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This model goes from Marginal to Good+ for easy child restraint installation. https://t.co/4hfX77aqlw pic.twitter.com/KkPSOUsWhp

— IIHS (@IIHS_autosafety) September 1, 2016

You have kids. You want to save money, but you also want to keep them safe. As a conscientious parent, you would prefer an eco-friendly vehicle, too. Are all of these criteria possible to meet in one car?

The 2016 Toyota Prius has all the answers.

Despite its compact size, the Toyota Prius is surprisingly sturdy -- earning an IIHS Top Safety Pick+. This award signifies that it passed five separate crash tests with...

Proud to be involved in regenerative youth campus living buildings in @yellowstonePF! More:https://t.co/ZsQhrNPfbm pic.twitter.com/6VMsXGZMwj

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) August 25, 2016

The people of Missoula, Montana are no strangers to national parks. With Lolo National Forest to the west, and Flathead National Forest to the east, everyone has their favorite spot to load up the Toyota, and head into the wilderness for a weekend.

There's no denying, however, that Yellowstone National Park, about 300 miles to the south, has the most acclaim out of all of them.

Toyota Motor North America..

Give your mailbox a break by going paperless. We’ve made it easier than ever: https://t.co/444zHdCvCH pic.twitter.com/A1jbBie4WL

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) September 9, 2016

Forrest Gump's mother very famously said that "Life is like a box of chocolates, you're never know what you're gonna get." The same could be said about your mailbox.

For a mundane task, checking the mail can be nail-biting. You could find something wonderful, like a letter from a beloved relative, or a package containing something you forgot you even ordered. On the other hand, it could all…

Good news for the Giant Panda. The population has grown - conservation
action works! https://t.co/Yn2uTcEWhJ pic.twitter.com/7ml13vAYgw

— IUCN Red List (@IUCNRedList) September 4, 2016

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced this September that the population of the Giant Panda in the wild is growing. In the 1970s, there were as few as 1,000 pandas left on the planet. This spurred quick action by conservation organizations and zoos around the world.

Captive breeding programs, however, produced notoriously slow returns. In fact, the slow breeding...

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

The Cars.com American-Made Index is designed for people looking for the best way to spend their money to promote American manufacturing. It's not always easy to know which models are more American than others. Many automakers like to boast about how patriotic they are, regardless of where their vehicles are built, or, even more importantly, where their parts come from.

It can be easy enough to track down where a…

Find out what life is like for a new Mirai owner, via @freep https://t.co/MsHjruYoHY

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) July 11, 2016

Changing the world starts with small steps, and for some, a big leap. The World Green Car of 2016 is the hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai. The technology is new -- there is no guarantee of how it will stand up to a decade of use -- and fueling stations for hydrogen are sparse.

Yet it seems that the intrepid pioneers willing to take the plunge knew exactly what they were getting into, and why.

"I love it, and I feel…

For Super Bowl XLVII, Toyota pulled out the big stops, and wowed millions of viewers with an advertisement showing the Toyota Tundra towing the nearly 300,000-pound Space Shuttle Endeavour.

The idea was, if it could haul a space shuttle, imagine what it can do for your trailer.

Immediately, however, anyone who knows the Tundra, or any full-size pickup, knows that 300,000 pounds is at least ten times more than a truck should be able to tow... and they would be right! The unmodified Tundra featured in the ad has a maximum tow rating of approximately 10,000 pounds…

Honored to be recognized by @MIT @techreview as one of the 50 Smartest Companies! https://t.co/B7S0q5Iovm pic.twitter.com/bN2VIoJhD3

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) June 22, 2016

If you've been struggling through updates to Windows 10 lately, maybe you wouldn't be so surprised to learn that Toyota outranked the computer company on MIT Technology Review's 50 Smartest Companies of 2016 list.

At Lithia Toyota of Missoula, we're proud that Toyota was not only honored as one of only two automotive companies to make the list, but that it ranked so high, at 17 out of…

What Is a Million-Mile Toyota Tundra Worth? https://t.co/jCKXGHTmjp pic.twitter.com/2vs96vMFu3

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) May 11, 2016

You might think a truck with a million miles on the odometer would be

1. A million years old
2. Have none of its original parts left
3. Completely worthless

But you'd be wrong on all counts! Toyota owner Victor Sheppard of Louisiana racked up over a million miles in nine years on his 2007 Toyota Tundra, driving an average of 125,000 miles each year.

The miracle-machine still has the original engine, transmission, and paint job that it rolled off…

We're funding 28,000+ species assessments with @IUCN to help protect biodiversity: https://t.co/wGteGwkSku pic.twitter.com/rOO0NUnMbL

— ToyotaGB (@ToyotaGB) May 10, 2016

Toyota has long been committed to helping protect the environment, and it renewed those vows with the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, announced last October. The purpose of this new program is to make a positive impact on society while reducing negative impacts of automobiles on the environment, to help establish "a future society in harmony with nature."

"When tackling threats to the global