Toyota North American Operations will be More Self-Reliant
May 13, 2006
Washington DC May 12, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that Toyota's North American unit will operate with more autonomy from its Japanese parent as it strives to further its image as an American car company, reports Reuters. "The North American operations will have more authority and self-reliance over time," said ... Continue reading
May 11, 2006
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2006 Toyota Camry LE The Toyota Camry has been the best-selling car in this country for the past four years, and for eight of the past nine years. It's been in the top few for even longer. I see numerous examples from the previous three generations, models going back to 1992, on a ... Continue reading
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Hypes Existing Alternate Fuel Autos
May 11, 2006
A New Initiative By the Auto Industry Says There Are Many To Choose From ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Video, hard copy requests, contact information and more available at: http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/24428/press.html NEW YORK, May 10 -- THIS IS A MULTIVU SPECIAL REPORT. AS INSTABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES AND ... Continue reading
May 11, 2006
Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today operating results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, increased 13.4 percent year-on-year to 21.03 trillion yen. Operating income reached 1 ... Continue reading
Toyota Motor North America Names New Leadership Team
May 9, 2006
Appointing Yuki Funo Chairman and CEO, And Jim Press President 05/08/2006 New York Toyota Names Special Task Force Headed by Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman to Review Its Policies and Practices Against Harassment and Discrimination Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMA), the North American subsidiary of To ... Continue reading
Quantum Awarded Contract to Deliver Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicles to Norway
May 9, 2006
IRVINE, Calif., May 9 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., today announced that it received a purchase order for 15 hydrogen-fueled Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles from Miljobil Grenland AS, a participant and vehicle provider to the Norwegian Hydrogen Highway (HyNor). These hydrogen hybrid vehicles will b ... Continue reading
Toyota Motor Sales USA Announces Organizational Changes
May 9, 2006
TORRANCE, Calif., May 8 -- Toyota Motor Sales USA, (TMS) Inc. today announced the following organizational changes. Jim Lentz, formerly TMS group vice president and general manager of its Toyota Division is nominated to the position of executive vice president of TMS, pending approval at the June 23 annual shareholders ... Continue reading
Toyota Reports Record Sales of Certified Used Vehicles
May 6, 2006
TORRANCE, Calif., May 5 -- Toyota reported record-shattering monthly sales of 23,852 certified used vehicles, up over 1,400 units from the previous record month of May in 2003. Calendar-year-to-date Toyota sold 83,481 certified used units, an increase of 105.6 percent over the previous year. "Toyota trade-ins continue ... Continue reading
Toyota's Jim Press to Address Inforum, May 11
May 5, 2006
American U.S. sales head of Japanese automaker notes women as 'business changers' DETROIT, May 4 -- Jim Press, president and COO of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. will speak on "A New Day for Women and the Auto Industry" at an Inforum (formerly the Women's Economic Club) luncheon on Thursday, May 11. Fortune magazine ca ... Continue reading
Hybrid Vehicle Registrations More Than Double in 2005
May 4, 2006
R. L. Polk & Co. Reports Toyota Prius, California Nationwide Leaders SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 4 -- Nationwide registrations for new hybrid vehicles rose to 199,148 in 2005 -- a 139 percent increase from 2004 according to R. L. Polk & Co. For the second year in a row, Toyota Prius led the segment commanding 52.6 percent o ... Continue reading
May 3, 2006
Former assistant accuses Toyota's Top US Executive Hideaki Otaka of repeated sexual assaults and solicitations for sex; Sayaka Kobayashi says another Toyota executive instructed her to privately confront the CEO; 'I feel like a rabbit watched by a snake.' NEW YORK, May 3 -- It is one of the world's largest corporations ... Continue reading
Toyota Reports April 2006 Sales
May 2, 2006
TORRANCE, Calif., May 2 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported an all-time best-ever sales month totaling 219,965 units in April, up 8.5 percent over the same period last year. "The market for lower-priced, higher-mileage vehicles is showing strength, as are hybrids," said Jim Press, Toyota Motor Sal ... Continue reading
Toyota Technical Center Completes Purchase of State of Michigan Property
May 1, 2006
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 1 -- Toyota Technical Center (TTC) a division of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, closed on the purchase agreement with the State of Michigan for $11 million and completed the sale for the approximately 700-acre parcel located in York Township. In April 2005, TTC contracte ... Continue reading
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Honors Ten Suppliers Seven Suppliers from Kentucky
Apr 27, 2006
April 25, 2006 â Georgetown, KY - Ten parts and service suppliers of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) were recognized during the TMMK Annual Purchasing Policy Meeting and Awards Ceremony in Lexington, Ky. The awards acknowledge those suppliers that met TMMK's highest standards in management, cost, ... Continue reading
US Hybrid Sales Flat, In Spite of Overpriced Gas Dollars Don't Work Out
Apr 24, 2006
DETROIT, April 24, 2006; Poornima Gupta writing for Reuters reported that U.S. gas prices have risen nearly a third over the past year without touching off a boom in sales of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles, some of which are sitting on dealer lots for as long as three months. Many U.S. consumers are concluding that wha ... Continue reading
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