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Natural Eco-Beauty Makeovers to debut at the CIAA Toyota Fan Experience. Leading eco-beauty brands Lotus Moon and Plain Jane Beauty today announced their partnership with the Toyota Green Initiative] (TGI), an educational and interactive program that centers on living a greener lifestyle. Alameda, CA (PRWEB) March 02, 2013 This year, Toyota Green Initiative is expanding its consumer experience to include the renowned green and sustainable personal care and cosmetics. The program will...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota will be bringing several of its newest, hottest vehicles to the Kansas City Auto Show next week. While the entire Toyota lineup will be positioned in Bartle Hall Convention Center, show goers will have the opportunity to engage in local test drives of a number of these cars and trucks. The Toyota Drive Center is a specifically designed drive route utilizing local streets around the convention center. Guests will be accompanied...

Tri-County Schools Competition Celebrates 56th Year of Educational Excellence DETROIT, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota will serve as a key sponsor of the upcoming 2013 Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD), an annual competition which honors some of the brightest young minds in the tri-county area. Celebrating its 56th year, the SEFMD will be held March 12-16 at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. The event features hundreds of innovative projects from...

TORONTO, March 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Toyota Canada Inc. sold 10,775 vehicles in February, down 13% versus 2012. Favourable results include TCI truck sales of 5,601 setting a new February record. The new, fourth-generation RAV4 set a February record with sales of 2,371 in its first month on sale. Prius family also set a new February record with sales of 449 vehicles, up 24% year-to-date versus last year. Toyota sales highlights for February 2013 (vs. 2012) -- Toyota...

Scion Also Providing Ride and Drive Program for Show Attendees MINNEAPOLIS, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota will be bringing an array of exciting new production vehicles and a highly-publicized concept vehicle to the upcoming Twin Cities Auto Show. Scion, the youth brand of Toyota, will also host a nine-day ride and drive program. This year, Toyota's exhibit will consist of 34 vehicles, such as the 2013 editions of the all-new RAV4 and Avalon - a sedan that's designed,...

All-new Avalon and RAV4 post record sales; Trucks outperform cars TORRANCE, Calif., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported February 2013 sales results of 166,377 units, an increase of 8.7 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Unadjusted for 24 selling days in February 2013 versus 25 in February 2012, TMS sales were up 4.3 percent over the year-ago month. Toyota Division posted February total sales of 149,038 units, up 8.7...

"Toyota Helps" Fleet of Vehicles to Support Work of Volunteers in Bay Head, N.J., Other Areas BAY HEAD, N.J., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota announced today a significant vehicle donation equivalent to more than $100,000 to help aid the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. Today, four months from the day the storm made landfall in the Northeast, the company donated the use of 19 Toyota vehicles to the region's Red Cross to support relief transportation for one full year....

Industry Transaction Prices Rise 1.2 Percent for February 2012; Industry Incentive Decline 3.9 Percent from February 2012 SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar, Inc. an automotive pricing information and analysis company that creates a better buying experience for dealers and consumers, estimated today that the average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was $30,958 in February 2013, up $353 (1.2 percent) from February 2012 and up $146...

Based on customer reviews over two years NAPERVILLE, Ill., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Toyota of Naperville is very familiar with selling some of the most award-winning vehicles like the Toyota Camry near Aurora and the Honda Prius family in Naperville. Now the team at Toyota of Naperville is taking home some hardware of its very own. While visiting Orlando, FL, for the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo (NADA), the team from Toyota of Naperville was...

Prius v Fuel Economy Highlighted by Cleanmpg.com TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota's Prius-badged vehicles proved to be the most popular new vehicles with California drivers during the 2012 calendar year. According to R.L Polk, the Prius family cars (Prius Liftback, Prius v, Prius Plug-in, and Prius c) accounted for 61,893 vehicles registered in California, making Prius the No. 1 vehicle badge sold in the state. This continues the trend shown by the state's...