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A community portal about Toyota Motor Corporation with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Toyota Motor Corporation, or simply called Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's second largest automaker that manufactures automobiles, trucks, buses and robots and the world's eighth largest company by revenue. Its headquarters are in Toyota, Aichi, Japan with factories and offices around the world.
Nardelli and Chrysler catch a big fish. By Chris Haak 09.06.2007 In an absolutely stunning development, longtime Toyota executive Jim Press, who had been with the company for 37 years and was the first American ever elected to Toyota Motor Corporation's Board of Directors, resigned from the company to become Vice Chairman and President of Chrysler LLC. He now has the same job title as former Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda, except that Mr. Press will be responsible for Sales and Marketing, and Mr... Read Full Story
Toyota's Prius was ranked the No. 1 selling vehicle in Japan for May, clinching the top spot in the domestic market for the first time. The revamped Prius debuted last month. Toyota Motor Corp. sold 10,915 of the hybrid cars in May in Japan, more than a five-fold increase from the previous month, according to data released Thursday by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Honda's new hybrid, the Insight, slipped to third place with 8,183 units sold after nabbing the top spot in April... Read Full Story
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today at an Australian government-sponsored press conference in Nagoya, Japan, that it will begin producing the “Camry Hybrid” at the Altona Plant of Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd. (TMCA), as part of an effort to further popularize hybrid vehicles worldwide.
“We decided to build the Camry Hybrid in Australia because Australians are keenly aware of environmental issues including global warming, and we are confident that the Camry Hybrid... Read Full Story
出口の見えない不況下、想定外のびっくり仰天のニュースが飛び込んでくるものである。先週もこのコラムで取り上げたトヨタ自動車とホンダのハイブリッド車競争に新たな動きがみられた。 新型『プリウス』と併売する現行モデルの価格を、最も安いグレードでは、ホンダが鳴り物入りで発売した新型『インサイト』と同じ「189万円まで大幅値引 きする」と、きょうの日経が取り上げている。その値引き価格は「ディーラーの意見を参考に豊田章男次期社長の鶴の一声で決まった」（業界関係者）との話も ある。 ハイブリッド車をめぐるトヨタとホンダの壮絶なバトルはエスカレートするばかりだ。 ソース: Response ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text in English Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, may cut the price of its Prius gasoline- electric hybrid car... Read Full Story
Orders for Toyota's new iQ, which was launched on 20th November in Japan, have reached 8,000 units. The monthly target is 2,500 units per month. Source: Toyota Motor Corporation Global Site
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Toyota Motor Corporation Unveils Luxury Hybrid ‘SAI’—by Toyota
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces the unveiling today in Japan of the compact luxury sedan “Sai”, which is planned to go on sale in Japan on December 7.
The Sai is based on a concept derived from the Japanese word sai—which means “talent” when written as ” [...] Read Full Story
Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., Japan’s largest and third-largest automakers, led a 29 percent drop in the country’s auto sales last month as unemployment surged. Vehicle sales, excluding minicars, fell to 166,365 units, the Tokyo-based Japan Automobile Dealers Association said in a statement today. That’s the lowest April total since the group began taking the tally in 1968. Toyota sold 75,777 vehicles excluding its Lexus-brand cars, down 33 percent. Sales at Nissan fell 39 percent... Read Full Story
Status - Toyota cutting U.S. production and executive compensation: Toyota Motor Corp. announced today that it will b.. http://tinyurl.com/bzvedl Read Full Story
Status - Toyota cutting U.S. production and executive compensation: Toyota Motor Corp. announced today that it will b.. http://tinyurl.com/bzvedl Read Full Story
