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2010 Toyota Venza Base Wagon 4-door 2.7l, Mature Adult Owned on 2040-cars

Year:2010 Mileage:44851
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Family owned and exclusively mature adult driven Venza wagon in exceptional condition.  Gently driven, never abused. Purchased as a lease return from my 80 year old father-in-law who ordered it new.  Fully maintained and in excellent condition inside and out.  4 cylinder engine with 6 speed automatic transmission gets around 30 mpg on the highway.  Safety features include front and rear side and side curtain airbags with driver's knee airbag.    Has the highest 5 star crash and rollover safety ratings. Equipped with vehicle stability control with TRAC, fog lights and tire pressure monitoring system.  Cruise control, power steering and 4 wheel disc brakes. Spotless gray cloth bucket seat interior with factory floor mats.  Reclining 60/40 rear seat with one touch fold flat function which makes for excellent cargo carrying capacity.  AC with dual zone automatic climate controls.  AM/FM CD with satellite radio.  MP3 player holder with wire management system. USB port with iPod connectivity, hands free phone and music streaming via Bluetooth.  Multi-information display and Homelink system.  Electronic external temperature and compass display.   Aluminum wheels with recently purchased tires. Smart Key system with push button start and remote keyless entry. Power rear door option.  Needs no mechanical repairs and is ready to drive anywhere. If you are looking for a Venza this is an exceptional car worth looking at.  Located in Southern Minnesota. Purchased is responsible for all shipping costs but deliver could be an option for an additional fee.

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Unifor may establish local union for Toyota's Canadian plants

Thu, 17 Jul 2014

Union tactics apparently translate across borders, as Canada's Unifor may take inspiration from the United Auto Workers' recent move at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, TN, and establish a local for the Toyota factories in Cambridge and Woodstock.
Unifor last attempted to organize the workers at the two factories, which are responsible for production of the Toyota Corolla (above), RAV4 and Lexus RX back in April, but that vote was eventually delayed. According to that report, 3,000 of the two plants' 7,500 employees signed union cards, but that apparently wasn't enough for Unifor to force a vote.
Because of this, the union is looking at the local approach, like what the UAW is attempting with VW.

DoJ fines Japanese parts firms $740M in massive automotive price-fixing scandal

Fri, 27 Sep 2013

Nine Japanese suppliers have pleaded guilty in US court over charges of price fixing in the automotive parts industry, resulting in the Department of Justice doling out a total of $740 million of fines, according to a report from Bloomberg. The scandal, which has resulted in General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Chrysler spending up to $5 billion on inflated parts and driving up prices on 25 million vehicles has sent the DoJ hustling into investigations. "The conduct this investigation uncovered involved more than a dozen separate conspiracies aimed at the U.S. economy," Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured above) said during yesterday's press conference.
As the investigation stands, the DoJ has issued $1.6 billion in fines against 20 companies and 21 individual executives, with 17 of the execs headed to prison. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Scott Hammond said, "The breadth of the conspiracies brought to light today are as egregious as they are pervasive. They involve more than a dozen separate conspiracies operating independently but all sharing in common that they targeted US automotive manufacturers."
Big-name suppliers indicted in the investigation include Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi Automotive and Mitsuba Corporation. A list of fines and other corporations named in the investigation is available at Bloomberg.

Subaru to stop building Camry for Toyota in the US

Fri, 09 May 2014

It was back in 2007 that Subaru of Indiana Automotive, under contract from Subaru minority shareholder Toyota, built the first Toyota Camry at its plant in Lafayette, Indiana. Rumblings of the end of that contract work have been around for a while, as Subaru talked of expanding capacity to build more units and add a line for the Impreza, and Toyota talked of moving Camry production to its Georgetown, KY plant. The news was official internally last November when SIA Executive Vice President Tom Easterday told the Louisville Courier-Journal that Camry production would end. Now, Automotive News reports that both automakers have admitted publicly that the end will come in 2016.
SIA currently has a 170,000-unit capacity devoted to the home-brand Legacy and Outback models, while a $400-million expansion increases that to 300,000 units to prepare the facility for Impreza production in two years. Freeing up the 100,000 units of production devoted to the Camry means a 400,000-unit capability, which is far more than Subaru needs at the moment, but the Toyota exit will allow it to expand any way it sees fit. Subaru has said it will absorb the workers on the Camry line and no jobs will be lost, the mayor of Lafayette saying the development could change the timetable for the expansion.