Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD Solid Compact SUV
With this assessment of the redesigned 2019 Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD, The BRAKE Report begins a weekly installment of driving…
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Rally Brake Problem will be Investigated
Source: Autosport.com Jyväskylä, Finland – Toyota World Rally Championship (WRC) team principal Tommi Makinen has promised to investigate the brake issue…
Toyota Puts Brakes On Hybrid Sales With Brake Problems
DETROIT, Mich.–Toyota has stopped selling several of its hybrid models for brake defects, but says that the investigation has not…
Toyota and Lexus Cease Sales Of Some Hybrids Over Brakes
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–Toyota and Lexus Australia have put sales of various hybrid models on hold over an issue related to the regenerative braking system.…
White House Drops Brake Reg To Prevent Runaways
WASHINGTON––The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Monday it will drop rules first proposed in 2012 that would have…
Daihatsu Recalls Two Million Vehicles For Brake Issue
TOKYO, Japan–Daihatsu Motor Co., a division of Toyota, said Thursday it will recall about 1.92 million cars in Japan due…
Car Assisted Driving Safety Assessed
Euro NCAP has released its latest findings on Assisted Driving systems, revealing a varied landscape in how effectively new cars…
bZ4X Low EV Price, Limited Range
YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – I recently spent a week in the 2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD Limited, one of the most…
Solterra is Subaru’s EV Answer
YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – Silky, smooth and quick – not the normal terms to describe a Subaru sport-utility vehicle (SUV),…
Odyssey Updates the Honda People Mover
CHATHAM, Mass. – The U.S. minivan market may no longer be the annual million-plus-vehicle segment it was near the turn…
Automatic Emergency Braking Rule Delayed
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced a delay in the effective date for the Federal Motor Vehicle…
Camry XSE Hybrid Offers Driving Fun in 4-Door Sedan
CHATHAM, Mass. – The new hybrid 2025 Toyota Camry XSE AWD is fun to drive. Now that sentence may surprise…
Suburban Does Big Very Well
CHATHAM, Mass. – Big. That is the best one-word description of the 2024 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD High Country in which…
TMD Friction Labor Dispute Disrupts Auto Supply
TMD Friction‘s ongoing labor dispute at its Hartlepool factory has escalated, with Unite, the UK’s primary union, highlighting the deepening…
Grand Highlander Offers “Just Right” 3-Row SUV
CHATHAM, Mass. – Toyota continues to incrementally expand its sport-utility/crossover (SUV/CUV) family with the introduction of the three-row 2024 Grand…
UVeye Inspection System on Display at NADA
Source: UVeye announcement DALLAS – The auto industry’s first fully automated suite of vehicle-inspection systems for dealership service departments and…
UVeye Partners with CarMax on Auction Inspections
Source: UVeye announcement DALLAS — CarMax, the nation’s largest retailer of used cars and one of the largest used-car wholesalers,…
AEB Target Hit by Three More Companies
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Mitsubishi, Nissan/Infiniti and Stellantis installed automatic-emergency braking (AEB) on more…
Highlander Offers Solid SUV Value
CHATHAM, Mass. – A common corporate maxim proclaimed: “no one ever got fired for buying IBM [business equipment].” The reasoning…
TGR Supra Adds Manual Transmission, Retuned Braking
Source: Toyota announcement PLANO, Texas – From the moment of its launch in 2019 the GR Supra captured the spirit…
Anderson Named UVeye’s V.P. for N.A. Sales
Source: Uveye announcement CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jamie Anderson has been named vice president for North American sales at UVeye, a…
EV Braking Requires a Different Approach
Source: NRS Brakes post TORONTO — Drivers getting behind the wheel of an EV for the first time are often…
Japanese Supplier Akebono Admits to Falsifying Data
Source: Akebono announcement and NIKKEI Asia post TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry, a major Japanese supplier of brake components to…
Pacifica Reaches New Heights with Pinnacle Model
CHATHAM, Mass. – Chrysler introduced the modern minivan as a 1984 model and during the four decades since has continuously…
First Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Permited in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Last week the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued the first autonomous-vehicle-deployment certificate to Nuro, which…