Cars Valley: July 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Toyota Prius hybrid 2011 Best Seller

The Toyota Prius (play /ˈpriːəs/; plural: Prii, /ˈpriːaɪ/) is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation. The EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rate the Prius as among the cleanest vehicles sold in the United States based on smog forming and toxic emissions

The Prius first went on sale in Japan in 1997, making it the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. It was subsequently introduced worldwide in 2001. The Prius is sold in more than 70 countries and regions, with its largest markets being those of Japan and North America. In May 2008, global cumulative Prius sales reached the milestone 1 million vehicle markand in September 2010, the Prius reached worldwide cumulative sales of 2.0 million units.The U.S. is the largest market, with 1 million Prii sold by early April 2011
1 Etymology
2 First generation (XW10; 1997–2003)
3 Second generation (XW20; 2003–2009)
4 Third generation (XW30; 2009–present)
4.1 Plug-in Hybrid
5 Prius family
6 Sales
7 Design and technology
7.1 EV mode
7.2 Battery
7.3 Battery life cycle
8 Environmental effects
8.1 Lifetime energy usage
8.2 Electromagnetic field levels
8.3 Quietness
9 Marketing and culture
9.1 CO2 advertising
9.2 Political symbolism
10 Government and corporate incentives
11 See also
12 Notes and references
13 External links
Prius is a Latin word meaning "before". According to Toyota, the name was chosen because the Prius was launched before environmental awareness became a mainstream social issue

In February 2011, Toyota asked the public to decide on what the most proper plural form of Prius should be, with choices including Prien, Prii, Prium, Prius, or Priuses. The company says "it will use the most popular choice in its advertisingand on February 20 announced that "Prii" was the most popular choice, and the new official plural designationIn Latin prius is the neuter singular of the comparative form (prior, prior, prius) of an adjective with only comparative and superlative (the superlative being primus, prima, primum), consequently, like all 3rd declension words, the plural in Latin was priora (cf. Latin declension). There is no reason to believe, however, that any majority of English speakers (or even Prius owners) use anything but the regular English plural, Priuses.

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

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Car and Driver magazine annually nominates a list of what it considers the Ten Best cars and Five Best trucks.

All production vehicles for sale in that calendar year are considered with these restrictions:

The vehicle must be on sale by January
It must be priced below 2.5 times the average car price for that year
The manufacturer must provide an example for testing
Only substantially changed vehicles and the past year's 10 best winners are nominated

The magazine sometimes selects a specific trim and other times a whole family of vehicles.
See also: Car of the Year
1 Top Ten Marques
2 Top Manufacturers
3 Top Ten Models
4 1983
5 1984
6 1985
7 1986
8 1987
9 1988
10 1989
11 1990
12 1991
13 1992
14 1993
15 1994
16 1995
17 1996
18 1997
19 1998
20 1999
21 2000
22 2001
22.1 10Best Cars
22.2 5Best Trucks
23 2002
23.1 10Best Cars
23.2 5Best Trucks
24 2003
24.1 10Best Cars
24.2 5Best Trucks
25 2004
25.1 10Best Cars
25.2 5Best Trucks
26 2005
26.1 10Best Cars
26.2 5Best Trucks
27 2006
27.1 10Best Cars
27.2 5Best Trucks
28 2007
28.1 10Best Cars
28.2 5Best Trucks
29 2008
29.1 10Best Cars
30 2009
30.1 10Best Cars
30.2 "Dishonorable Mention"
31 2011
31.1 10Best Cars
31.2 5Best Trucks
32 Notes and references
From 1983 through 2008, the following marques were represented on the list the most times, including both the car and truck lists (except for the 2008 trucks).
Rank Marque Number of wins
1 Honda 73
2 Toyota 27
3 BMW 24
4 Mazda 23
5 Chevrolet 21
6 Acura 16
7 Porsche 15
7 Nissan 15
7 Audi 15
10 Chrysler 13
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Further breaking down the marques into their controlling manufacturers amplifies Honda's dominance of the contest over the last 25 years.

Note that this number is skewed by the multiple products picked over the years. For example, the Chrysler minivans were picked three times, totalling 8 "points" for Chrysler from three wins. The Diamond-Star cars were a similar problem, double-dipping "points" for both Mitsubishi, Plymouth, and Eagle. These situations were not "fixed"; rather, they are left as-is, skewing the totals.

Note also that changing ownership can affect the count. Chrysler and Dodge products from 1999 through 2007 were counted for Daimler-Benz/DaimlerChrysler/Daimler AG, as that company had wholly acquired Chrysler in that period. Similarly, Saab's post-2000 products, had they won a place on the list, would be counted for General Motors. Despite strong corporate ties through this period, Mazda remains separate from Ford, Subaru from General Motors and Toyota, Nissan from Renault, and Mitsubishi from Chrysler.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

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Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (本田技研工業株式会社 Honda Giken Kōgyō KK?, IPA: [honꜜda] ( listen); English: /ˈhɒndə/) (TYO: 7267) is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.

Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959,as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer.As of August 2008, Honda surpassed Chrysler as the fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the United States.Honda is the sixth largest automobile manufacturer in the world.

Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, amongst others. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the Honda HA-420 HondaJet, scheduled to be released in 2011. Honda spends about 5% of its revenues into R&D
1 History
2 Corporate profile and divisions
3 Current market position
4 Leadership
5 Products
5.1 Automobiles
5.2 Motorcycles
5.3 Power equipment
5.4 Engines
5.5 Robots
5.6 Aircraft
5.7 Solar cells
5.8 Mountain bikes
6 Motorsports
6.1 Automobile
6.2 Motorcycles
7 Electric and alternative fuel vehicles
7.1 Compressed natural gas
7.2 Flexible-fuel
7.3 Hybrid electric
7.4 Hydrogen fuel cell
8 Marketing
8.1 Sports
9 Facilities (partial list)
10 U.S. Honda models
11 Sales
12 See also
13 Notes
14 References
15 External links

From a young age, Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda (本田宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō) had a great interest in automobiles. He worked as a mechanic at a Japanese tuning shop, Art Shokai, where he tuned cars and entered them in races. A self-taught engineer, he later worked on a piston design which he hoped to sell to Toyota. The first drafts of his design were rejected, and Soichiro worked painstakingly to perfect the design, even going back to school and pawning his wife's jewelry for collateral. Eventually, he won a contract with Toyota and built a factory to construct pistons for them, which was destroyed in an earthquake. Due to a gasoline shortage during World War II, Honda was unable to use his car, and his novel idea of attaching a small engine to his bicycle attracted much curiosity. He then established the Honda Technical Research Institute in Hamamatsu, Japan, to develop and produce small 2-cycle motorbike engines. Calling upon 18,000 bicycle shop owners across Japan to take part in revitalizing a nation torn apart by war, Soichiro received enough capital to engineer his first motorcycle, the Honda Cub. This marked the beginning of Honda Motor Company, which would grow a short time later to be the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles by 1964.

The first production automobile from Honda was the T360 mini pick-up truck, which went on sale in August 1963. Powered by a small 356 cc straight-4 gasoline engine, it was classified under the cheaper Kei car tax bracket The first production car from Honda was the S500 sports car, which followed the T360 into production in October 1963. Its chain driven rear wheels point to Honda's motorcycle origins

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