
Toyota’s Kentucky Parts Hub Turns 25 — and Moves 400,000 Parts a Day
The Hebron facility that feeds Toyota and Lexus dealers across North America opened in 2001 with about 60 people. Today it employs 700 and sits at the center of a two-hub network.

The Hebron facility that feeds Toyota and Lexus dealers across North America opened in 2001 with about 60 people. Today it employs 700 and sits at the center of a two-hub network.

Kelley Blue Book counts 266,630 EVs sold in the third quarter. Tesla still takes more than half, Toyota and Lexus nearly quintupled, and Ford and Volkswagen all but vanished.

Toyota’s hybrid-only sedan carries over for 2027 with a $100 increase across the board. The LE still undercuts the cheapest Accord Hybrid by more than $4,000.

The lifted Passport clears more ground and needs no input from the driver. The 4Runner answers with low range, a locking differential, and 1,000 more pounds of towing.

Toyota profiled three engineers whose work happens long before a car reaches the line — and whose jobs U.S. manufacturers are finding harder to fill.

A control-unit fault can shut down the hybrid system at speed. The fix is a free software update, but Toyota won’t finish notifying owners until early December.

Discounts are thinner than a year ago and dealers have few leftover 2026 models to clear. December can still pay off, but mostly on expensive, slow-selling vehicles.

A five-year-old Tacoma has lost under 20% of its value; a Leaf, more than 60%. Here's what the 2026 data says, and why depreciation deserves as much attention as the sticker price.

Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan are shifting production to U.S. plants to escape a 15% tariff. That protects their margins, but it won't lower sticker prices anytime soon.

Toyota still targets 2027–28 for its first all-solid-state EV, but every other car with "solid-state" cells is a test mule — and some aren't fully solid at all.

Kentucky's FIRST teams got their first look at this season's CANOPY game inside Toyota's largest plant, which also funds team grants and mentors in its 40th year.

Most hybrid packs outlast their warranties, but coverage varies by brand. Here's what each warranty really covers, what a replacement costs and how to vet a used hybrid.

Toyota and Lexus sold 633,223 vehicles in the quarter, up 0.6 percent. Electrified models grew 28.5 percent, which means everything else shrank by about a fifth.

Kia and Hyundai share a 329-hp hybrid, Toyota has the roomiest third row, and the Santa Fe matches the best mpg. Here's which three-row hybrid fits which family.

Toyota has cut the entry-level Hybrid S for 2027, so every Corolla Cross Hybrid now gets blind-spot monitoring and wireless charging. Gas models carry over with a $900 bump.

The 30,000-square-foot Saline center will evaluate packs from Toyota's $13.9 billion North Carolina plant, and it opened more than a year after Toyota's original 2025 target.

Hyundai, Kia and Honda set records, GM fell 5.5% as EVs slumped, and the hottest hybrids stayed scarce. Here's what that means for prices, waits and deals.

Toyota's new trail-themed trim adds a half-inch lift, a removable cooler, and AWD as standard, while the Nightshade and Hybrid MAX Limited leave the 2027 lineup.

The automaker-backed fast-charging network now has more than 180 U.S. sites, and Plug & Charge is coming for some Toyota and Lexus EVs.

Toyota's three electric SUVs carry over for 2027 with an $80 price bump. Line up the prices against the range ratings, and two trims stand out.