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Toyota Motor

Toyota Motor is the world’s biggest carmaker, having overtaken General Motors during the global financial crisis.

Man who turned Toyota into global giant dies at 100

18 Sep 2013

Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor's expansion in the United States as the carmaker's longest-serving president, has died at the age of 100.

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Toyota says new Prius, fuel cell car due in 2015

29 Aug 2013

Toyota has two important vehicles coming in 2015: the next-generation Prius hybrid and the company’s first hydrogen fuel cell car.

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Toyota freshens Lexus image to woo young

27 Aug 2013

Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus is trying to shake off its stodgy image. So it’s opening a cafe.

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Toyota, nearing record profit, slows in Southeast Asia

2 Aug 2013

Toyota Motor’s slower-than-expected growth in Southeast Asia, its third biggest regional market, is becoming a headache as the world’s best-selling carmaker closes on its six-year-old profit...

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Camry in battle to stay America’s best-selling car

18 Jul 2013

Toyota’s Camry has been No. 1 for more than a decade, but the company is stretching to keep it there with price cuts, rebates and lease deals.

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Toyota to make batteries in China for petrol-electric hybrid cars

1 Jun 2013

Takanori Yokoi, said the Japanese carmaker is in discussions with Hunan Corun New Energy of Hunan province to jointly produce nickel metal hydride batteries for hybrid models Toyota plans to start...

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Weak yen to help Toyota beat forecast

There's conservative and then there's Toyota Motor.

The world's largest carmaker forecast on Wednesday profit and revenue that missed analysts' estimates, based on outdated projections for...

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Toyota full-year profit roars ahead

Toyota Motor on Wednesday said its full-year net profit more than tripled to 962.1 billion yen (HK$75.3 billion), with the world’s largest automaker also saying it was on track for another soaring...

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New order at the top of Toyota

Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda overhauled his top management for the second consecutive year, strengthening his control over the world's largest carmaker to vie with General Motors and...

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CARS

Japanese carmakers record sales growth in China

Three major Japanese carmakers started the year on a good note on the mainland as their sales last month showed growth for the first time in four months.

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Business Digest, December 19, 2012

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Oh, what a feeling

Toyota Motor is poised to take back the title of world's biggest carmaker for this year, as Volkswagen fights General Motors for second place heading into the final weeks.

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