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Best-Ever April Sales Reported by Toyota's Chicago Region

7 May 1999

Best-Ever April Sales Reported by Toyota's Chicago Region

    CHICAGO, May 7 -- Toyota's Chicago Region posted record car
sales in April of 6,242 vehicles, a 10 percent increase over April 1998 when
5,675 were sold.  Combined car and truck sales for the month were 6,577, a 9
percent increase over last year's 6,012 total.
    "Our North American-built Camry and Sienna, as well as the Toyota 4Runner
and RAV4, all contributed to a record setting sales month for 1999," said Dave
Camden, general manager of the Chicago Region.  "Camry sales jumped by 22
percent, Sienna increased 32 percent, and the 4Runner was up 20 percent.  A
strong economy and consumer confidence enabled our dealers to mirror the
entire Toyota Division by recording their best-ever April sales."
    The Toyota Chicago Region includes 114 dealers in Illinois, Indiana,
Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.