Toyota Lends Support to FFA Convention

Attendees also get sneak peek of new Tundra pickup truck

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 23 -- Hosting the 79th National FFA Convention is no easy task when it comes to logistics. To help ease the transportation burden, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. has provided FFA with a fleet of 43 courtesy vehicles. The new Toyotas will be used throughout this week to get dignitaries and behind-the-scenes staffers to where they need to be for important convention activities.

"FFA is a great youth organization and we're pleased that we're able to lend our support to make this year's convention the best ever," said Brian Smith, corporate manager - truck operations, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Toyota is also treating attending FFA members to a sneak peek of the 2007 full-size Toyota Tundra pickup truck. A prototype of the new Tundra will be displayed at the Indianapolis Convention Center from October 25 through October 28. The full-size Toyota Tundra will be the largest, most powerful pickup truck ever offered by Toyota when it goes on sale in February 2007.

The new Tundra, designed and engineered in the U.S., will be built at Toyota plants in Gibson County, Indiana and San Antonio, Texas. Its all-new, full-size platform will feature a significantly expanded wheelbase, an increase of 10 inches in overall length, nearly five inches in height and four inches in width. The new Tundra will come in three cab configurations and offer a choice of three engines, including a new 5.7-liter V8 capable of towing over 10,000 pounds.