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Toyota to Unveil All-New Sequoia Full-Size SUV At 2000 North American International Auto Show

13 December 1999

Toyota to Unveil All-New Sequoia Full-Size SUV At 2000 North American International Auto Show

    TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 13 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS),
U.S.A., Inc., announced today it will unveil the all-new Sequoia full-size
sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the North American International Auto Show
(NAIAS) in Detroit on Monday, January 10, 2000 at 10:10 a.m. EST.
    Sequoia is scheduled to go on sale in the fall of 2000 as a 2001 model.
Sequoia will feature the same i-Force V8 engine as the Toyota Tundra full-size
pickup and will be built alongside Tundra at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing,
Indiana production facility.
    Sequoia will join Toyota's wide range of SUV's, including the compact
car-based RAV4, the mid-sized 4Runner and the legendary Land Cruiser.