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Toyota's Chicago Region Posts Strong October Sales

10 November 1997

Toyota's Chicago Region Posts Strong October Sales

    CHICAGO, Nov. 10 -- Toyota's Chicago Region car and truck
sales for October were 5,484, a 12 percent increase over October's 1996 total
of 4,902.
    North American-built Corolla sales in October were up 38 percent, with
sales of 1,084.  Toyota 4Runner had sales of 506, 30 percent over last
October.  RAV4 sales for the month of October were 413, an increase of eight
percent.  Camry sales increased three percent to 2,169.
    "The newly-redesigned 1998 Corolla has exceeded our sales expectations in
its first month," said Dave Camden, general manager of Toyota's Chicago
Region.  "Adding to the increased sales for the month of October was the
highly successful launch of Toyota's all-new minivan, the Sienna.  We are
pleased our combined car and truck October sales were off to a good start for
the beginning of the 1998 model year."
    The Toyota Chicago Region services 114 dealers in the states of Illinois,
Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

SOURCE  Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.