Toyota introduced 8 new design cars in 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation, commonly known as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. TMC is the world's largest automobile manufacturer by sales and production.

Toyota's marketing efforts have focused on emphasizing the positive experiences of ownership and vehicle quality. Recently, Toyota's new United States marketing strategy has included such hits as "Swagger Wagon" and the marketing for the new Avalon, which includes a throwback to the "old days of travel."

In 2011 it will add eight new model cars in its showcase and many more trims.

2011 Toyota 4Runner

MSRP

$29,525 - $39,685

Invoice

$26,867 - $36,111

The 2011 4Runner is a 4-door, up to 7-passenger sport-utility, available in 5 trims, ranging from the SR5. 4X2 V6 to the Limited 4X4 V6.
Upon introduction, the SR5 4X2 V6 is equipped with a standard 4.0-liter, V6, 270-horsepower engine that achieves 17-mpg in the city and 23-mpg on the highway. The Limited 4X4 V6 is equipped with a standard 4.0-liter, V6, 270-horsepower engine that achieves 17-mpg in the city and 22-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard on both trims.
The 2011 4Runner is a carryover from 2010.

2011 Toyota Avalon

MSRP

$32,445 - $35,685

Invoice

$28,874 - $31,757

The 2011 Avalon is a 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, available in two trims, the Base and the Limited.
Upon, introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 268-horsepower engine that achieves 20-mpg in the city and 29-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 Avalon is redesigned for 2011.

2011 Toyota Camry

MSRP

$19,720 - $29,370

Invoice

$18,240 - $26,432

The 2011 Camry is a 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, available in 10 trims, ranging from the Base 6-Spd MT, to the XLE V6 6-Spd AT.
Upon introduction, the Base 6-Spd MT is equipped with a standard 2.5-liter, I4, 169-horsepower engine that achieves 22-mpg in the city and 33-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. The XLE V6 6-Spd AT is equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 268-horsepower engine that achieves 20-mpg in the city and 29-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 Camry is freshened for 2011.

2011 Toyota Camry Hybrid

MSRP

$26,575 - $26,575

Invoice

$24,182

The 2011 Camry Hybrid is a 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, available in one trim only, the 4-Door Sedan. Upon introduction, the Camry Hybrid is equipped with a standard 2.4-liter, I4, 187-horsepower, hybrid engine that achieves 31-mpg in the city and 35-mpg on the highway. A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 Camry Hybrid is freshened for 2011.

2011 Toyota Highlander

MSRP

$27,390 - $36,345

Invoice

$24,731 - $32,817

The 2011 Highlander is a 4-door, 7-passenger sport-utility, available in 8 trims, ranging from the Base 4X2, I4 to the Limited 4X4.
Upon introduction, the Base 4X2 I4 is equipped with a standard 2.7-liter, I4, 187-horsepower engine that achieves 20-mpg in the city and 25-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. The Limited 4X4 is equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 270-horsepower engine that achieves 17-mpg in the city and 22-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 Highlander is a carryover from 2010.

2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid

MSRP

$37,290 - $42,945

Invoice

$33,931 - $38,863

The 2011 Highlander Hybrid is a 4-door, 7-passenger sport-utility, available in two trims, the Base 4X4 and, the Limited 4X4.
Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 280-horsepower, hybrid engine that achieves 28-mpg in the city and 28-mpg on the highway. A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 Highlander Hybrid is a carryover from 2010.

2011 Toyota Land Cruiser

MSRP

$67,370 - $67,370

Invoice

$59,621

The 2011 Land Cruiser is a 4-door, 8-passenger luxury sport-utility, available in one trim only, the 4X4. Upon introduction, the Land Cruiser is equipped with a standard 5.7-liter, V8, 381-horsepower engine that achieves 13-mpg in the city and 18-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 Land Cruiser is a carryover from 2010

2011 Toyota RAV4

MSRP

$21,925 - $28,235

Invoice

$20,499 - $25,974

The 2011 RAV4 is a 4-door, up to 7-passenger sport-utility, available in 12 trims, ranging from the Base I4, 4X2 to the Limited V6 4X4.
Upon introduction, the Base I4 4X2 is equipped with a standard 2.5-liter, I4, 179-horsepower engine that achieves 22-mpg in the city and 28-mpg on the highway. A 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. The Limited V6 4X4 is equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 269-horsepower engine that achieves 19-mpg in the city and 26-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
The 2011 RAV4 is a carryover from 2010.

2011 Toyota Sequoia

MSRP

$39,580 - $59,955

Invoice

$35,620 - $53,959

The 2011 Sequoia is a 4-door, up to 8-passenger sport-utility, available in 11 trims, ranging from the SR5, 4.6L 4X2 to the Platinum 4X4 FFV.
Upon introduction, the SR5 4.6L 4X2 is equipped with a standard 4.6-liter, V8, 310-horsepower engine that achieves 14-mpg in the city and 20-mpg on the highway. The Platinum 4X4 FFV is equipped with a standard 5.7-liter, V8, 381-horsepower, flexible fuel engine that achieves 13-mpg in the city and 18-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard on both trims.
The 2011 Sequoia is a carryover from 2010.

2011 Toyota Sienna

MSRP

$24,460 - $39,970

Invoice

$22,625 - $36,372

The 2011 Sienna is a 4-door, up to 8-passenger mini van, available in 12 trims, ranging from the FWD 7-Passenger, I4 to the Limited AWD 7-Passenger V6.
Upon introduction, the FWD 7-Passenger I4 is equipped with a standard 2.7-liter, I4, 187-horsepower engine that achieves 19-mpg in the city and 24-mpg on the highway. The Limited AWD 7-Passenger V6 is equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 266-horsepower engine that achieves 16-mpg in the city and 22-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard on both trims.
The 2011 Sienna is redesigned for 2011.

A Sale of Yahoo! Not So Fast

The deal chatter Thursday morning is centering on reports by All Things D and The Wall Street Journal that buyout firms are contemplating teaming up with AOL or the News Corporation to buy Yahoo. (Shares in Yahoo jumped nearly 15.8 percent in after-hours trading to $15.25.)

But hold on a moment. A deal is not happening anytime soon.

The trial balloon in the media is coming from a handful of bankers and investors who have tried to gin up interest in a deal for months. And at least a few of the named “suitors” in The Journal’s story, like the Blackstone Group, have already passed on the idea.

More importantly, Yahoo first heard about the rumors from the media and its own bankers at Goldman Sachs, according to people close to the company.

That doesn’t mean bankers haven’t been running the numbers. And companies like AOL and the private equity firm Silver Lake are intrigued with the idea. But making a deal work would require fancy footwork and risk. AOL’s market value is about $2 billion, while Yahoo’s is now about $20 billion before a premium.

The back of the envelope math requires that Yahoo sell its 39 percent stake in Alibaba, one of China’s biggest Internet companies and considered one of the company’s biggest and most desirable assets, which could be worth $12 billion. That would put Yahoo closer to a more-reasonable $8 billion, again before a premium.

But Yahoo believes that Alibaba will fetch more in a public spinoff down the road than in a sale now, so why sell now? And while Alibaba would love to buy out Yahoo’s stake in itself, such a move would require the Chinese Internet company to raise yet more capital, increasing the potential price of a deal. (The two sides ended the most recent round of talks in June.)

It’s possible that the emergence of the reports will prod a sale process along, at some point down the road. But for the moment, talk of a deal is still pie-in-the-sky.

Microsoft announced a partnership with Facebook- Bing gets a social lift

Facebook and Microsoft announced a partnership on Wednesday that will give the results on Microsoft’s Bing search engine a social twist — and could help both companies compete against a common adversary, Google.

The new feature allows people who use Facebook to see Bing search results that incorporate information from their friends, like restaurant recommendations.

When a user searches for something like a movie, place or product on Bing, information about how many of their friends “liked” that item on Facebook and related links they have shared will appear alongside the results. The Facebook data will help determine how prominently these will appear.

In 2007, Microsoft paid $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. Since then, the two companies have worked together to introduce advertisements on Facebook and incorporate Bing Maps into Facebook’s location application, called Places.

Facebook and Microsoft appear to be forming a united front against Google, a rival to both in several ways.

Marketers trade telling about getting to know facebook and twitter

HOW much attention is a big annual conference for marketers paying to the growing importance of social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to help reach consumers? Well, speakers are saying “fans,” “like” and “hash tag” almost as often as “touch points,” “benchmark” and “prioritize.”

By this point, it might seem that discussing social media in the marketing mix would be redundant. After all, scores of brands have already shared their track records with nontraditional media at conferences and in trade publications.

The success of the “Smell like a man, man” campaign for Old Spice was fueled by its acceptance in social media, Mr. Pritchard said, listing examples like the 140 million times that video clips for Old Spice official ones created by the company and parodies created by consumers had been viewed on YouTube.

The brand’s followers on Twitter increased by 2,700 percent, and they are now total almost 120,000.

Google’s income rises thirty two percent

Google has spent the last few months arguing to others who will listen that its new advertising businesses including ads with images and video and on cell phones will fuel its next phase of growth. On Thursday, the company finally gave some numbers to support that claim.

Search advertising revenue still drove Google’s better than expected performance in the last few months, when revenue climbed 23% and net income rose 32%. But for the first time Google said on a call with analysts, display ads non text ads with images and video on YouTube and other Web sites are on track to generate more than $2.5 billion in revenue in the coming year, while mobile ads are on track to contribute another $1 billion.

Still, it’s getting $3.5 billion in revenue from the new types of advertising is a small piece of the $30 billion in annual revenue expected from Google, and not yet big enough to significantly affect its financial results. The results beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts, and Google’s stock price rose about 9 percent in after-hours trading.

Because Google’s search revenue is so large, it needs to go after even bigger ad businesses to move the needle, said Colin W. Gillis, a technology analyst at BGC Partners.

This month, Google introduced Google TV, which lets people access the Web on their television screens. Though it does not yet include advertising, it could eventually help Google get some of the $50 billion television advertising market, Mr. Gillis said.

Facebook Skype going to be joint

Facebook the popular website for social networking and Skype Internet based Phone service company are going to be joint very soon. Through this the two organizations will give the services of social networking including sms, voice chat simultaneously. According to their upcoming treaty, the users will get all the services through Skype. The users will be able to phone their Facebook friends directly and will be able to log in Skype with the help of the information of Facebook. These features are said to be included in the upcoming fifth version of Skype.

At present Skype has registered 560 million users and the number is increasing! 122 million people are using Sktpe regularly in a month. On the other hand, the number of Facebook users has surpassed 500 million. Experts are thinking that the collaboration of this two giants will revolutionized the service of Internet.