Marion Toyota Blog

How would you live from day to day without a car? How would you hold a job, feed your family, see your doctor, or go to school? For many of our neighbors in rural Southern Illinois - through no fault of their own - this is a real and daily struggle. That's why we at Marion Toyota and Marion Collision Center are proud to announce Project CAR, our newest community service program through which we rehab…

This morning, Marion Toyota owner Jeff Mayer, presented a $500 check to Megan Thompson of Washington Elementary School in Marion.  Mayer was accompanied by Jennifer Chaney, VIP Customer Consultant at Marion Toyota.

Megan was awarded the money after receiving the most votes in Marion Toyota's "Adopt a Classroom" contest which was promoted on the Marion Toyota Facebook page. Several teachers from throughout Southern Illinois participated in the contest.  For 3 weeks, friends and followers…

Three years ago, Jim Lentz asked team members to envision a unified North American headquarters in Plano, Texas.

That dream became a reality on Thursday when Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) celebrated the official opening of Toyota’s new corporate campus – joined by hundreds of dignitaries, community leaders and members of the media.

“This is an extraordinary next step in Toyota’s 60-year journey in the…

Marion Toyota is proud to announce that they will once again be supporting the Miss Illinois Scholarship Pageant in 2016.  This year's competition will be held June 13th through June 18th at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center in Marion, Illinois.

The event is the official state preliminary to the Miss America Pageant.  The Miss America Organization is the largest single source of scholarship funds for young women in the world and at all…

As communities across the South and the Great Plains face a barrage of natural disasters, Toyota is supporting the American Red Cross’s critical relief efforts in affected regions, such as North Texas and the Dallas area, including Plano, which is the site of the company’s new North American headquarters. Toyota’s support is also advancing relief efforts in other hard-hit regions where it operates, such as Alabama, Mississippi and Missouri. As a member…

2015 marked record production for Toyota with 2,035,028 vehicles and 1,933,702 engines produced in North America. Key drivers for increased production include low fuel prices, a healthier economy and strong customer demand for Corolla, Camry, RAV4 and Tacoma.
 
“Our products are a direct reflection of our team members’ dedication and talent,” said Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America.  “Each vehicle that rolls off the line is an example of our…

Toyota officials have unveiled a planned partnership with a Kentucky landfill that will generate plant electricity from the landfill's gas.  The plan is expected to begin later this month.  Electricity generated by the project will be enough to produce about 10,000 vehicles per year at the Georgetown, Kentucky manufacturing plant. 

Having a Landfill operator working directly with a manufacturer on this type of project has never before been accomplished in the United States…