Marion Toyota Blog

Toyota certainly enjoys getting involved with organizations that aren't connected to the auto industry. The Japanese auto brand is always sponsoring important initiatives, but lately it's been more active than ever. For example, the brand recently struck two major deals: one with Morgan's Wonderland, to become the presenting sponsor of the theme park, which focuses on accommodating special-needs visitors and secondly, with the San Antonio Scorpions, to become a presenting sponsor of the North American Soccer League franchise.

If you're a recent graduate in today's shaky economy, buying or leasing a new vehicle might be the last thing on your mind. With excellent offers available for new grads from Toyota, however, now just might be the best time to do so! Though other automaker's recent grad programs are impressive, some of these programs simply don't include the vehicles that mesh with your eco-friendly lifestyle. Good news, grads, Toyota Financial Services recently announced that the new Toyota Prius c is the first Toyota hybrid eligible for the discount!

Toyotamay have faced several natural disasters (a tsunami, earthquakes in Japan and flooding in Thailand where manufacturing plants are located) during the last year, but that hasn't stopped the automaker from making a huge comeback as far as sales are concerned. In the first six months of 2012, Toyota sales rose 34 percent to total 4.97 million vehicles worldwide, beating GM Motors by 300-thousand vehicles and Volkswagen by 520,000 vehicles, though both of these companies saw a rise in sales as well.

Toyota racing fans, do we have news for you!  Japanese automaker is back in a big way in the British racing world with a new Britcar 24 Hours endurance race entry at the Silverstone track for September 2012. In the 1980s and 1990s, Team Toyota GB (Great Britain) was a rather famous name in the British Touring Car racing and UK rallying scene, with several wins by its AE86 Toyota Corolla, but that all changed when the brand disappeared from the ranks for a bit. Now, Team Toyota GB is back and ready to race with its new Toyota GT86…

"Toyota selected Mentors 4 Kids as a finalist in their 100 Cars for Good program and the votes are in," she said. "We won a new Toyota Camry to use in our program. We were one of five finalists and all of us are thrilled to not only be in the running but to actually be a winner.