New Toyota model

A new Toyota model was seen on Indian roads. Take a look at the spy shot of the Toyota model codenamed Toyota Cowrolla.

Got this from Arunima's blog.

Tags: Toyota Humour

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Toyota cautious of becoming number 1

Most manufacturers would be overjoyed to become the #1 carmaker in the US and I guess Toyota is no exception. However, according to this article "Why Toyota Is Afraid Of Being Number One", they are keen to avoid the backlash that might happen.

Toyota has done a remarkable job over the past 20 years of selling itself as an American company.

Read on on how Toyota became the most respected car company in America.

Sales in different parts of the World, according to the Third Quarter Financial Results:

North America: Vehicle sales reached 764 thousand, an increase of 121 thousand units, due to strong sales of redesigned models such as the RAV4, Camry and Yaris and the new model FJ Cruiser.

Europe: Led by strong sales of compact models such as the Yaris, vehicle sales increased by 60 thousand, to 306 thousand units.

Asia: Sales decreased by 13 thousand, to 204 thousand units, as a result of weakened market conditions in Indonesia and Taiwan.

Other regions, including Central and South America, Oceania and Africa: Vehicle sales increased to 340 thousand units, an increase of 37 thousand, due to continuing popularity of the IMV series in Central and South America and the Camry in Oceania.

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Tags: Toyota

Nitro T-shirt contest

I recently got my hands on two Dodge Nitro "Can" t-shirts: one red with long sleeves and another black with short sleeve. Well, I have decided to give them away.

Why do we call it the "can" t-shirts, take a look at the picture below...


The designs



If you would like to get your hands on one of them, read on.

Here are the rules:

1. Write a post describing what you like about the Dodge Nitro (minimum 50 words). It's ok even if you haven't driven it as yet. You can refer to the looks or specs.

2. Add a link to the official Dodge nitro site at (http://www.dodge.com/en/nitro/index.html)

3. Add a link to my blog (http://autolah.blogspot.com) with the key words: "Auto Blog". Optional.

4. Leave a comment here with a link to your post.

That's it.

Oh! I almost forgot:

- The contest will end on the 25th of March 2007.

- The Judge's (ME) decision is final.

- Results will be posted on this blog.

- One winner, one t-shirt. Meaning that there will be two winners.



For your information, the Dodge Nitro is an SUV from the Dodge division of DaimlerChrysler and is due for launch in Europe soon. It's the first time Dodge-branded cars will be sold in Europe.

UPDATE: The winners of the contest are BinaryGuy and Doris Chua.

Tags: Contest Dodge Nitro t-shirt

Lemonfree car ads

Recently came across one of the best Used Cars sites on the net. Unlike other car ad sites, Lemonfree.com is a a free automobile classifieds service, which means that you not only get to search for the car of your choice but can also least your car for free.

Their site search facility was surprisingly fast and you can locate a new or used automobile in Canada and the US. A trial search for Honda Accord without any specifications produced 406 results.

Another innovative technology incorporated into their site is private messaging service, which allows you to contact the seller while you're online viewing the listing.

I wholeheartedly endorse Lemonfree.com

Mazda2 to debut in Geneva

The new European spec Mazda2

The all new Mazda2 (known as the Mazda Demio in Japan) will debut at the 77th annual Geneva International Motor Show to be held from Tuesday, March 6 through Sunday, March 18, 2007.

Also on display at the Mazda stand will be the Mazda Hakaze concept car and a diesel engine powered Mazda3 (Mazda Axela in Japan).

Join other Scion lovers

The Scion xB is a 5-door compact vehicle made by the US-exclusive Scion division of Toyota. It has a unique box shape and is targeted at the youth segment of the market known as the "Y" generation.

The xB was one of the three models in Scion's lineup, the others being the xA and the tC. Launched in 2004, Toyota made the Scion xB attractive to it's target segment by making it easy to personalize their vehicles by offering an extensive list of factory accessories. This includes light kits, spoilers, wheels and music systems among others. It's really amazing that you can actually choose your car, customize your vehicle and order it online. Scion builds it to order in about a week.

The maximum suggested retail price for the base models are $14,610 for the manual version and $15,410 for the automatic. This price is of 9/18/06 and includes the delivery, processing and handling fee.

I would consider that as a really good price for a Toyota but the question is, whether it is value for the money?

Going through what owners and fans of this has to say in the scion xb forums, I believe that it indeed is a good buy.

Even though there have been some criticisms that the car looked like a box or a crate or or that it is underpowered (it has a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder engine) it has developed quite a bit of a fan following. Another surprising thing was that even though it was targeted at the young hip generation, a lot of older people in their late 30s were attracted to the car because of it's fuel efficiency.

Another information I gathered from the forum is that the present Scion xB, which was launched in 2004 is the first generation. Toyota unveiled the second generation xB at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. It is a larger, more rounded than the present xB and is styled as a 5-door version of the t2B concept unveiled the year before at the 2006 New York Auto Show.


The second-generation xB, which is expected to come out in 2008 is powered by a 2.4L engine shared with the tC and the Camry. That should silence some of the critics who claim that it is underpowered. Besides VSC and ABS, the new generation xB will have six airbags, as well as cruise control as standard.

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