Patton Oswalt Rewrites Toyota's Annoying Ads

Comedian Patton Oswalt finally puts words to the feeling of many Americans, saying he hates "the materialistic little asshole" portrayed in Toyota Highlander ads, and offers a few rewrites via the Twitter hashtag "toyotahighlanderrewrite." KFC's on us, anytime. [Twitter]

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2009 Toyota Highlander To Get Four Cylinder Option

toyota_highlander_2008.jpgThe 2009 Toyota Highlander will be offered with two fewer cylinders thanks to a new 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Toyota says the new engine will generate 187 HP and 186 lb-ft of torque while meeting ULEV standards, but they're not talking fuel economy quite yet. What about …

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Toyota Lays Off 800 Contract Workers In Japan

Toyota is laying off 800 contract workers at its Fukuoka plant in southern Japan, the first time it has canceled work contracts before they're complete. The plant currently builds the Lexus RX330 and the Toyota Highlander, which are feeling the effects of the American SUV sales slump. After Toyota's announcement of an

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Toyota FCHV-adv Gets New Fuel Cell Hybrid System, Has Over 500 Mile…

Toyota-FCHV-adv.jpgThe Japanese government (who didn't have anything to do with Prius development) has given approval for domestic market leasing of Toyotas newest fuel cell hybrid, the FCHV-adv. We don't know if our assumed graphic update properly represents the new look of the updated FCHV, but the updated goodies under hood and better …

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2009 Toyota Venza Marketing Spins Like Propeller

2009%20Toyota%20Venza.JPGWe all knew it from the moment the 2009 Toyota Venza made its beige debut on stage, the moniker of "crossover sedan" was marketing doublespeak. Reader Clark got a bit worked up over some of the marketeers abusing the nonsensical term in this MSNBC press release copy/paste story. Look we all know it's a station wagon,…

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When There's No Snow, Vail is Nothing But Kobe Bryant and Hybrids

sciricco_details_6_brenda_priddy.jpg("Follow us as we lift the hood on the world of industrial automotive espionage in From The Car Spy's Dossier, a series of road reports from A-list spy shooter Brenda Priddy and some of the world's greatest car spies!)I barely had a chance to unpack at my motel right across from BMW's so-called "top secret" hot weather…

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