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Tampa/St. Petersburg-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

7 December 1999

Tampa/St. Petersburg-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

    MIAMI, Dec. 6 -- Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports
that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's five Tampa/St. Petersburg-area
dealers climbed 71 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 12
percent.
    Tampa/St. Petersburg-area dealers include Clearwater Toyota; Sutherlin
Toyota, located in Pinellas Park; and Tampa's Courtesy Toyota, Precision
Toyota, and Stadium Toyota.
    In the five-state region served by Southeast Toyota, November's retail
truck sales rose 59 percent over the year-ago month while retail car sales
increased 10 percent, establishing an all-time retail November sales record.
    In addition to four all-new Toyota offerings -- the full-size Indiana-
built Tundra pickup, the affordable ECHO sedan, the radically styled Celica
sports car, and the Kentucky-built Avalon sedan -- Southeast-area sales
leaders for the month included the California-built two-wheel-drive Tacoma
pickup, up four percent, and the Kentucky-built Sienna minivan, up nine
percent.
    Ranked first among Toyota's American distributors in sales and customer
satisfaction, Southeast Toyota is the independent distributor of Toyotas in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Owned and
operated by JM Family Enterprises, Inc., Southeast Toyota is based in
Deerfield Beach, Florida.