Toyota News

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that together with EDF Energy, the British subsidiary of the French energy company EDF, it began testing TMC-produced plug-in hybrid vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom on September 10. To officially kick off the tests, TMC and EDF ...

Toyota 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 ...

Toyota announced that it will provide 78 conventional hybrid and other environmentally friendly vehicles for official use and demonstration at the July 7-9 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. The vehicles will be used to transport participating country officials, shuttle media and government representatives and serve as next-generation test ...

Toyota nnounced today that it has developed a fuel cell hybrid vehicle equipped with the newly designed high-performance Toyota FC Stack.  The "TOYOTA FCHV-adv"*1 acquired vehicle-type certification from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) on June 3. During development, TMC analyzed results and ...

Toyota announced today the opening of the 21st Century Greater Beijing Afforestation Center in Fengning Man Autonomous County, Hebei Province, China. The center, set up jointly by the China-Japan Scientific Technology & Economic Exchange Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Hebei Province Forestry Bureau, the ...

Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius—the world's first mass-produced gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle—have passed the 1 million mark, with approximately 1,028,000 units sold as of the end of April this year*1.  Currently, Prius sales are robust in more than 40 countries and regions, particularly in Japan and North America. ...

Toyota announced today the nationwide launch*1 in Japan of the completely redesigned Alphard as two different vehicle series, the "Alphard" and the "Vellfire" *2. Taking as their theme "stately presence—the ultimate minivan", the new models represent a further decisive evolution in all aspects ...

Toyota announced today that it plans to provide, for the third year in a row, home-use fuel cell cogeneration units as part of a government project to verify the practical use of CO2-reducing stationary fuel cells. The municipal-gas-fueled 1-kW home-use fuel cell cogeneration units—which generate electricity ...

Toyota announced today planned executive changes to take effect following the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June, as described below. ...

Toyota announced today that it is displaying a total of 50 production and concept vehicles at the 2008 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, held from today until April 28 at the new China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, China. The display—aimed at responding to the rapidly ...

Toyota announced today that it has decided to build a second plant on the site of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM), its automobile production base in India. TKM is aiming for its second plant to begin operations in 2010, boasting an initial annual production capacity ...

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC), DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD. (Daihatsu) and FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (FHI) announced today that they have agreed to expand their cooperative ties with new arrangements related to research and development and product supply. Specifically, the three companies—aiming to strengthen their competitiveness by ...

Toyota announced that the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (Chinese Communist Youth League – CCYL), the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) and TMC handed out today the 2007* awards for the Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for China's Youth at a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. ...

Toyota announced that it has established an institute in the United States that specializes in advanced research. The Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRI-NA)—located on the Ann Arbor, Michigan campus of the Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.—aims to strengthen TMC's advanced ...

Toyota announced today the production, sales in Japan and export results of TMC and subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for February 2008. February 2008 Results ...

Toyota announced today, along with a total of 428 companies, including vehicle dealers, logistics systems and forklift dealers, parts distributors and rental/lease dealers, it will conduct the spring Toyota Traffic Safety Campaign from April 1 to 30, in response to Japan's spring Nationwide Traffic Safety Campaign (which runs from April 6 to 15). ...

Toyota announced today that it plans to launch the Toyota brand in South Korea in late 2009 through its local distributor Toyota Motor Korea Co., Ltd. (TMKR).  The Prius gasoline-electric hybrid passenger vehicle, RAV4 small SUV and Camry midsize sedan, including a hybrid version, will comprise the lineup.  The combined monthly sales target is initially ...

Toyota announced today that its 2008 motorsports activities would focus on competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), NASCAR, Super GT and Formula Nippon, and on training drivers that can perform on the world stage. Toyota, competing in its seventh year of F1, will employ its ...

Toyota announced today the production, sales in Japan and export results of TMC and subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for January 2008. ...

Toyota announced today it has completely redesigned the "Crown Royal Saloon" and "Crown Athlete" series and added a hybrid model to the product lineup.  The Royal Saloon and Athlete series go on sale in Japan today and the "Crown Hybrid" will be launched in Japan on May 6. ...

Toyota announced today that its Brake Assist, which helps apply proper braking power, can now—as a world's first*1—coordinate with a vehicle's navigation system. TMC's latest Brake Assist engages when a driver suddenly applies the brakes in response to stop-sign-proximity warnings provided by the navigation system ...

Toyota announced operating results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007. On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the third quarter totaled 6.71 trillion yen, an increase of 9.2 percent compared to the same period last fiscal year.  Operating income increased 4.7 percent to 601.5 ...

Toyota announced today it has developed the world's first*1 car seat fabric that helps prevent mite allergens from becoming active in a vehicle's cabin.  The new fabric is to be offered in vehicle models scheduled for launch in Japan in the near future. Mite allergens—known to ...

Toyota announced today that it has given its Pre-crash Safety System the ability to determine—as a world's first1—whether a driver's eyes are properly open.  TMC expects this driver-monitoring breakthrough, along with the system's current ability to determine the direction of the driver's face, to play an important role in reducing collision-related damage. ...

Toyota announced at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit that it plans to commence sales of lithium-ion battery-equipped plug-in hybrid vehicles to fleet customers in the United States and elsewhere by 2010.  To this end, TMC and the Matsushita Group are currently investigating the feasibility of mass production of lithium-ion batteries at ...

Toyota hopes its new Formula One car will allow the team to move near the front of the grid and to stay there for good. ``My hopes are always high because normally I am very positive,'' driver Jarno Trulli said at Thursday's presentation of the car. ``I think that the team has got the potential, ...

Toyota said Thursday that its global group sales rose six per cent last year to 9.37 million vehicles, making for a tight race against General Motors, the world's biggest automaker. GM has not released its annual sales tally but earlier estimated 2007 sales would come to 9.3 million vehicles. Toyota has marked booming sales lately ...

Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2 automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless strategy to break Ford's 75-year lock on the position. Toyota sold 48,226 more cars and trucks than Ford, according to sales figures released Thursday. Toyota's sales were up three per cent for ...

Toyota, in a neck-and-neck race that could dethrone General Motors as the world's top automaker this year, said Tuesday it plans to sell 9.85 million vehicles globally in 2008. Toyota also said it plans to produce 9.95 million vehicles worldwide during the same year, up five per cent from this year _ the same percentage ...

The full-size pickup Toyota Tundra is Motor Trend's 2008 truck of the year, the magazine announced Tuesday. Motor Trend's editors said the Tundra is a match for Detroit rivals the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado and Dodge Ram in dimensions and performance. The Silverado won the award a year ago. ``The question on everybody's mind was ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it is recalling 15,600 four-by-four versions of the 2007 Tundra pickup truck in the United States because of problems with a propeller shaft connected to the rear axle. The automaker said a joint in the rear propeller shaft may have been improperly heat-treated, leading to an inadequate amount of hardness. A ...

Toyota began recalling 264,000 luxury passenger vehicles over faulty fuel pipes Thursday, including flagship Lexus cars sold in Canada and other overseas countries, the company said. Included in the recall are Lexus models produced in Japan in 2005 and sold overseas, and Lexus, Mark X, and Crown models sold in Japan, according to Toyota Motor ...

French, Italian and Japanese car manufacturers made the most environmentally friendly automobiles for sale in Europe last year, a study released Thursday said. The report, by an independent European group campaigning for cleaner modes of transport, said France's PSA Peugeot Citroen SA sold the lowest carbon dioxide-emitting fleet of cars in 2006. The company's cars emitted ...

Since he was a teenager, Takeshi Uchiyamada's dream was to make a car. But as he entered his 50s as a Toyota engineer, he had all but given up hope he would ever head a project to develop a model. In 1994, he finally got his dream. Little did he know that the car he ...

Toyota recalled 470,000 vehicles in Japan Wednesday for engine, steering and motor problems in the latest sign of growing quality problems as the automaker embarks on ambitious global growth. None of the recalled models were exported, Toyota Motor Corp. said. There were no reports of accidents related to the defects, but more than 300 problems were ...

Toyota chose a swerving Formula One racing course to show its new luxury Lexus sportscar Thursday, to make sure reporters got the message the new IS F model is about revved up engine muscle and the thrill of nimble handling. Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to sell 7,000 Lexus IS F cars globally next year, ...

Ford's U.S. sales plummeted 21 per cent in September on deep cuts in sales to car rental agencies. Toyota sales slipped four per cent, but General Motors and Honda fared better in a tough economic climate. General Motors Corp. said sales were flat compared with last September. The biggest U.S. automaker got a boost from ...

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled an upgraded fuel-cell vehicle that successfully completed a test run Friday, proving its ability to run a longer distance than its existing model, a move to take a lead in the future power-train technology race. The latest model has accomplished a total distance of 770 kilometres with a single fill-up, more ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling optional ``all-weather'' floor mats in 55,000 Lexus ES 350 and Toyota Camry passenger cars because the mat could interfere with the gas pedal and lead to a crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a consumer advisory about the heavy-duty rubber floor mats, noting that if unsecured, ...

TOKYO (AP) _ Most major Japanese automakers lost a portion of domestic production last month because earthquake damage at a parts manufacturer forced temporary closures of some assembly plants, the companies said Tuesday. Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. were forced to halt production at some factories temporarily because ...

TOKYO (AP) _ More than half of Toyota's shuttered assembly lines will start running again Tuesday, and carmakers Mazda and Honda plan to restart production as well, after a key parts supplier damaged by a major earthquake resumed operations Monday. Factories of Toyota Motor Corp. and other major Japanese automakers have been shut because of ...

TOKYO (AP) _ A key Japanese auto parts supplier partially resumed operation Monday, a week after a major earthquake ravaged its production line but top carmaker Toyota said it will keep its own production on hold at least another day. Factories of Toyota Motor Corp. and other major automakers have been shuttered because of lack ...

TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese automakers, including No. 1 Toyota Motor Corp., called production halts Wednesday at factories in Japan because of quake damage at a major parts supplier. The temporary closure of auto parts maker Riken Corp.'s plant at Kashiwazaki city, near the epicenter of Monday's magnitude-6.8 quake, has forced Toyota, Nissan Motor Co. Mitsubishi ...

TOKYO (AP) _ Prosecutors have decided against filing charges against three Toyota officials under investigation on suspicion of avoiding recalls that may have led to an accident, a major Japanese business daily reported Tuesday. Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Paul Nolasco declined comment on The Nikkei report, saying the company had yet to be officially notified of ...

TOKYO (AP) _ Toyota Motor Corp. and three other Japanese automakers reported an increase in global production in April, but Mazda Motor Corp. posted a decline. Toyota, closing in on General Motors Corp.'s spot as the world's largest automaker, said its worldwide production totalled 667,273 vehicles in April, up 4.2 per cent from the year ...

DETROIT (AP) _ Japanese automakers are driving North Americans toward a cleaner environment, while their U.S. counterparts are producing cars and trucks ranked among the worst when it comes to smog emissions and global warming, according to a report released Tuesday by an environmental group. Honda and Toyota lead the ...