Toyota Reports Strong June Sales
Jul 1, 2005
Sets Second-Quarter and First-Half Sales Records TORRANCE, Calif., July 1 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported its best-ever first-half sales in 48 years of business in the U.S. with calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales of 1,114,070. June sales of 194,875, an increase of 10.0 percent over last June, ... Continue reading
Jun 28, 2005
DETROIT, June 28 -- It's been the benchmark all others aim for, but has Mazda chinned the bar itself with the new, third-generation Miata roadster? Find out in this week's issue as TheCarConnection.com puts the 2006 Miata through its paces during a top-down adventure on the Big Island of Hawaii. The new Miata is one pi ... Continue reading
McCullough Joins Toyota Marketing
Jun 27, 2005
TORRANCE, Calif., June 27 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced today that Kim McCullough will join the company in the position of corporate manager of marketing communications, succeeding Deborah Wahl-Meyer who was recently promoted to vice president of marketing for the Lexus Division. McCullough will ... Continue reading
Ultra-Sucessful Toyota Acknowledges Social Responsbility of Leader
Jun 27, 2005
TOKYO June 27, 2005; Chang-Ran Kim writing for Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp., whose runaway success has fanned talk of a political backlash in the United States, took pains on Monday to highlight its focus on environmental and safety issues in the years ahead. "Our main mission as a company is to contribute ... Continue reading
Toyota to build new plant in Canada
Jun 26, 2005
NAGOYA June 26, 2005; Japan Today reported that Toyota Motor Corp has decided to build a new plant in Canada, its seventh in North America, to meet growing demand for its vehicles, company sources said Saturday. Japan's largest automaker will make an announcement next Thursday in the Canadian province of Ontario, where ... Continue reading
Car Makers See Future In Fuel Cell Cars
Jun 24, 2005
TOKYO June 24, 2005; Reuters reported that Honda Motor Co. aims to cut the cost of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars to a hundredth of the present level to make them competitive with conventional cars, its engineer in charge of developing them said on Friday. Yozo Kami, chief engineer in Honda's research and development ... Continue reading
Jun 24, 2005
Washington DC June 24, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that Toyota announced yesterday the promotion of Jim Press to president of its profitable U.S. sales unit, after joining the company in 1970 and serving as executive vice president and COO of Toyota Motor Sales USA since 2001. According to Bloomberg, Press is t ... Continue reading
2005 Comparative New Car Rollover Rankings - Vehicles More Stable
Jun 24, 2005
The number of SUVs with a four-star rollover rating had increased substantially since U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began rating them in 2001. That year, just one SUV earned four-stars, whereas in 2005, 24 earned a four-star rating as part of the newly ... Continue reading
Toyota Announces New President of North American Manufacturing Headquarters
Jun 23, 2005
ERLANGER, Ky., June 23 -- Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TMMNA) today announced Seiichi "Sean" Sudo as its new president and CEO, succeeding Atsushi "Art" Niimi. The effective date is June 27. "I have been fortunate to be president of our North American manufacturing operations during such a time of ra ... Continue reading
Jun 23, 2005
Number of SUVs Earning Four-Star Rating Leaps From 1 to 24 WASHINGTON, June 22 -- SUVs and light trucks are less prone to rollover according to new rankings and reports released today by the National Highway Transportation Agency (NHTSA). Less than five years after the implementation of NHTSA's rollover rating program, ... Continue reading
Jun 23, 2005
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NHTSA 2005 SUV Crash, Rollover Ratings
Jun 22, 2005
Model year 2005 Acura MDX, Ford Freestyle, and Jeep Grand Cherokee earned the top rating of 5-stars for all available seating positions in frontal and side crash tests announced the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in their SUV Crash Test Summary. All resu ... Continue reading
Toyota Looks to Expand Dealer Service Capacity
Jun 21, 2005
Washington DC June 21, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that as part of an initiative launched late last year, Toyota is looking to expand capacity at more than 1,200 dealership service departments across the country as a way of providing consumers with quick maintenance and repairs, reports The Wall Street Journal. ... Continue reading
Jun 21, 2005
Tokyo (JCNN) - Toyota Motor announced on June 17 that the recently improved TOYOTA FCHV, Toyota's fuel cell hybrid passenger vehicle, has become the first vehicle in Japan to acquire vehicle type certification under the amended Road Vehicle Act from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. This new car featu ... Continue reading
Toyota Boshoku to Establish New Company to Manufacture Seats and Door Trims in South Africa
Jun 21, 2005
Tokyo (JCNN) - Toyota Boshoku and Toyota Tsusho will establish a joint venture company to produce seats and door trims for vehicles in Durban, South Africa on June 30. Through the move, Toyota Boshoku aims to strengthen its global supply capability. To be capitalized at 3.2 billion yen ($29 mil), the new company will p ... Continue reading
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