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The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia is an impressive full-size hybrid SUV that delivers a winning combination of performance, efficiency, versatility, and luxury. 

Generally speaking, there are two options available to you when your vehicle needs part replacement or repair work. You can take it to an independent mechanic shop and have them do the work, or you can take it to a dealership. Both options have their pros and cons, and with a little information, the correct choice for you can be made.

Most of the time an independent mechanic shop is going to be using aftermarket parts on your vehicle. Aftermarket means that they are made by a company other than the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and can have vastly differing…

#ToyotaC-HR is waiting for you at #WAS17. #LetsGoPlaces pic.twitter.com/dRk6IvywUJ

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) January 30, 2017

When Toyota unveiled its 2018 C-HR Coupe High-Rider, a work of "stunning style, driving dynamics and versatility," with curvy, "avant-garde" urban styling, "bold, outgoing" Distinctive Diamond frame and "modern, comfortable" MeZONE cabin showing off sports car influences, they called it a "shift in the CUV paradigm." Charlie's Toyota is inclined to agree. The specs scream something new is going on here.

The #Toyota86 wasn’t engineered like any sports car. And that’s why it’s not just for any driver. Do you think the 86 is for you? pic.twitter.com/ViFSz25ECy

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) January 26, 2017

And it's coming in late March 2017, if Toyota's March 13 press release has anything to say about it. And it did, in the form of some serious new perks to arouse palpable excitement in the sports car segment.

We can all imagine zooming around the areas of Augusta, Waterville, Gardiner and Winthrop, a 2017 Toyota 86's 2.0-liter…

The automotive world lit up like a proverbial match when Toyota announced that their bestselling Camry would arrive all-new for the 2018 model year. It’s been over a month since the new car debuted in Detroit, and we’re still picking through press releases to excavate every last detail of the next generation model.

When shopping for a new vehicle, Augusta drivers consider lots of factors: price, comfort, fuel economy, dependability, etc. If safety is at the top of your list, we have your next SUV. The 2017 Toyota Highlander has earned the top safety rating, having been named an IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus.

Unlike most vehicles that required optional equipment to reach the top safety rating standard, the Highlander did so using only standard equipment. You know this vehicle is built to protect you, between six active safety features that make up the Star Safety System, and eight standard airbags.

Make others green with envy with the 2017 @Toyota Prius, our Eco-Friendly Car of the Year. #CarsBestOf https://t.co/B811bHbVC8 pic.twitter.com/HUTitOelO5

— Cars.com (@carsdotcom) January 11, 2017

When there's a big problem facing us, like an environment that needs our help, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to think of little ways you can help. One way that Augusta drivers can have a positive impact is to drive an environmentally conscious car, like the 2017 Toyota Prius. In fact, the Prius has been named the 2017 Eco-Friendly Car of the Year by Cars.com.

The name Toyota often brings up thoughts of advancement and change. With a model as revolutionary as the Prius that has helped to bring the idea of hybrid vehicles to the mainstream, Toyota is continuing to push the boundaries within the automotive industry.

In 2015 Toyota began to sell their first mass produced fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai. While they are not the first manufacturer to create fuel cell vehicles, but they are the first bring them into mass figure out and outline the problem that we all face, build a feasible solution for that problem, and finally test out…

Remember Toyota's Super Bowl XLVII commercial, back in 2013? It depicted a completely unmodified Toyota Tundra towing the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour, baffling many truck drivers who know that the light-duty pickup's tow rating is only about 10,000 pounds.

The space shuttle? It weighs 292,000 pounds.

It wasn't a trick, or even a gimmick! The Toyota Tundra was serving a very real, vital purpose in transporting the retiring shuttle to its final home on display at the California Science Center.

See, the massive spacecraft made the majority of its voyage through the streets of…

The @Toyota Camry is No. 1 on the @carsdotcom American-Made Index. Find out why: https://t.co/Y7N6d3GV1e pic.twitter.com/giMVKGvjxe

— Cars.com (@carsdotcom) June 28, 2016

Ever since the early 2000's, the American manufacturing industry has been dwindling, to the chagrin of the middle class. It's simply cheaper, in today's global economy, to outsource labor elsewhere. Even the Detroit-based automakers that still assemble many of their models domestically are building them with parts manufactured abroad.

So how do you make an informed decision to support American jobs?