Mark Miller Toyota Downtown

Toyota is looking to use carbon fiber in the production of vehicle chassis. This will cut down on weight in some of their future high performance vehicles, such as the possible FT-86 concept. Here's more from the official press release:

Toray Industries Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it will start supplying Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) with carbon fiber for car bodies later this year-the first use of carbon…

Four Toyota vehicles today took the top spot in the Edmund.com lowest True Cost to Own® vehicle awards for 2010. The Toyota Yaris sub-compact took home two awards, for Coupes under $25,000 and for Sedans under $15,000. The Tacoma won in the Compact Truck category and the Sienna in the Minivan/Van segment.
 
Edmunds.com determines the lowest "True Cost to Own" vehicles by estimating the total vehicle ownership costs over…