Toyota Of Wallingford

Remember back to 2008 when Toyota promised to display a CNG-electric hybrid Camry at the Las Angeles Auto Show? Irv Miller, Vice President Toyota Motor Sales' U.S. division said, "With this concept, we are confirming our interest in pursuing CNG [natural gas]."¹

Despite Miller's strong proclamation of intent, it's hard to recall much news about Toyota's pursuit of CNG, since 2008. Perhaps the topic has been pushed out of the media's sight and minds by the company's poster child, the Prius. It certainly doesn't mean that Toyota shelved their plans.

Recent reports indicate that Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American engineering and manufacturing operations has made a deal with Constellation Energy, employing the firm to manage its natural gas needs. This proves the automaker is continuing to pursue CNG with more intensity than ever.

Among the many areas Constellation Energy is expected to handle for Toyota are natural gas supply, risk management, hedging, budget analysis, energy market monitoring. The Baltimore-based company will also be responsible for monitoring relevant regulatory and legislative issues for the Japanese automaker. More specifically, they're expected to provide risk management services to 14 Toyota facilities, and supply natural gas to nine different Toyota sites throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Stay tuned for more Toyota news coming soon. Toyota of Wallingford is dedicated to keeping you informed.

To explore Toyota's three greenest vehicles; click on one of the models below. And remember, more Prii are coming soon!

Source: ¹http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2008-09-24-toyota_N.htm

Toyota announced that the Japanese auto maker will have to raises prices on all but five of its models for the remainder of its 2011 sales year. But do not be alarmed, the increases are small - between 0.4 to 2.2 percent.

According to spokesperson Greg Thome, "The price change is simply a mid-model year price adjustment and has no relation to any production shut downs or shortages stemming from the recent disaster in Japan. The five models not affected by the new prices are the Toyota Tacoma and Toyota Yaris sedan, Lexus CT200h and LFA, and the Scion xB."

Overall average price increase is only 1.7 percent. The largest MSRP jump comes from the 2011 Toyota Sequoia, which goes up $900. $41,905 is the new asking price for the SR5 V8 variant, and $42,530 for the Limited V8 - prices including the $975 destination fee.

The new prices will begin showing up on window stickers at dealerships like Toyota of Wallingford during May of this year. Vehicles produced in North America starting May 1 (including the Toyota Avalon, Toyota Camry, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Matrix), will wear the new numbers. Vehicles produced in other parts of the world will see the updated prices for all cars arriving in the US later this May.

Source: http://rumors.automobilemag.com/toyota-raises-prices-65-900-across-almost-all-models-37601.html

As the death toll continues to rise from the horrific earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and new trouble arises daily with the damaged nuclear reactors, it's easy as distant onlookers for us to feel overwhelmed and helpless.

The numbers are already staggering: An estimated 500,000 people are still living in shelters, having lost their homes when the earth trembled and the sea rushed in. Others were forced to flee because of radiation levels. Still others were even less fortunate: The number of dead has already topped 11,000.

Japan needs our help, just as they offered us their assistance after Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina; for instance, the Japanese people contributed $30 million for our disaster relief efforts.
Now we can return the favor, as many of you may have already have done.

To do our part Toyota of Wallingford is donating $5,000 to the American Red Cross. In addition to the $5,000 Toyota of Wallingford will donate $5.00 for every new fan that "likes" our Facebook Page in the month of April. So please help a great cause and spread the word and for friends and family to "like" our Facebook page and help us reach our goal of $10,000 by totaling 1331 fans April 30th, 2011.