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Best-Ever June Sales Reported by Toyota's Cincinnati Region

7 July 1998

Best-Ever June Sales Reported by Toyota's Cincinnati Region

    CINCINNATI, July 7 -- Toyota's Cincinnati Region posted
record car sales in June of 8,650 vehicles, a 4 percent increase over June
1997 when sales totaled 8,323.
    "Our Cincinnati Region has achieved a three-peat, our third best-ever
month in a row for cars," said Mike Reding, general manager of the Cincinnati
Region.
    "Our Kentucky-built Camry had its best-ever June in the history of the
Region.  Our Corolla had a 19 percent sales increase with sales of 1,835
versus 1,547 over last year.
    "Contributing to the record month was the sale of 453 vehicles at the
third annual Georgetown, Kentucky, tent sale conducted by five area
dealerships," Reding said.
    The sale at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky plant was open to
Toyota associates and the general public.
    The Toyota Cincinnati Region includes 118 dealers in Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.