Production Yaris TS due in September

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Times have changed and so has the style statement. Yes, you’ve got it; we are talking about 2007 Toyota Yaris TS. The production version of the 2007 Toyota Yaris TS will debut at the Paris Motor Show in late September. The car was first previewed in concept form in February. The TS gets its power from an all-new 1.8-litre Dual VVT-i engine developing 132 horsepower for a top speed of 121 mph. The car will feature specially tuned suspension and sportier styling. Bad news is that there is no word about availability in U.S. If you do not have any idea about how the concept car looks like we have got these pictures just for you.

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September 3, 2006 | Related Entries - Toyota | Comments (1)
Pontiac G5 Coupe advertising online only

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Everyday there are new advertising tactics are invented by the companies to promote their product. Well Pontiac too has a new tactic and that is to spend every single ad dollar online earmarked for promoting the car. Pontiac is trying a new tactic to get the word out about its new G5 Coupe. As the world is getting more online day by day, the company uses online advertising to target the youth male audience at which the G5 Coupe is aimed more effectively. The online ad campaign will run through at least the end of the year. And that’s not all, according to some news reports that the G5 Coupe has already exceeded its sales goal for August by 185 %.

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Lexus off to a slow start in Japan

lexus.jpgLexus is powerful and sophisticated right from its debut in 1989. Lexus has successfully rivaled German luxury carmakers in the United States. In 1992, Lexus outsold Mercedes and BMW to become the number one luxury import and thus changing the luxury statement. According to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper there are three Lexus models whose sales are currently about 60 percent lower than the company's targets. In the first six months of 2006, Toyota sold 150,000 Lexus cars in America up six percent over the same period in 2005. However the sales ratio in Japan was a disappointing as only11,000 units during the same period, despite a recovering Japanese economy. Sales have been hurt partly by a large recall over defective seat belts, and delays related to the new LS sedan.

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L.A. auto show debut for Honda's next fuel-cell car

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Rising fuel costs are getting people drunk on diesel. This year's Los Angeles auto show will see the entrance of Honda's third-generation fuel-cell power train, ensconced in its FCX cab-forward concept car (pictured), which debuted at last year's Tokyo Motor Show. The FCX five-passenger sedan is at present being road-tested in California and other states. According to Honda the car will go into production within three years. A system that Honda dubs the vertical gas flow fuel cell stack delivers more power in less space, and is compact enough to fit into the sedan's center tunnel. The company's efforts to condense infrastructure equipment for hydrogen refueling (including its Home Energy Station), has most likely put Honda well in the pilot in the race to roll out the world's first manufacture hydrogen-fueled car.

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