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Toyota to Entune Autos with Mobile Apps for Navigation, Search & Music
The Toyota Entune multimedia system debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show. Toyota Entune uses mobile phones for fully integrated and upgradeable entertainment, navigation, and information services. Users can control the applications by using the touchscreen or voice commands (Bing only at launch). Entune will be available as an option on select models this year.
After downloading the Toyota Entune mobile application and pairing a Bluetooth capable phone with their Toyota car, customers can begin accessing a wide variety of personalized content and services.
Toyota Entune key features include:
Mobile Apps- Toyota Entune debuts Bing, keeping navigation continuously up-to-date with more than 16 million points of interest; OpenTable – make a reservation at one of 15,000 restaurants; and MovieTickets.com – buy movie tickets and read reviews. All destinations can be seamlessly sent to the navigation system. Making drivers’ lives even easier, Toyota Entune delivers customizable real-time traffic, fuel prices, weather, stocks and sports.
Music- Toyota Entune brings you more music in more ways with iheartradio’s 750+ hometown stations; personalized stations with Pandora; XM satellite radio 170+ channels with coast-to-coast coverage; and introducing HD Radio, digital broadcasts of your favorite terrestrial music. Toyota Entune also offers USB connectivity for portable media players and traditional terrestrial radio.
Voice Recognition- Featuring a best-in-class, advanced conversational voice recognition system, Toyota Entune eliminates the need to memorize thousands of voice commands. The intuitive interface allows the driver to focus more on the road ahead.
Toyota Entune is wirelessly upgradeable, so in-vehicle applications are never obsolete. Ensuring that nearly all customers can take advantage of this new technology, Toyota Entune is compatible with a wide variety of mobile phones with a data plan.
Toyota Entune continues to build on the excellent foundation laid by Safety Connect, bringing peace of mind to drivers with an added layer of more personalized and convenience-oriented features. Safety Connect is the cornerstone of Toyota’s telematics systems providing Automatic Collision notification, Stolen Vehicle Location Assistance, Emergency Assistance, and Roadside Assistance on select Toyota models. Safety Connect combined with Toyota Entune offers comprehensive safety services and mobile applications not found in any other vehicle make.
Toyota Entune will be available as an option on select models this year. The featured apps of Toyota Entune include: Bing, iheartradio, MovieTickets.com, OpenTable.com, and Pandora, as well as location-based services, such as personalized traffic, fuel prices, stocks, weather, and sports. Toyota Entune also includes support for read-back and replay capabilities for text messages. These are combined with a fully featured entertainment and communication system, which includes XM radio, HD Radio, CD player, USB connectivity, Bluetooth streaming and phonebook. A high quality JBL sound system is available as an option as well.
Prius Family Sneak Peek with Bob Burnquist
The world premiere of the Prius family of vehicles will be at a press conference at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
In addition to the current third-generation Prius and Prius Plug-in vehicle (PHV), the first all-new addition to the Prius Family will debut along with a Prius concept vehicle. The press conference will be held on Monday, Jan.10 at 1:05 pm and live Webcast will be available at http://ToyotaNewsroom.com. Be sure to tune in.
Scion Live Guide Demo
Scion Live Guide is now available at Reliable Scion! It is a touch screen that let’s you build your own car, visualize it with different accessories and see all kinds of options when purchasing a new Scion. Come out and try it on for size for yourself!
Toyota Owners Website
Become a MyToyota member to take advantage of exclusive access to owner information, discounts, and benefits.
- Now you can access your service records for repairs and maintenance performed on your vehicle at a Toyota dealership.
- Register or Login for access to easy-to-follow videos to help you learn about features of your Toyota.
- Access the Owners Manual for your Toyota.
Bloodshot: 2011 Scion tC Customized Build by Five Axis for the New York International Auto Show
A behind-the-scenes look at the 30-day build of Five Axis customized 2011 Scion tC, called Bloodshot. The all-new 2011 Scion tC will be available in dealerships this fall.
Lexus Pulls an ‘All-Nighter’ with Xbox LIVE for CT 200h
In First Xbox Partnership, Lexus Offers Community Entertaining Content, Prizing Opportunities on Behalf of Its New Luxury Hybrid
TORRANCE, Calif. (December 15, 2010) – In support of its all-new CT 200h hybrid, Lexus has forged its first partnership with Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network “All-Nighter.” On Saturday, December 18, Lexus will sponsor the all-night gaming marathon for “Halo: Reach,” giving gamers the opportunity to download Lexus content and enter to win prizes for playing from dusk ‘til dawn.The “All-Nighter” custom sponsorship includes a branded destination experience within Xbox LIVE where gamers can access episodes of “Darkcasting,” the first after dark incar talk show, starring actress and comedian Whitney Cummings. The online show, which premiered November 4, features interviews from inside the CT with social media influencers, young entrepreneurs and movers and shakers from technology, fashion, media and entertainment.
Gamers can also register to win prizes by playing “Halo: Reach” against other players from across the country all night long. Every hour from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. PT, eight players will each win 4,000 Microsoft Points, which can be used to purchase Arcade games, game add-ons, movie and music downloads, merchandise and more. With 4,000 Microsoft Points, gamers can download approximately five Arcade games, three new movie purchases or 50 Zune songs, for example. To enter, gamers need to download the free Lexus All-Nighter Gamer Picture and play “Halo: Reach.” The longer they play “Halo: Reach,” the greater their odds of winning.
“We’re looking to stimulate conversation with a new customer for Lexus, for whom gaming is highly engaging and very social,” said Dave Nordstrom, Lexus vice president of marketing. “This partnership allows us to be a part of the Xbox community for the first time and give a little something back to gamers just for doing what they do best.”
The “All-Nighter” sponsorship is the latest in the multi-phased introduction of the CT 200h, a luxury hybrid like no other on the market and the new gateway into the Lexus brand.
The “Darker Side of Green” campaign for the CT re-casts the hybrid as anything but flowers and sunshine through a variety of innovative entertainment, social media and emerging technology programs.
“As the Xbox LIVE audience grows and broadens, we continue to create innovative ways for advertisers to extend their reach and deeply engage with consumers,” said Mark Kroese, General Manager of Microsoft’s IEB Advertising Business Group. “Our partnership with Lexus is an example of both companies bringing the right message to the right audience at the right time.”
The stylish, sporty five-door CT 200h will deliver a dynamic, fun-to-drive experience when it goes on sale in the U.S. in early March 2011. As Lexus’ fifth hybrid vehicle, the CT 200h will have the luxury industry’s best combined EPA-estimated fuel economy with 42 mpg. The CT is powered by a 1.8-liter Atkinson cycle four-cylinder gas engine with Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) and Lexus Hybrid Drive technology. The CT 200h features four drive modes: Sport, when the driver wants a more dynamic experience, or Normal, Eco, or EV to satisfy more typical day-to-day driving needs. The CT 200h can operate in EV mode for up to one mile driving under electric motor power alone in certain conditions. In addition, Sport mode provides less intrusive operation of the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TRAC) systems, allowing drivers to fully exploit the full hybrid’s extended dynamic abilities while throttle settings are modified to give a faster response to driver inputs. The CT will have a base MSRP of $29,120.
To learn more about “Darkcasting,” visit www.darkersideofgreen.com/darkcasting. For more details on the Lexus “All-Nighter” contest, including complete rules and eligibility, please visit www.xbox.com/lexusall-nightersweeps.
About Lexus
Lexus is the leading luxury automaker in the United States. With its reputation for high-quality products and exemplary customer service from its 228 dealers, Lexus has been the top-selling luxury automaker for ten years in a row. In addition, Lexus is the luxury hybrid leader and will soon offer five hybrids that provide the best in innovative technology and firstclass luxury. When Lexus was established in 1989, it offered two models of vehicles. Now, more than 20 years later, Lexus offers variations of 11 vehicles, from the entry-level IS 250 to its first V10 supercar, the LFA.
Lexus is the leading luxury automaker in the United States. With its reputation for high-quality products and exemplary customer service from its 228 dealers, Lexus has been the top-selling luxury automaker for ten years in a row. In addition, Lexus is the luxury hybrid leader and will soon offer five hybrids that provide the best in innovative technology and firstclass luxury. When Lexus was established in 1989, it offered two models of vehicles. Now, more than 20 years later, Lexus offers variations of 11 vehicles, from the entry-level IS 250 to its first V10 supercar, the LFA.
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2011 Women’s Show
See us again at this year at the KGBX Women’s Show! We will be at the same location with another great drawing and showing off another new vehicle from Toyota!
Come by and register to win prizes and check out our latest models.
February 26, 2011
Meet our Scion Champion
Our Scion Champion
-Scott Horberg
Scott has been with us since 2002 and launched Scion in 2003 and 2004 when the brand came to the Mid-West. He put on events such as the Scion Skate Show, Scion Pinups and Shine-N-Dine as well as set up many other partnerships with fashion and music giants in the 417. Supporting local tuner community and even traveling to events and shows all over the Mid-West, Scott has proven his dedication to the brand and the culture. Driving in his 2005 Thunder Cloud xB, you can find him at most any Scion supported event in a 300 mile radius.
Scott has won many awards for his commitment and perseverance to making Scion into something more than just a car, so much so that he was invited to travel to Japan with the Vice President of Scion to meet with the Chief Executive Engineers for each model of Scion. You can see the ceremonial sword above his desk in our Scion showroom, signed by the former President of Toyota, Katsuaki Watanabe.
The brand holds a bright future and as all things are, Scott and the Scion crew at Reliable are excited to see what new things will come from this amazing and unique brand. After a brief trip to the New York International Auto Show he tells us Scion is nowhere close to being done! Start your journey into a New Dimension of Scion with Scott and our newly adopted Scion Guru – Jason Radney at Reliable Scion today!
Scion Life
Ready to jump into the Scion Life? If your looking for answers to common questions or looking for other owners to cruise with then you need to head over to http://www.scionlife.com.
You will find technical forums, calendar of events and tons of reviews and articles.