Akio Toyoda

Toyota profit booms

2013-05-08 08:51:00

Toyota's quarterly profit more than doubled to 313.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion) as cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker's comeback. Toyota Motor Corp., which last year reclaimed the title of world's...

Is Prius next after Toyota's decision to produce Lexus in U.S.?

2013-04-19 10:51:00

Toyota’s announcement Friday that it will start building the Lexus ES 350 at a factory in Georgetown, Ky., is part of a larger policy of moving production of cars to the markets where they are sold that could result in the automaker's Prius hybrid...

Toyota will build Lexus sedans at Kentucky plant, adding 750 jobs

2013-04-19 08:31:00

Toyota Motor Co. plans to build Lexus cars in the U.S. when it completes an expansion of the factory in Kentucky where it makes the Camry and Avalon sedans. Toyota said Friday it will shift production of the Lexus ES 350 from a factory in Kyushu, Japan,...

Toyota settles with 29 states, American Samoa over recall issues

2013-02-14 11:39:00

In its latest bid to put the sudden acceleration matter behind it, Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a $29-million settlement with attorneys general from 29 states and one U.S. territory. � The agreement, announced Thursday, was originally approved by...

Lexus has bikini models strut in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

2013-02-13 10:39:00

It is like having a “booth babe” come out of the print advertisement.� Overseas, Toyota has used a cross-dresser to sex up its advertising. Now the Japanese automaker, known for its conservative cars, is leveraging Sports Illustrated’s...

Detroit Auto Show: Toyota teases next Corolla with Furia concept

2013-01-14 11:41:00

The "exciting" and "provocative" new compact sedan from Toyota comes in a squat, sloped package with bulging fenders, carbon-fiber accents and massive 19-inch alloy wheels. This is the ... Corolla? It's the Corolla Furia concept, at least, unwrapped...

Detroit auto show: Entry-level luxury sedan competition heats up

2013-01-15 16:20:00

DETROIT — Fancy nameplates in the auto business are prepping for a bruising battle for buyers of entry-level luxury sport sedans. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, the Germans and Japanese showed a flurry of new...

Toyota predicts double the profit in 2013; Q4 income quadruples

2012-05-09 09:03:00

After dealing with floods, earthquakes and a super-strong yen,�Toyota Motor Corp. is following a fourth quarter in which income quadrupled with a similarly optimistic forecast for 2013. The Japanese car company, which last year relinquished the title...

Toyota and Salesforce.com team to build Toyota Friend social network

2011-05-23 16:36:08

Toyota's runaway-car worries may not stop at floor mats

2009-10-18 00:00:00

The 2009 Lexus ES 350 shot through suburban San Diego like a runaway missile, weaving at 120 miles an hour through rush hour freeway traffic as flames flashed from under the car. At the wheel, veteran California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor...

Toyota, looking for positive spin, turns to Twitter [Updated]

2010-03-02 21:34:39

Study: Toyota passes BMW as most valuable car brand

2013-05-21 15:33:00

Filed under: BMW, Toyota, Earnings/Financials An annual market study of the strongest brands across various industries has seen Toyota leapfrog BMW as the world's most valuable automotive brand. Toyota's 2013 brand value rose to $24.5 billion, up 12...

Toyoda drives a personal mobility "Winglet" during his presentation in Tokyo on Monday.

2012-07-19 12:20:00

Toyota president Akio Toyoda, left, and Yamaha Motor president Hiroyuki Yanagi display the electric commuter "EC-Miu" (pictured at right) and the electric power assisted bicycle "Pas With" in Tokyo on Monday. Toyota and Yamaha have collaborated to design next generation personal vehicles.

2012-07-19 12:19:00

President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation Akio Toyoda bows after a presentation of its concept vehicle Fun-Vii at a pre- Tokyo Motor show.

2011-11-28 09:19:37