold over the year, thanks in large part to the growing environment-friendly attitude among Japanese consumers. The brand's sales were assisted by solid sales of the Prius Alpha, a wagon version of the car that first hit the streets here in May.
And Japan's largest car company is aiming to hang on to the top spot in the year ahead, unveiling the Prius c at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Tuesday.
The car -- the "c" stands for city -- is a more compact, nimble and affordable version of the Prius that is designed for young city residents and will go on sale in March.
Honda Motor Co.'s Fit was second on the best-seller list with 207,882 units, up from fourth spot in the previous year's rankings, while the Wagon R minicar by Suzuki Motor Corp. was third with sales of 160,439 units.
Toyota?s New Camry Wins Recommended Status From Consumer Reports
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)?s revamped Camry, the best-selling sedan in the U.S., won a ?recommended? review from Consumer Reports magazine, which has been critical of some of the Japanese automaker?s models.
The 2012 Camry, which went on sale in October, was evaluated for the February 2012 issue of the magazine published by Yonkers, New York-based Consumers Union, a non-profit group.
?The Camry has a nicer interior, more responsive handling, and better fuel economy than before,? the review said. ?In fact, the four-cylinder model?s 27 mpg overall ties with the Hyundai Sonata (005380) for the best fuel economy among conventional gasoline-powered family sedans.?
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/toyota-s-new-camry-wins-recommended-status-from-consumer-reports.html
Toyota officially unveils the Aqua hybrid car in Japan. It's set for its US debut at the Detroit International Motor Show in January, when it'll be named the Prius C.
Toyota has officially unveiled its Aqua compact hybrid car, set to be called the Prius C when it comes to the USA. It's the first spin-off of the popular Prius brand, and is similar in size to the Toyota Yaris.
The concept appeared at the New York motor show back in April, then again as a leaked set of press shots in October. In-between time, the car lost the barking mad headlights and the steeply raked roofline, which made it look more like the VW Scirocco than a compact city car.
It goes on sale in Japan today, where it costs the equivalent of $21,700, which is 22% less than the entry-level Prius according to Bloomberg. Toyota claims to have received 60,000 pre-orders for the vehicle, and expects monthly sales to be around 12,000.
Aimed at younger buyers, the Aqua uses the same 1.5-liter Toyota Hybrid System II engine found in some of the most recent Prius cars, which has returned a touch over 35 km/l or 82mpg in Japanese tests. This will be revised to between 50mpg and 60mpg for the US launch though.
Performance using both engines is quoted as being 10.7 seconds to 100km/h or 62mph, and in the mid-range the 25mph to 44mph (40km/h to 70km/h) dash is covered in 3.6 seconds.
The Aqua is expected to make its US debut as the Prius C at the International Auto Show in Detroit this coming January, and will potentially go on sale before June. The price has yet to be confirmed, but could be similar to the Aqua's $20,000 price tag.
Electronics Cleared in Toyota Acceleration
By JOSH MITCHELL
The Wall Street Journal
A lengthy investigation by NASA into last year's Toyota Motor Corp. recalls found that engine electronics played no role in incidents of sudden, unintended acceleration of its cars, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The report, released by the Transportation Department to settle persistent questions over the Toyota recalls, concluded that the auto maker had identified the only two causes of the incidents: defective gas pedals and interfering floor mats. The Japanese auto maker recalled more than 8 million vehicles to correct those problems.
"Toyota's problems were mechanical, not electronic. And that comes after one of the most exhaustive" and thorough investigations ever conducted, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. "We feel that Toyota vehicles are safe to drive," Mr. LaHood said.
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704364004576132351264140850.html
U.S. probe finds no defect in Toyota's electronic throttles
Laurén Abdel-Razzaq
Automotive News
February 8, 2011 - 1:55 pm ET
DETROIT -- The U.S. Department of Transportation said today that electric systems and electromagnetic interference did not play a role in unintended acceleration involving Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles.
It was a major victory for Toyota, which has sought to recover from a recall crisis and accidents allegedly linked to unintended acceleration in some of its top-selling models.
"There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotas," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today in a statement.
U.S. report finds no electronic flaws in Toyotas that would cause acceleration
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 9, 2011; 12:00 AM
Government investigators have rejected claims that electronic defects caused Toyota cars and trucks to accelerate out of control, a finding released Tuesday that offers a measure of long-awaited vindication for the world's largest automaker and shifts blame to the drivers who reported the incidents.
The report, based on work by NASA engineers, deflates accusations by drivers suing Toyota that mysterious electronic glitches instigated the episodes of runaway cars. It also supports the industry trend of entrusting critical engine operations to ever more sophisticated electronics and microprocessors.
"The jury is back, the verdict is in," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said during a sometimes defiant news conference. "There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high- speed acceleration in Toyotas. Period."