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Toyotamay have faced several natural disasters (a tsunami, earthquakes in Japan and flooding in Thailand where manufacturing plants are located) during the last year, but that hasn't stopped the automaker from making a huge comeback as far as sales are concerned. In the first six months of 2012, Toyota sales rose 34 percent to total 4.97 million vehicles worldwide, beating GM Motors by 300-thousand vehicles and Volkswagen by 520,000 vehicles, though both of these companies saw a rise in sales as well.

Toyota racing fans, do we have news for you!  Japanese automaker is back in a big way in the British racing world with a new Britcar 24 Hours endurance race entry at the Silverstone track for September 2012. In the 1980s and 1990s, Team Toyota GB (Great Britain) was a rather famous name in the British Touring Car racing and UK rallying scene, with several wins by its AE86 Toyota Corolla, but that all changed when the brand disappeared from the ranks for a bit. Now, Team Toyota GB is back and ready to race with its new Toyota GT86…

"Toyota selected Mentors 4 Kids as a finalist in their 100 Cars for Good program and the votes are in," she said. "We won a new Toyota Camry to use in our program. We were one of five finalists and all of us are thrilled to not only be in the running but to actually be a winner.