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The Toyota Juggernaut Keeps Rolling at High Speed

The Toyota Juggernaut Keeps Rolling at High Speed

The Juggernaut Keeps Rolling at High Speed By Marty Bernstein, Contributing Editor AIADA AIADA The 2007 Camry Hybrid The Lexus LS 460 Photos of the new compact Yaris and FJ Cruiser utility vehicle I had hoped to find an appropriate Japanese myth, proverb or quotation to begin this column about the growth and success of ... Continue reading

Strategic Vision Announces Most Delightful Vehicles of 2005

Strategic Vision Announces Most Delightful Vehicles of 2005

SAN DIEGO--Jan. 16, 2006--In 2005 the results from Strategic Vision's surveying the market may be startling: General Motors leads all the rest. Strategic Vision measures the experience of approximately 90,000 new vehicle owners annually. The survey has been done since 1996. Because of the nature of the factors measured ... Continue reading

XM Satellite Radio to be Standard Equipment on the 2006 Scion xB Release Series 3.0

XM Satellite Radio to be Standard Equipment on the 2006 Scion xB Release Series 3.0

DETROIT and WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- XM Satellite Radio announced today that Scion, of Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., will include XM Satellite Radio as standard equipment on its new 2006 Scion xB Release Series 3.0. The xB Release Series 3.0 is making its debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show ... Continue reading

Scion Announces Pricing for xB Release Series 3.0 - To be Displayed at the 2006 North American International Auto Show

Scion Announces Pricing for xB Release Series 3.0 - To be Displayed at the 2006 North American International Auto Show

TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 6 -- Scion, of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., announced today that the first limited-production Scion for 2006, the xB Release Series 3.0, will go on sale in mid-February. All 2006 xB Release Series 3.0 vehicles will wear vivid Envy Green exterior paint and offer unique exterior and interior e ... Continue reading

Toyota Reports 2005 and December Sales

Toyota Reports 2005 and December Sales

TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 4 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported total year-end sales of 2,260,296 vehicles, up 10.1 percent over 2004. With ten consecutive years of record-breaking sales, this marks the second time in TMS' 48-year history it has reached sales of over two million vehicles. "Finally sh ... Continue reading

Toyota's Lean Manufacturing Process Regarded across the World as a Benchmark for Ensuring Quality and Efficiency

Toyota's Lean Manufacturing Process Regarded across the World as a Benchmark for Ensuring Quality and Efficiency

DUBLIN, Ireland--Jan. 4, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c30186) has announced the addition of New Cars: Global Industry Guide to their offering. The new Cars: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the new cars industry. It includes ... Continue reading

New Years Greetings From Toyota President Watanabe

New Years Greetings From Toyota President Watanabe

January 1, 2006 New Year's Greetings from Toyota President Watanabe First of all, allow me to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe Entering a new year, I would like to describe some of the measures we are planning for 2006. There can be no doubt that global competition in the automobile in ... Continue reading

AIADA International Nameplate Vehicle Manufacturer Highlights from 2005

AIADA International Nameplate Vehicle Manufacturer Highlights from 2005

International Nameplate Highlights from 2005 By Frank Giovinazzi, Contributing Editor AIADA AIADA As 2005 draws to a close, and new goals are being set for the new year, it’s a great time to remember how far International nameplates have come in the last 12 months. Fantastic sales figures come to mind first, as I ... Continue reading

Scion Announces Mid-Year Price Adjustment for xB

Scion Announces Mid-Year Price Adjustment for xB

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 9 -- Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced mid-year price adjustments for the 2006 Scion xB, which receives an updated interior and new exterior colors. The 2006 Scion xB urban utility vehicle will have new seat fabric and a steering wheel with integrated audio contr ... Continue reading

Toyota Reports 2005 Best Ever November Sales

Toyota Reports 2005 Best Ever November Sales

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 1 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever November sales of 169,665 vehicles, an increase of 5.6 percent over last November. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 2,057,017, up 10.3 percent over the same period last year. "As the market rebounds and consumer confide ... Continue reading

Toyota to Increase Production in U.S.

Toyota to Increase Production in U.S.

Washington DC November 23, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that thanks to its recent acquisition of 8.7 percent of Fuji Heavy Industries stock, Toyota is expected to begin assembling 100,00 vehicles annually at the company’s Subaru manufacturing plant in Lafayette, Indiana. Expected to begin in 2007, the move ... Continue reading

Toyota Action to Pass GM - Boost U.S. Output by 100,000

Toyota Action to Pass GM - Boost U.S. Output by 100,000

TOKYO November 23, 2005; Hans Greimel writing for the AP reported Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest automaker with reported plans to start manufacturing up to 100,000 Toyota vehicles at a Subaru factory in Indiana. Word of Toyota's ramped-up pr ... Continue reading

Toyota November U.S. Retail Sales Beating Ford, Beating Chrysler and Closing In On GM

Toyota November U.S. Retail Sales Beating Ford, Beating Chrysler and Closing In On GM

DETROIT, Nov 18, 2005; Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp. grabbed more U.S. retail market share than Ford Motor Co. in early November and it was less than one share point behind General Motors Corp., J.D. Power and Associates said on Friday. A report from the industry tracking firm's closely watched Power Informa ... Continue reading

Worldwide Demand For Toyota Cars Equals Increased Capital Spending

Worldwide Demand For Toyota Cars Equals Increased Capital Spending

Nov. 7, 2005; Kae Inoue writing for Bloomberg reported that Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest carmaker by value, said it will boost capital spending by 12 percent to a record 1.4 trillion yen ($11.9 billion) from its May forecast, to increase production in Japan and abroad. ``There is more demand for our vehicles ... Continue reading

Toyota 2Q 2005 Profits Down Sales Up

Toyota 2Q 2005 Profits Down Sales Up

TOKYO November 4, 2005; Chang-Ran Kim writing for Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp. posted a 3.2 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Friday as it spent more money to expand capacity, but painted a rosier picture ahead fueled by a weaker yen and beefier sales than anticipated. Japan's top auto maker doe ... Continue reading

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