Toyota Reports March 2005 Best-Ever Sales Month; Record First Quarter
Apr 1, 2005
TORRANCE, Calif., April 1 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported its best ever sales month of 203,223 units, an increase of 12.3 percent from March of last year. Toyota also posted its best-ever first quarter in 48 years of business in the U.S. with sales of 507,236, up 10.6 percent over the same per ... Continue reading
Mar 31, 2005
TORRANCE, Calif., March 31 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA, Inc. today announced executive promotions and development moves in various headquarters organizations as well as Toyota and Lexus field sales offices. The changes follow previously announced top-management appointments overseeing TMS' automotive operations and ... Continue reading
Toyota Motor Sales, USA Announces Top Management Changes
Mar 24, 2005
March 24, 2005 -- Torrance, CA -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA, Inc. announced top management changes today, including executive positions overseeing automotive operations and the Toyota and Lexus divisions. The moves further prepare TMS leadership for the competitive future of the U.S. auto market and solidify longer- ... Continue reading
Lexus Unveils Second Ground-Breaking Hybrid Luxury Vehicle at New York International Auto Show
Mar 23, 2005
NEW YORK, March 23 -- The world's first gas/electric hybrid-powered luxury SUV, the RX 400h, goes on-sale in less than a month. Today, at a press conference at the New York Auto Show, Lexus unveiled yet another ground-breaking hybrid vehicle. The 2007 Lexus GS 450h is the world's first hybrid luxury sedan and the first ... Continue reading
Lexus Introduces Next Generation IS Luxury Sport Sedan With New Engines and All-Wheel Drive
Mar 23, 2005
NEW YORK, March 23 -- Lexus unveiled the all-new 2006 IS 350 luxury sport sedan today at a press conference at the New York Auto Show. "We're taking dead aim at the top of the class with the new IS," said Lexus Marketing Vice President Mark Templin. "We plan to offer a compelling range of models and options with class- ... Continue reading
Lexus RX400h Voted 'Most Anticipated Hybrid'
Mar 22, 2005
IRVINE, Calif., March 22 -- Automotive.com, a leading Internet automotive marketing company, announced Lexus RX400h as the winner of the "Most Anticipated Hybrid" car of 2005. After months of voting and tallying over 200,000 votes submitted by consumers in the Automotive.com 2nd annual Consumer Choice Awards, Lexus was ... Continue reading
Mar 19, 2005
TORRANCE, Calif., March 18 -- Lexus will stage the world premiere of the all-new IS 350 high-performance luxury sport sedan in a press conference at the 2005 New York International Auto Show. The all-new IS series will offer four separate models for the U.S. market. Lexus will also unveil the all-new GS 450h high-perfo ... Continue reading
Mar 17, 2005
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS When it debuted in the second-generation Lexus GS lineup in model year 1998, the V8-powered GS400 added serious performance to Lexus's expected refinement and luxury. Its styling was an evolution of that introduced on the original inline six-cylinder GS 300 back in 1993, but bolder ... Continue reading
IIHS REPORT: The Risk of Death While Driving Different Vehicles
Mar 15, 2005
CLICK HERE FFor IIHS Tables The driver died in the crash. So did many other passenger vehicle drivers during 2000-03, but the risk of death isn’t the same in one vehicle compared with another. Car, minivan, SUV, and pickup truck models vary widely in the likelihood of dying in a crash. The average driver death ra ... Continue reading
Toyota, Nissan Lead U.S. February 2005 Sales With Trucks
Mar 2, 2005
March 1, 2005; Bloomberg reported that Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and other Asian automakers extended U.S. market-share gains for a sixth straight month in February as their new light-truck models helped draw more buyers. Vehicles such as the new Pathfinder sport-utility vehicle by Nissan, Japan's second-bigg ... Continue reading
Toyota Reports 2005 Best-Ever February Sales
Mar 1, 2005
TORRANCE, Calif., March 1 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever February sales of 163,059 vehicles, an increase of 11.1 percent over February 2004. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 304,013, an increase of 9.0 percent compared to the same period last year. "As gas prices continue th ... Continue reading
Mar 1, 2005
TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 28 -- The Lexus RX 400h, the world's first luxury hybrid vehicle goes on sale April 15, with a base Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $48,535. Beyond its advanced gas/electric hybrid powertrain and new Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) stability control system, the base ... Continue reading
World's First Luxury Hybrid Makes a Red Carpet Premiere
Feb 23, 2005
Lexus RX 400h SUV Hits the Road for the First Time to Transport Environmentally-Conscious Celebrities to the 2005 Academy Awards LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 -- Making an appropriately glamorous on-road debut, the 2006 Lexus RX 400h will deliver some of the world's most famous faces to the 2005 Academy Awards on February 27th ... Continue reading
Feb 22, 2005
By Carey Russ PALM SPRINGS, CA: Seven years since the debut of the Lexus RX300? My, how time flies. The RX was one of the most significant vehicles in recent automotive history, as it created the now-burgeoning luxury crossover-SUV category. It quickly became the Lexus sales leader, and its successor, the Lexus RX330, ... Continue reading
Toyota Names Experienced Auto Executive New President
Feb 9, 2005
, AP Business Writer TOKYO February 9, 2005; Yuri Kageyama writing for the AP reported that Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, named an executive with experience in production and corporate planning as its new president Wednesday and named a grandson of the company's founder to an executive post. Katsuaki W ... Continue reading
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