Their stumbles may be one of the biggest changes in 2012, says Toprak at TrueCar.com.

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"Toyota experienced the year of the dream come back in 2012, "said Jesse Toprak, senior analyst at TrueCar.com.

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"Older car buyers tend to be more cautious, " says Jesse Toprak, a senior analyst with industry researcher and forecasting company TrueCar.com.

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But it wasn't long before incentives on the Durango were higher than they were before the price cut, says Toprak, who analyzes pricing and incentives for Edmunds.com.

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Erdogan Toprak, deputy chairman of the opposition Republican People's Party, has said the prime minister "would like to bring the sultan back" - a reference to the old days of the Ottoman Empire before Turkey become a republic.

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