Toyota chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada challenged carmakers on Monday to step up sales of hybrids in the United States, calling them “a long bridge” to future vehicles.
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Toyota
Toyota Motor is the largest carmaker in the world. Founded in 1937, it makes some of the world’s most popular vehicles, including the Corolla and Camry. It also has a luxury brand, Lexus, and majority stakes in truckmaker Hino, compact carmaker Daihatsu, and 16.66 per cent of Fuji Heavy Industries, which makes the popular all-wheel drive Subarus.
6 Sep 2013
Toyota’s US turnaround is picking up momentum and the Japanese automaker expects strong growth in what promises to be a stable and prosperous market, a top company executive said.
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5 Sep 2013
US auto sales accelerated to the best pace since October 2007 as major automakers posted double digit gains on Wednesday and forecast more growth in the months to come.
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2 Aug 2013
Toyota Motor raised its operating profit forecast for the financial year ending March next year on Friday as the weaker yen makes exports more profitable and on the back of strong sales in its...
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24 Jul 2013
Ford and Toyota ended their partnership to develop hybrid pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles after studying the feasibility of such a project for nearly two years, Ford said.
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23 Jul 2013
Noriko Uno was afraid of driving fast, often avoiding the freeway and taking the same route every day from her Los Angeles home to and from her family's sushi restaurant. She had put only 16,000...
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Toyota and its dealers are quietly manoeuvring to allay risks from periodic eruptions of anti-Japan sentiment in China, even as recent sales data suggest a slow but steady recovery for Japanese...
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Toyota executives have sometimes seemed to share the personality of the automaker’s best-selling cars - dependable and efficient, but also a bit boring and bland.
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A recovery for Japan's carmakers in the world's largest vehicle market hit a snag yesterday when Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda recalled 32,572 vehicles in China. But that is just a fraction of...
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Toyota and partner Guangzhou Automobile Corp (GAC) will showcase their first co-developed local electric car at this month's Auto Shanghai show. The e-car is understood to be just one of eight...
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A group of influential Japanese business leaders is due to meet Vice-President Li Yuanchao today in Beijing in an effort to improve soured relations between the two countries.
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