Tech Buzz When I was kid, you watched the scenery pass by on long car trips. AND YOU WERE GRATEFUL. Toyota is touting this new concept and if we're being honest, my inner child super jealous.
The little Darth Vader stole our hearts with his adorable antics, but appearances can be deceiving. See what happens when he gets a hold of a Toyota!
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P.R. missteps at BP, Toyota and Goldman Sachs raise a question: Are some crises impossible to spin?
Heck yeah motherfather's! Get in the Swagger Wagon (swaggerwagon is in no way related to bangbus). [Ed. note: Hey guys! What do you think of this new viral marketing campaign for Toyota? Do you hate it, or do you think it's the best? Or what? Let's have a discussion.]
In case you are fortunate enough to not own a Toyota, or yours is already fixed, then this is the closest you will get to having the unforgettable sticky accelerator experience. Enjoy.
Might as well just call it Zappa trucks. We'll let you have it, 'Toyota'. He already has a spider named after him anyway.
One step closer to the reality of Will Smith's “I, Robot” (terrifying, I know), these robots created by Toyota can actually run about 7 km/hr.
TV Buzz That “Saved by Zero” Toyota commercial is driving everyone crazy. There are petitions, blog campaigns, and a couple of Facebook groups you can join to try and get the ad off the air. Now '80s group The Fixx (who wrote the original song) has weighed in that they don't really like it either. I'll leave it to the experts to decide whether it's more or less annoying than Subway's “Five dollar foot long” commercial.
Business Buzz Toyota has come up with a vertical, mechanized scooter (aka personal transporter) that’s meant to be a Segway killer. Can the Winglet get gyroscopic mini-transport out of the geek sector and into the masses?