Move over General Motors, Toyota is number 1

By Kay Layne
For the first time in decades Toyota Motor Corp. has outsold General Motors Corp. to become the world’s biggest automaker. Toyota outsold GM in 2008.
There was another first for Toyota. The automaker reported company’s first full-year operating loss in more than 50 years.

 
 

That being said both automakers reported lower sales last year. [...]

Toyota unveils the 2010 Prius

by Kay Layne

The 2009 North American International Auto show is presently underway in Detroit. This year the big buzz is around all the new hybrids and electric vehicles.

Today at the show Toyota introduced the third generation of its very successful hybrid – the 2010 Prius. Launched back in 1997 this full hybrid has been setting [...]