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“Take 5 & Stay Alive.” You may have seen this slogan on road signs. It’s a simple route to safety behind the wheel. Leave five minutes early to avoid rushing. If you’re tired, take a five-minute break. Almost had an accident? Take five minutes to calm down. Remember—five minutes is all you need to clear your head, open your eyes and stay safe on the road.

A great story came out in Fortune magazine recently about the CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda. Akio is an amazing person with a well-rounded education. He went to college in Boston! The article asserts that there is a leadership vacuum in the industry and that Toyoda “is ideally positioned to provide the industry with some needed leadership for the next ten years.” Click here to take a look at what they said about Akio.

Do you have children?  Do you have friends or family with children?  You do not want to miss this.  Like our Facebook page and follow our blog to learn more.  Let your friends and family know that September is Child Passenger Safety month! All throughout the month of September, Ardmore & Central City Toyota will be offering child passenger safety tips, information and links from NHTSA, NADA, Child Car Safety Ad Council and more. Click here for the NHTSA 4 Step Process to Child Passenger Safety.

Do you know that the accomplishments of this amazing feat will prove beneficial for the everyday electric car driver? Rob Leupen, TMG's Director Business Operations, said: "This is a very impressive achievement which really shows the huge potential for electric powertrains to deliver fast, exciting action on the race track." Click here for the full story that just happened on August, 29, 2011 Watch the video!  You feel like you are in the car; it is AWESOME!

When you take into consideration mileage, emissions, range, resale value and total ownership costs, the current Toyota Prius costs less to buy and drive than the Chevrolet Volt and Cruze Eco, the Nissan Leaf and the Ford Fusion hybrid, according to the Los Angeles Times. To read the article, click here. To view the accompanying chart, click here.

Toyota and Lexus captured seven of the 20 places on the U.S. News list of  “2011 Best Cars for Families” – more than any other manufacturer.  The seven models are: Toyota Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Prius, Sequoia and Venza, and Lexus LX and RX 350. Click here for the full story.

America’s Best-Selling Car Will Lead Field in ‘The Great American Race®’ TORRANCE, Calif. (August 23, 2011) – Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) and Daytona International Speedway (DIS) announced today the all-new 2012 Toyota Camry will serve as the official pace car for next year’s DAYTONA 500®. Toyota will showcase the new Camry -- the best-selling car in America for nine years running -- at Daytona in ‘The Great American Race,’ Feb. 26, 2012. The race annually kicks-off the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. For the full story, click here.

It happened yesterday at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Calif., and Toyota’s Georgetown, Ky., plant, where Toyota’s global president, Akio Toyoda, drove the first all-new reinvented 2012 Camry off the assembly line. Watch the video below and let us know what you think!

Toyota’s share of consumer vehicle purchase intent has topped all other manufacturers each month for the past year, according to Edmunds.com’s monthly reports through July 2011. Toyota’s July share was 13.3 percent; General Motors, 11.3 percent; Ford, 11.0; Honda, 10.9. Click the link below for the full story: http://www.autoobserver.com/car-data-center/edmundscom-consumer-vehicle-co/edmundscom-consumer-vehicle-pu/by-make-purchase-intent/

Ardmore and Central City Toyota are excited to celebrate 60 years of the most awesome off-road SUV, the Toyota Land Cruiser. Check out the  video below about the Land Crusier: Does anyone have a 1969 Land Cruiser? Does anyone have a 1983 Land Cruiser?  If so, please send us your photos on Facebook. Check back to our Facebook Page and Blog in a few days because we have photos of these two amazing off-road icons and they are here in our Showroom at Ardmore Toyota!!

We have the 1983 Toyota Land Cruiser on display right now in the Ardmore Toyota showroom. It is not for sale but it is worth the visit. Come check out one of the last FJ 40s imported to the U.S. It is unknown how many were imported by Toyota but many guess the number to be around 300. Read more about the Toyota Land Cruiser on the following Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser#40_Series. http://www.toyoland.com/trucks/land-cruiser.html. What do you think of this off-road icon? Would you like to go off-roading in it?

Dearborn, Mich., Aug. 22, 2011– Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corporation, the world’s two leading manufacturers of hybrid vehicles, announced today they will equally collaborate on the development of an advanced new hybrid system for light truck and SUV customers. Click Here to read the full story! Click Here to read the remarks on this new collaboration from Toyota Motor Corporation!