Getting Views and Taxonomy Filter to work together to show specific views for different content types

Hi,

I want to show different views (of teasers) in different sections of the site that use the same vocabularies.
Like:
1. Cars in example.com/cars/...
2. Bikes in example.com/bikes/...
3. Accessories in example.com/accessories/...

These sections (Cars, Bikes, Accessories) use different content types that have common taxonomies, such as Manufacturer, Dealer, and Location.

I have a menu on the home page for each section. When users click this menu, they are shown teasers of the relevant content type (using a tabular/grid view).

Further, I want to filter these teaser views using Taxonomy Filters. This is creating the problem. When I apply a taxonomy filter, the path gets reset. For example, when I click on a "refine filter" the url get reset to example.com/taxonomy/term/% and I get a simple list of teasers with all content types that match the filter.

I tried using PathAuto but it hardcodes the paths. The alternative seems to be to add a string to the URL when the user clicks in home page menu and make that string "persist" even when a taxonomy filter is applied.

For example, when the user clicks Cars, he goes to example.com/cars, then when he select a filter on manufacturer such as Ford, he goes to example.com/cars/taxonomy/term/% (which can easily be change to example.com/cars/manufacturers/ford)

The problem is how to make a custom string "car" stay on from the point user selects the car option. I am assuming that the view will ignore this extra string between the url and the relative path generated for the taxonomy term!!

I have not really explored the Context module... This is really a newbie question, so any guidiance on the direction to take will be very helpful! :)

Thanks!