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Toyota Recognized as a Top 10 Company Changing the World by Fortune Magazine

Toyota Recognized as a Top 10 Company Changing the World by Fortune Magazine
For the second time in three years, Toyota has been named to Fortune magazine’s Change the World List. Ranking Toyota at #8 of the top 50 companies, Fortune recognized Toyota for its hydrogen strategy to reduce carbon emissions and the mass market introduction of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai.
   
Based on the shared-value principle of “doing well by doing good,” the list recognizes leading global innovators that are making progress toward solving…
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Marion Toyota Awards $500 to Local Teacher


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…
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All-New Toyota Camry Ignites the Senses


The all-new Toyota Camry is here with a striking new look and a hot new marketing campaign that’s set to tap into drivers’ emotions and the sensations they will feel when driving the vehicle. While purchasing a Camry continues to be a smart and rational choice, the 2018 Camry now delivers the magic and excitement drivers crave. These emotions are highlighted in the “Sensations” campaign, which compels drivers to love the new Camry for…
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Toyota Motor North America Reports U.S. Sales for August 2017



Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) Inc., today reported August 2017 sales of 227,625 units. With one more selling day in August 2017 compared to August 2016, sales were up 6.8 percent on volume and up 2.8 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis.
 
Toyota division posted August sales of 196,824 units, up 8 percent on a volume basis, and up 4 percent on a DSR basis.
 
"First and foremost, our…
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Toyota Finds New Customers: People Who Don't Like Toyotas



Toyota Motor Corp. says its new C-HR compact crossover is the car for people who dislike Toyotas. If early sales data are any indication, there are a lot of Toyota critics out there.

The C-HR is almost single-handedly driving sales growth in Europe and Toyota’s home market of Japan. Between those two markets, Toyota sold about 150,000 of the vehicles in the first half of 2017—more than a 10th of its total…

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Toyota-Mazda Set Off Secret Race For 4,000 - Job Plant


One of the biggest potential job-creating bonanzas in the country, a giant new auto plant proposed by Toyota and Mazda, began in secret with a mysterious code name.

Now it has become a full-blown race among states to try to reel in the $1.6-billion project that will create 4,000 good-paying direct jobs.6-billion project that will create 4,000 good-paying direct jobs.6-billion project that will create 4,000 good-paying direct jobs.6-billion project that will create 4,000 good-paying direct jobs.6-billion…

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Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc. Pilot Test New Car Share Application

Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc. Pilot Test New Car Share Application
Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc. (Servco) have partnered to test a new car-sharing technology in Honolulu. The suite of software and services is an important part of Toyota’s Mobility Services Platform (MSPF) which will offer various functions to enable a more convenient mobility experience. When the employee-only pilot testing program concludes, Servco, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Hawaii, will use the car-sharing technology to launch a new Honolulu-based car share business by the…
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Camry's Engine Tech will Spread Across Toyota


Toyota is overhauling it's engines to boost fuel economy, cut emissions and increase performance.  But unlike other automakers, Toyota does not plan to reduce engine size and strap on turbochargers across the board.

Eventually all of Toyota's engines will get the same technology that debuted in the redesigned 2018 Camry, Ben Schlimme, Toyota Motor North America's powertrain executive program manager for advanced planning and research, said at the CAR Management Briefing seminars…
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Toyota chooses Xevo Software to Power 2018 Camry App Suite


The prevalence of infotainment systems mean that when an automaker scopes out suppliers for a new model, it needs to consider software companies alongside manufacturers of more traditional components like transmissions and seat fabric.

That's particularly true with Toyota, which has opted not to use Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smart connectivity, as many other automakers now do. Instead, it's trying to build similar functionality into the 2018 Camry's infotainment system using…

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