Toyota engineers had skillfully optimized the power and torque from the company's relatively low-displacement engines.

The major mechanical difference between the Legend and the Toyota, Mazda and Nissan sedans was that the Legend was front wheel drive, which Honda stated was " quite simply the most logical means to the ends the engineers desired: a true luxury car with a low, aerodynamic hood ; a spacious interior with a nearly flat floor, and the superior traction that results from placing the engine and drivetrain transversely over the drive wheels.

Toyota engineers have shown favor to the W58 over the rest of the ' W ' series by including it in so many models and even building a stronger version for higher powered applications.

The exhaust note has been described by Toyota engineers as the " roar of an angel ", and a US television spot later used the engine sound to shatter a champagne glass via resonance frequency.

In 2009, Toyota commissioned Haden to perform three songs for television commercials for the third-generation Toyota Prius, including an a cappella version of the Bellamy Brothers 1970s song " Let Your Love Flow ".

Morris has directed hundreds of commercials for various companies and products, including Adidas, AIG, Cisco Systems, Citibank, Kimberly-Clark's Depend brand, Levi's, Miller High Life, Nike, PBS, The Quaker Oats Company, Southern Comfort, EA Sports, Toyota and Volkswagen.

The Jeep has been widely imitated around the world, including in France by Delahaye and by Hotchkiss et Cie ( after 1954, Hotchkiss manufactured Jeeps under license from Willys ), and in Japan by Mitsubishi Motors and Toyota.

Jardine Cycle & Carriage operates in Singapore and Malaysia under the Cycle & Carriage banner and the group represents some of the world ’ s best-known motoring marques including Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Honda and Kia.

* Formula 1 wind tunnel at Toyota Motorsport GmbH, including photos and video

Faster than other subcompacts of the time, it competed with the Chevrolet Vega and Ford Pinto, and also with imported cars including the VW Beetle and Toyota Corona.

* Toyota has since used metal matrix composites in the Yamaha-designed 2ZZ-GE engine which is used in the later Lotus Lotus Elise S2 versions as well as Toyota car models, including the eponymous Toyota Matrix.

It is a major supplier of automotive audio, video and navigation systems for Honda ( including its Acura luxury division ), Nissan, General Motors, Toyota and Subaru.

* Indiana Automotive Fasteners: manufactures fasteners for automotive OEMs including Toyota, Ford and Honda.

Current convertibles feature windblockers of various designs including detachable fold-up designs ( Toyota Solara ), vertically retractable glass ( Audi TT ), carefully designed minimal flaps ( Mazda Miata ) – or other integrated wind controlling systems.

Some manufacturers, including Acura, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo, have also used straight-5 configurations.

Flat-twin engines were used in several economy cars, including the Citroën 2CV, the Panhard Dyna X and Dyna Z, Steyr-Puch 500, DAF Daffodil, BMW 600, several Jowett cars between World Wars I and II, and the Toyota Publica and Toyota Sport 800.

Florida's earlier work focused on innovation by manufacturers, including the continuous-improvement systems implemented by such automakers as Toyota.

The Toyota Center has hosted many WWE events, including Raw and SmackDown.

In a November 23, 2008, New York Times editorial, Andrew Ross Sorkin claimed that the average UAW worker was paid $ 70 per hour, including health and pension costs, while Toyota workers in the US receive $ 10 to $ 20 less.

* The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK upheld several complaints against major car manufacturers including Suzuki, SEAT, Toyota and Lexus who made erroneous claims about their vehicles.

As an industral city, it hosts several automobile or automotive components plants, including a plant owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and one by its subsidiary Kanto Auto Works.

The economy of Kariya is dominated by companies related to Toyota Motor Corporation, including Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin Seiki and Denso Corporation.

In February 2011, Toyota asked the public to decide on what the most proper plural form of Prius should be, with choices including Prien, Prii, Prium, Prius, or Priuses.

Prius family vehicle sales account for 71. 8 % of Toyota Motor Company worldwide volume of 4 million hybrids through April 2012, including the Lexus brand.

* Dr. David Gilbert, Professor of Automotive Technology, was alleged to have rigged a claim of unintended acceleration of the Toyota Prius in a 2010 ABC News report, and was being paid by parties in lawsuits against Toyota.

Dr. Kenneth E. Train of UC Berkeley, who conducted the study, stated that given a typical retail price of $ 21, 000 for a RAV4 SUV, " Toyota would have to give the average consumer a free RAV4-EV plus a check for approximately $ 7, 000.

However, before her work can proceed Dr. Mann's laboratory is destroyed and Ampersand captured by Toyota, a female ninja whose purposes are not revealed for some time.

Toyota takes Ampersand to Japan, and Yorick, 355, and Dr. Mann follow by sea.

Dr. Matsumori hired Toyota to poison Allison so that her cloned fetus would die.

Among her credits are commercials for Toyota, Dr Pepper, and Always.

Industry observers, however, speculated that the most important motivation was that a name change would help Nissan market stocks and bonds in the U. S. They also presumed substantial ego involvement, since the absence of the Nissan name in the U. S. surely rankled Nissan executives who had seen Toyota and Honda become household words.

The Toyota Van and Dodge Caravan / Plymouth Voyager featured very different structural designs: the Dodge Caravan / Plymouth Voyager had a FF layout and unibody construction, while the Toyota Van Wagon featured a FMR layout and was built on a body-on-frame chassis.

Nissan and Mitsubishi also introduced minivans to North America ; but like the Toyota Van Wagon, they had poor rear drive traction, had a bouncy ride due to the short wheelbase.

The Toyota Previa had a four-cylinder engine located under the floor of the vehicle, mounted nearly flat on its side, rather than straight up and down like in its predecessor.

This left Toyota with a major problem as they had to scramble to relocate some of the tooling that was jointly used to produce the Matrix in another factory.

Other Japanese automakers, such as Toyota and Honda, bolstered their own slipping domestic sales with success in the U. S. However, with a comparatively small percentage of the American market, the impact of the turmoil in the Asian economy had a greater effect on Mitsubishi, and the company's 1997 losses were the worst in its history.

Sales of Honda products within Europe had been in decline since 1998, and the company's position as the number two Japanese automotive company, behind Toyota, had been taken by Nissan.

Toyota had to test and train parts suppliers to assure quality and delivery.

After six months, line stops had so little economic effect that Toyota installed an overhead pull-line, similar to a bus bell-pull, that let any worker on the line order a line stop for a process or quality problem.

Subsequently I had the opportunity to witness its actual application at Toyota on one of our numerous Japanese study missions.

Henry Ford II had wanted nothing to do with the Mini-Max, a restyled version of the minivan, which Toyota was selling in huge numbers in Asia and Latin America, and his opinion doomed the project at Ford.

Daihatsu, on the other hand, had both the engineering backing and powerful connections of their large owner Toyota to aid them in meeting the new requirements.

After the Chapmans had driven away from South View, George White's Toyota drove towards Ryan ; Ivor Jackson was in the passenger seat.

The Toyota Celica GT-Four had this system from 1988 to 1989, 1994 to 1999, also in the Carlos Sainz Rally Championship Version from 1990 to 1993.

The Toyota Corona, the Toyota Corolla, the Datsun B210, the Datsun 510, the Honda Civic, the Mitsubishi Galant ( a captive import from Chrysler sold as the Dodge Colt ), the Subaru DL, and later the Honda Accord all had four cylinder engines that were more fuel efficient in comparison to the typical V8 and six cylinder engines found in North American vehicles.

Honda, Nissan and Toyota also repossessed and crushed most of their EVs, which, like the GM EV1s, had been available only by closed-end lease.

It also had more stylish bodywork and a better ride thanks to longer four-plate leaf springs which had been adapted from the Toyota Light Truck.

Although the Voltz was sold under the Toyota brand there, the vehicle had the same exterior as the Vibe.

Toyota Motor had been in the business of manufacturing cars for 13 years at this stage, and had produced just over 2, 500 automobiles.