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DateMonday, May 23, 2011 at 1:19PM

Toyota To Create Private Social Network

In an episode of the HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Larry David waves at a fellow Toyota Prius driver and says "we're Prius drivers, we're a special breed."  Soon enough, Toyota will make that idea of connecting with other Toyota drivers a reality.  

Toyota will launch a social network called Toyota Friend exclusively for Toyota owners.

Not only will owners be able to connect with each other but they'll also be able to talk directly to Toyota representatives.  As you'd expect, Toyota Friend users will also be able to connect the Toyota network to Facebook, Twitter and the other social networks out there.  

Left Lane News reported that there will mobile versions of the network as well. 

Combine this with Toyota's already announced a partnership with Microsoft for its global cloud-based platform development and you really have something here.  Toyota is really upping it's game in the digital media realm.  

The network will launch in Japan in 2012 then eventually make it's way over to America.  Stay tuned here for the latest details! 

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