- Toyota has introduced new technologies including one of the first mass-produced hybrid gas-electric vehicles, of which it says it has sold 1 million globally (2007-06-07), Advanced Parking Guidance System (automatic parking), a four-speed electronically controlled automatic with buttons for power and economy shifting, and an eight-speed automatic transmission.(More...)
Toyota has introduced new technologies including one of the first mass-produced hybrid gas-electric vehicles, of which it says it has sold 1 million globally (2007-06-07), Advanced Parking Guidance System (automatic parking), a four-speed electronically controlled automatic with buttons for power and economy shifting, and an eight-speed automatic transmission. [1] In 2002, Toyota successfully road-tested a new version of the RAV4 which ran on a Hydrogen fuel cell. Scientific American called the company its Business Brainwave of the Year in 2003 for commercializing an affordable hybrid car.
[1] Two years later, Toyota entered into a joint venture with GM called NUMMI, the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc, operating an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California.
[1] Production on a new manufacturing plant in Tupelo, Mississippi is scheduled for completion in 2010; it will be producing the Toyota Highlander.
[1] For vehicle assembly, Toyota would use plants in Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina and South Africa. These four main IMV production and export bases supply Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Middle East with three IMV vehicles: The Toyota Hilux (Vigo), the Toyota Fortuner, and the Toyota Innova.
[1] The Prius has become the top selling hybrid car in America. Toyota, as a brand, now has three hybrid vehicles in its lineup: the Prius, Highlander, and Camry. The popular minivan Toyota Sienna is scheduled to join the hybrid lineup by 2010, and by 2030 Toyota plans to offer its entire lineup of cars, trucks, and SUVs with a Hybrid Synergy Drive option.
[1] Since the recession of 2001, it has gained market share in the United States. Toyota's market share struggles in Europe where its Lexus brand has three tenths of one percent market share, compared to nearly two percent market share as the U.S. luxury segment leader. In the first three months of 2007, Toyota together with its half-owned subsidiary Daihatsu reported number one sales of 2.348 million units.
[1] Toyota, and Toyota-produced Lexus and Scion automobiles, consistently rank near the top in certain quality and reliability surveys, primarily J.D. Power and Consumer Reports. In 2005, Toyota, combined with its half-owned subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Company, produced 8.54 million vehicles, about 500,000 fewer than the number produced by GM that year.
[1] Toyota is supporter of "Toyota Driving Expectations Program," "Toyota Youth for Understanding Summer Exchange Scholarship Program," "Toyota International Teacher Program," "Toyota TAPESTRY," "Toyota Community Scholars" (scholarship for high school students), "United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Internship Program," and "Toyota Funded Scholarship." It has contributed to number of local education and scholarship programs such as to University of Kentucky, Indiana, etc.
[1] Toyota Century is the official state car of the Japanese imperial family, namely for the Emperor of Japan Akihito.
[1] After General Motors announced it would produce the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, Toyota announced that it, too, would make one. Toyota is currently testing its "Toyota Plug-in HV' in Japan, the United States, and Europe.
[1] Toyota has manufacturing or assembly plants in Japan, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Brazil, and more recently Pakistan, Argentina, Czech Republic, Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Russia.
[1] Toyota has large presence in the United States with five major assembly plants in Huntsville, Alabama ; Georgetown, Kentucky ; Princeton, Indiana ; San Antonio, Texas ; Buffalo, West Virginia ; and a new one being built in Blue Springs, Mississippi.
[1] Toyota also has a joint-venture operation with General Motors at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), in Fremont, CA, which began in 1984, and with Subaru at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA), in Lafayette, IN, which started in 2006.
[1] Toyota began to expand in the 1960s with a new research and development facility, a presence in Thailand was established, the 10 millionth model was produced, a Deming Prize and partnerships with Hino Motors and Daihatsu were also established.
[1] "Motor Trend" named the Tundra "Truck of the Year," and the 2007 Toyota Camry "Car of the Year" for 2007. It also began the construction of two new factories, one to build the Toyota Rav4 in Woodstock, Ontario and the other to build the Toyota Highlander in Blue Springs, Mississippi.
[1] In 2002, Toyota managed to enter a Formula One works team and establish joint ventures with French motoring companies Citro"n and Peugeot, a year after Toyota started producing cars in France.
[1] Two years later, Toyota set up a base in the United Kingdom, TMUK, as the company's cars had become very popular among British drivers.
[1] In terms of name recognition, Toyota is also the only car manufacturer to appear in the top 10 of the BrandZ name recognition ranking. The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries it created its first product the Type A engine and its first passenger car (the Toyota AA ) in 1936.
[1] The first Toyota built outside Japan was in April 1963, at Port Melbourne in Australia. By the end of the decade, Toyota had established a worldwide presence, as the company had exported its one-millionth unit.
[1] Toyota is a public corporation and the company is traded at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange as a stock.Toyota also sponsors Chivas de Guadalajara.
[1] Toyota is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under number 7203 (first section).
[1] Toyota (""") is considered luckier than Toyoda ("") in Japan, where eight is regarded as a lucky number, and eight is the number of strokes it takes to write Toyota in katakana.
[1] Toyota also owns majority stakes in Daihatsu, and 8.7% of Fuji Heavy Industries, which manufactures Subaru vehicles. They also acquired 5.9% of Isuzu Motors Ltd. on November 7, 2006 and will be introducing Isuzu diesel technology into their products.
[1] Toyota has a large market share in the United States, but a small market share in Europe. Its also sells vehicles in Africa and is a market leader in Australia. Due to its Daihatsu subsidiary it has significant market shares in several fast-growing Southeast Asian countries.
[1] Toyota Racing Development was brought about to help develop true high performance racing parts for many Toyota vehicles. TRD has often had much success with their aftermarket tuning parts, as well as designing technology for vehicles used in all forms of racing.
[1] Toyota has factories all over the world, manufacturing or assembling vehicles for local markets, including the Corolla.
[1] In 2002, Toyota initiated the "Innovative International Multi-purpose vehicle" project (IMV) to optimize global manufacturing and supply systems for pickup trucks and multipurpose vehicles, and to satisfy market demand in more than 140 countries worldwide.
[1] Toyota has sold more hybrids vehicles in the country than any other manufacturer.
[1] Toyota has long been recognized as an industry leader in manufacturing and production. Three stories of its origin have been found, one that they studied Piggly-Wiggly's just-in-time distribution system, one that they followed the writings of W. Edwards Deming, and one that they were given the principles from an Army training program. It is possible that all are true.
[1] Toyota's management philosophy has evolved from the company's origins and has been reflected in the terms " Lean Manufacturing " and Just In Time Production, which it was instrumental in developing. The Toyota Way has four components: 1) Long-term thinking as a basis for management decisions, 2) a process for problem-solving, 3) adding value to the organization by developing its people, and 4) recognizing that continuously solving root problems drives organizational learning.
[1] Toyota's CEO has committed to making every car of Toyota a hybrid vehicle eventually (though all hybrid versions may not be sold in the U.S.).
[1] While the press release enumerated nine models, only limited availability existed at the dealer level in the U.S. As of 2008, all Toyota and Scion models have either standard or available XM radio kits.
[1] Toyota becomes 3rd ranked U.S. automaker behind GM and Ford Bloomberg Report.
[1] Toyota currently maintains over 16% of the U.S. market share and is listed second only to GM in terms of volume.
[1] On December 7, 2004, a U.S. press release was issued stating that Toyota would be offering Sirius Satellite Radios.
[1] As late as Jan. 27, 2007, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite radio kits were not available for Toyota factory radios.
[1] Japanese customers, however, had a long-standing tradition of demanding small fuel-efficient cars that were manufactured to a high level of quality. Because of this, companies like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan established a strong and growing presence in North America in the 1970s.
[1] Toyota is active in the motorsports and sponsors such events through their cars among others.
[1] Toyota is headquartered in Aichi, Nagoya and in Tokyo. In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its division Toyota Financial Services and also creates robots.
[1] Toyota Financial Services Corporation provides financing to Toyota customers.
[1] Consumer Reports rated Toyota models first in four of ten product categories.
[1] In a separate 2001 study of initial quality, J.D. Power and Associates rated Toyota and Lexus products first in 7 of 16 product categories.
[1] Toyota is one of the largest companies to push hybrid vehicles in the market and the first to commercially mass-produce and sell such vehicles, an example being the Toyota Prius. The company eventually began providing this option on the main smaller cars such as Camry and later with the Lexus divisions, producing some hybrid luxury vehicles. It labeled such technology in Toyota cars as " Hybrid Synergy Drive " and in Lexus versions as " Lexus Hybrid Drive."
[1] The Toyota Motor Company was awarded its first Japanese Quality Control Award at the start 1970s and began participating in a wide variety of Motorsports.
[1] The following year, the Toyota Crown became the first Japanese car to be exported to the United States and Toyota's American and Brazilian divisions, Toyota Motor Sales Inc. and Toyota do Brasil S.A., were also established.
[1] In 1950, a separate sales company, Toyota Motor Sales Co., was established (which lasted until July 1982).
[1] Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent and separate company in 1937.
[1] Toyota North America headquarters is located in New York City and operates at a holding company level in North America. Its manufacturing headquarters is located in Erlanger, Kentucky, and is known as Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, or TEMA.
[1] Toyota has been developing multitask robots destined for elderly care, manufacturing, and entertainment.
[1] Toyota is supporter of Toyota Family Literacy Program along with National Center for Family Literacy, helping low-income community members for education, United Negro College Fund (40 annual scholarships ), National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ($1 million) among others.
[1] Toyota is now the world"s largest automaker in terms of net worth, revenue, and profits. According to Stephen Spier, Toyota has been an industry leader since the 1960s and has consistently been more productive than its competitors.
[1] On NYSE under NYSE : TM. Toyota reports on its consolidated financial statements 540 consolidated subsidiaries and 226 affiliates.
[1] The Toyota Camry is assembled in several facilities around the world including Australia, China ( PRC and ROC ), Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Thailand and the United States. Toyota has invested considerably into cleaner-burning vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, based on technology such as the Hybrid Synergy Drive.
[1] Toyota also began production of the world's best selling hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, in 1997.
[1] Production of the Model AA passenger car started in 1936. Early vehicles bear a striking resemblance to the Dodge Power Wagon and Chevrolet, with some parts actually interchanging with their American originals. Although the Toyota Group is best known today for its cars, it is still in the textile business and still makes automatic looms, which are now computerized, and electric sewing machines which are available worldwide.
[1] Major Lexus dealerships have been offering satellite radio kits for Lexus vehicles since 2005, in addition to factory-equipped satellite radio models. In 2007, Toyota released an update of its full size truck, the Toyota Tundra, produced in two American factories, one in Texas and one in Indiana.
[1] The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck sold by Toyota that originally went into production in 1999 (as a 2000 model year model), Currently, the Tundra has been on the market for more than half a decade, and has captured 17 percent of the full-size half-ton market. The all new Tundra is assembled in two different locations, both inside the United States.
[1] Consumer Reports reverses practice of automatically recommending all new Toyota cars and trucks, Oct 16, 2007 ("Consumer Reports will no longer recommend any new or redesigned Toyota-built models without reliability data on a specific design," the publication said in a statement.
[1] With a major presence with Europe, due to the success of Toyota Team Europe, the corporation decided to set up TMME, Toyota Motor Europe Marketing & Engineering, to help market vehicles in the continent.
[1] Toyota Motor Corporation ( """""""""", Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki-gaisha ? ) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and currently is the world's largest automaker.
[1] In November 2006, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas added a facility in San Antonio. Toyota has experienced quality problems and was reprimanded by the government in Japan for its recall practices.
[1] In the Fortune Global 500, Toyota Motor is the 6th largest company in the world.
[1] Toyota Motor Company will assembled around 150,000 Standard and Double Cabs, and only 70,000 Crew Max's in 2007.
[1] Corporate watchdog Corporate Accountability International (CAI) selected the Toyota Motor Corporation as one of its nominees (along with Archer Daniels Midland, Countrywide, Mattel, Nestle, Blackwater, Wal-Mart, and Wendy"s) for its 2008 "Corporate Hall of Shame" elections.
[1] Toyota brands include Scion and Lexus and the corporation is part of the Toyota Group.
[1] Toyota's brand sales had risen 9.2% largely on demand for Corolla and Camry sedans.
[1] In 2001, Toyota's Toyo Trust and Banking merged to form the UFJ, United Financials of Japan, which was accused of corruption by the Japan's government for making bad loans to alleged Yakuza crime syndicates with executives accused of blocking Financial Service Agency inspections.
[1] The UFJ was listed among Fortune Magazine's largest money-losing corporations in the world, with Toyota's chairman serving as a director.
[1] Toyota established the Toyota Technological Institute in 1981, as Sakichi Toyoda had planned to establish a university as soon as he and Toyota became successful.
[1] Toyota is making surprisingly aggressive moves at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
[2] The news that Toyota is now the world's largest carmaker was met in Detroit with anger and a sense of resignation.
[2] A list of Web sites about Toyota as selected by editors of The New York Times.
[2] Automakers such as Honda and Toyota say that developing humanoid robots will advance automotive technology as well.
[2] It was effectively a tie, but General Motors emerged from last year's hard-fought global sales race with Toyota feeling like the winner.
[2] One reason for the success of the Toyota Prius may be that buyers want everyone to know they are driving a hybrid.
[2] Toyota's Scion enthusiasts will have even more "me time": a marketing campaign aimed at showing just how much their chosen vehicle reflects their personality.
[2] Toyota's top executives are trying to replicate the company's success and operating principles in other countries while ceding more control to these new outposts.
[2] One topic of debate that began raging after Toyota and Subaru officially announced their collaboration on a lightweight, rear-wheel-drive coupe
collaboration on a lightweight, rear-wheel-drive coupe was how the Toyobaru would be marketed, particularly with both brands getting their own models.
[3] Subaru has branded itself as the purveyor of competent, multi-purpose vehicles that begin and end with one distinct feature: all-wheel-drive. By adding another vehicle into its lineup lacking that core trait, Subaru risks diluting its hard-earned image, not to mention going toe-to-toe with the Toyota monolith by selling a badge-engineered variant.
[3] Toyota has confirmed that the Lexus LF-A will campaign in the 24 hour Nurburgring race this May in an effort to shake down the new supercar before its launch next year. Toyota has no intentions of winning the grueling enduro, instead, it's using its unconventional entrant into the race to aid development of the super coupe and gain feedback for the production car.
[3] The LF-A was recently spied
LF-A was recently spied making laps around the 'Ring outfitted with a new GT-style wing, bigger wheels, brakes, a revised aero kit, more carbon fiber and a full roll cage -- all of which confirms that the mule is more than just a production prototype. It's an impressive tactic that shows Toyota is serious about its first entrant into the supercar fray, and proves that the Nissan GT-R might be causing serious bouts of panic around Toyota HQ.
[3] Sales in the U.S. for Toyota through March were also down, but only by 4.4%. We reiterate like we always do when talk of this global sales crown comes up - it means very little in the grand scheme of things who sells more cars globally. Titles like this can be used to good effect in marketing and for bolstering an automaker's internal morale, so don't expect either one to admit they don't want the mantle of World's Best-Selling Automaker.
[3] Toyota has been working on an affordable small car that will be cost-competitive in emerging markets, and Autocar is reporting that India is being considered as a destination for production. India makes sense due to its low-cost labor, and with competitors like the Tata Nano going for as little as $2,500, the world's biggest automaker will need to cut cost everywhere it can.
[3] Regardless of your viewpoint, we expect that Toyota will align itself with market realities in order to bring production in line with actual sales sooner rather than later.
[3] Toyota has cut
has cut Tundra and Sequoia production already, but dealers are still declining to purchase them, pushing the number of unclaimed units to an all-time high.
[3] Automotive News
Automotive News quotes an unnamed Toyota dealer as saying, "Last month, Southeast Toyota had 9,700 vehicles that had been turned down twice by dealers and are either sitting at the port or at sea. That's a significant number."
[3] The Detroit News notes that Toyota also outsold GM in Q1 2007
outsold GM in Q1 2007 before GM went on to win the year outright, which just goes to show that things can change over the next nine months.
[3] If ever there were modern day candidates for being drawn and quartered, scam artists would qualify. Cowardly and cloaked behind the identities that legitimate brands have toiled to establish, these shysters prey on the unwitting and gullible. Toyota is warning its customers
warning its customers to be vigilant and watch out for fake offers seeking personal financial information and bearing Toyota's branding.
[3] There are several fake offers that Toyota is particularly concerned about, all singing from the same hymnal.
[3] Although Toyota has recently claimed the title
claimed the title of the World's Largest Automaker in terms of global sales, the Japanese-giant is finding out that life at the top isn't all it's cracked-up to be.
[3] If you've been in the market for a Toyota truck, chances are good you'll get a decent deal.
[3] While the Camry, Corolla, Yaris and Prius sedans are reportedly brisk movers, the same thing cannot be said about Toyota's line of trucks and sport utility vehicles.
[3] If things go according to Toyota's plan for world domination, the Prius will become one of the pillars upon which the marque is built, next to the Corolla and Camry institutions.
[3] There is no word as to exactly what vehicle would be produced in India, but one option is Toyota's production iQ
production iQ from Geneva, which is scheduled to begin production later in 2008.
[3] GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (April 19, 2008) -- TMMK's Signature Event of the Year was the American Heart Association Heart Walk held April 19 at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington. A whopping 454 TMMK team members, their families and pets participated in the event. That number is more than double the amount of walkers at 2007's Signature Event-the Asthma Walk. The Heart Walk was held under cloudy skies which seemed to part on cue just as Team Toyota posed for its massive group photo.
[4] WASHINGTON, D.C., (April 28, 2008) -- Toyota today announced a $5 million contribution in support of five National Parks and the National Park Foundation to enhance environmental leadership and educational programs at parks around the country.
[4] ERLANGER, KY, (April 15, 2008) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., (TEMA), with a 2008 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency.
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