Venza is for lovers — pet lovers, that is.
Made by Toyota at Georgetown, the vehicle is a “crossover,” a mix of car and SUV, that looks like a tall Camry wagon.
The Venza’s target audience is empty-nesters and young families, many of whom have pets.
So Toyota is sponsoring “pet-centric ride and drive events” and joining with [...]
Toyota, long branded an innovative company, is holding a contest to get even more creative ideas from anyone anywhere.
The grand prize includes a $13,000 VIP tour of its Georgetown plant, its largest North American facility.
The company has a Web site, ToyotaWhyNot.com, where it encourages individuals to submit ideas related to safety, water, land, air, community [...]
Toyota or Chevy.
Japanese or American.
Rock or hard place.
Ask Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
He recently bought 85 Toyota Camry Hybrids, instead of Chevrolet Malibu Hybrids, for the Indianapolis police.
Good move?
Kentuckians think so. The Toyotas are made in Georgetown.
Indianapolis auto workers are mad and Ballard’s political foes want an investigation.
He faced a tough choice.
Malibu Hybrid parts are made [...]
Thom Smith, technical director for the Lexington-based Valvoline division of Ashland Inc., recently taped two segments on motor oil for PBS’ MotorWeek at Maryland Public Television.
While he was there, the show’s host, John Davis, let Smith drive a car that was being tested for an upcoming episode.
It was a 2009 Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe — “drophead” [...]
Like the old song says, “All the boys will sing and the girls will shout and the ladies they will all turn out” when the No. 66 Hunt Brothers Chevrolet rolls into Paris on Aug. 26 and Frankfort on Aug. 27.
Some will turn out to see a new addition to NASCAR racing while others will [...]
The Weaver family of New Castle in Henry County has owned eight Volvos since 1994.
Their vehicles have been in three mishaps over the years and the occupants have always walked away.
“The Weaver family should be on a survival TV show,” Volvo declares in a press release.
The son’s Volvo went off a road and down a [...]
Affiliated Computer Services is dangling a pretty nice carrot in front of its local sales staff.
The first sales rep to find a business ACS can buy that will yield at least $5 million in annual revenue will get a 2008 BMW 328i sedan that’s worth more than $35,000.
The car is painted white, but it’s also [...]
Lowell and Betty Nigoff had thought about retiring, but their thinking turned serious when they were introduced to Lexington residents Rob and Suzanne Morris through a mutual friend.
“After getting to know this younger couple, we decided we would entrust Lowell’s to them,” the Nigoffs said in an email to their friends and customers.
They have sold [...]
AAA Blue Grass/Kentucky is on the move.
The auto club plans to relocate its headquarters to a new building in Hamburg that should be ready early next year, says spokesman Christopher Oakford.
The club is currently based downtown in a building it owns at 155 North Martin Luther King Boulevard.
With the additional space, AAA also plans to [...]
If you drove by Green’s Automotive Group on New Circle Road in Lexington this week and got a strange feeling something had changed, you were right.
Owner Clay Green sold his Lincoln-Mercury dealership back to Ford and very quickly expanded his Toyota dealership into the Lincoln-Mercury space.
Where nine new Toyotas once sat along the front of [...]
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