Results tagged “Toyota” from Green Mesh

As alternative engine technology matures, manufacturers jockey for position and price.

Honda decides to cancel diesels for their larger platforms and evolve their gasoline hybrid offers into the larger cars. The price of the new low cost Honda Insight will not chase Toyota lowering the price of a Prius. automobilemag.com Consumers win with two low cost hybrid offerings.

Volkswagen has revealed its new Golf GTD, a sporty diesel version of the Golf. autoweek.com I recall a friend stuffing a diesel into a sporty 80's vintage VW GTI and thinking that I wanted one. Unlike the 80's a modern diesel has gobs of low end power, runs clean and would be alot of fun. Consider the premium cost of diesel fuel over gasoline before determining the dollars saved.

Chrysler LLC on Monday named U.S. based A123 Systems as the supplier of batteries for its first electric vehicles slated for debut in showrooms 2010. reuters Chrysler's plan like General Motor's Volt Electric car will use an efficient fossil fueled motor to charge batteries that will run an electric motor(s).

The electricTransit Connect (commercial truck) will be Ford's first full-electric vehicle and will be followed in 2011 by a 5-passenger car that will travel up to 120 miles per charge, according to Ford. Further details on that vehicle are unknown, but Ford is has been testing a fleet of Focus compact sedans that use an electric powertrain built by Magna International of Canada. foxnews

General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner's salary and other compensation rose 64 percent in 2007 to about $15.7 million. reuters.com

GM reported a record $39 billion net loss in 2007. reuters.com

Wagoner will be receiving a $4.6M retirement package, courtesy of a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan that has been set up for him. This plan comes from funding that is separate from GM's vastly underfunded pension plan, and is said to be payable even if GM files for bankruptcy autoblog.com

Toyota's CEO Hiroshi Okuda made $903K in 2006. Toyota's top 37 executives earned a combined $21.6 million in salary and bonuses.

At Honda, the top 21 earned $11.1 million, combined, in salary and bonuses, SEC filings show. abc.com

GM is seeking taxpayer loans or else threatens the economy with bankruptcy while holding it's massive network of dealers, suppliers and millions of employees that run everything hostage while Toyota and Honda CEO's have been methodically taking over a free market with competitive products at a fraction of GM's CEO management cost.

It's a showdown between a lame-duck US Congress, President Bush and the incoming Obama administration.

Can you kill the cancer without killing the patient and will a few who hold the cards continue to kill the inspiration to succeed with their greed.

Toyota will unveil a compressed natural gas (CNG) hybrid Camry at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

Honda currently has the only CNG vehicle available in the U.S.

A new large four, Toyota's most powerful four. I can't tell if this engine is destined for this country but it's an interesting development for a large SUV where bigger is usually considered better. Toyota will switch production at its new Mississippi plant to the Prius from its Highlander SUV.

The 2009 all-new Highlander will be equipped with either a 3.5L V6 or a 3.3L hybrid powerplant. Toyota is expanding the Highlander's powertrain line-up for 2009 by adding a more fuel efficient 2.7L four-cylinder engine. The new engine produces 187 horsepower at 5,800 RPM and 186 lb-ft at 4,100 RPM, making it the most powerful four cylinder engine in Toyota's line-up.

The new 2.7L engine comes with a 6sp automatic transmission. Toyota has not released the fuel econ figures as yet, these figures will be announced closer to the January 2009 launch date. The Highlander was first launched in 2001. The Japanese deportee version is called the Klugger. jamaica-gleaner.com