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When the trucks arrived in the United States, a truck bed would be locally built and attached to the chassis before being sent to dealers. The arrangement was a form of tariff engineering, allowing Toyota to circumvent the chicken tax, a 25 percent tariff on imported light trucks. [13]
U.S. intensive chicken farming led to the 1961–1964 "Chicken War" with Europe. The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken. [1]
The Tacoma was designed by teams at Toyota's Calty Design Research facilities in California and Michigan with the intention "to be authentic to the way our customers use their trucks for rugged outdoor fun", according to Calty president Kevin Hunter, who explained the truck was styled with "the iconic Tacoma look, referred to as 'Tacoma-ness ...
truck: Hilux: 1968 AN120: 2015 Global (except Canada and the United States) Mid-size pickup truck marketed globally except Canada and the United States. Available in single cab, space cab, and double cab configurations. Hilux Champ/Stout/Rangga/ Tamaraw: 2023 AN110/ 120: 2023 Global emerging markets Compact pickup truck or chassis cab. Land ...
Toyota is recalling about 280,000 pickups and SUVs in the United States because the engine may not disengage entirely when in neutral. Toyota recalls 280,000 vehicles because they may ‘creep ...
VinBus electric bus charging at VF station. Solar cells are on top of the roof. A phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles are proposed bans or discouragement (for example via taxes) on the sale of new fossil-fuel powered vehicles or use of existing fossil-fuel powered vehicles, as well the encouragement of using other forms of transportation.
A Toyota advert which “condoned and encouraged unsafe or irresponsible driving” has been banned. People were able to infer Toyota GR Series vehicles were “capable of delivering a performance ...
Starting in 1910, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. With the advent of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, improvements in transmissions, the move away from chain drives to gear drives, and the development of the tractor/semi-trailer combination, shipping by truck gained in popularity. [1]