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• Toyota denies in talks to cooperate with Daimler   [Jul 02, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp denied on Thursday a report that it was considering building derivatives of Mercedes-Benz's A-Class and B-Class cars on its own platform to better utilise its European plants in the ...

• Toyota, Honda slow drop in Japan car sales   [Jul 01, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., Japan's two largest carmakers, slowed the decline in domestic auto sales last month as their new hybrid models and government incentives boosted demand. Sales ...

• Toyota to proceed with plan to build plant in Brazil   [Jun 30, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, said it will go ahead with plans to build a new auto-assembly plant in Brazil, where the government extended a tax cut to spur vehicle sales. The ...

• Toyota leads Japan output drop as sales fall   [Jun 29, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., Japan's two largest carmakers, led an eighth straight decline in domestic auto production last month as exports to the U.S. plunged. The output drop by the ...

• Toyota president says product lineup under review   [Jun 25, 2009]

  Akio Toyoda promised a nimbler Toyota that will be more responsive to regional needs in his first public appearance as head of the Japanese automaker his grandfather founded.Toyoda, the automaker's ...

• Tianjin FAW to launch 9 new car models by '12   [Jun 24, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 24 (Gasgoo.com) Tianjin FAW, an economy car subsidiary of FAW Group and a Chinese partner of Toyota Motor, will roll out a new model next month as the start of its plans "to launch 9 ...

• Toyota to import 2.4L Lexus ES to China in H2   [Jun 24, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 24 (Gasgoo.com) In the first four months, China sales of Toyota Motor's luxury brand Lexus plunged 36% after a few years of rapid growth. To boost the sales, the 2.4L Lexus ES model ...

• Guangzhou Toyota to build Previa MPV in 2012   [Jun 23, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 23 (Gasgoo.com) Guangzhou Toyota, a joint venture between Guangzhou Auto and Toyota Motor, has confirmed its plan to produce Toyota's 'business-class' Previa MPV in 2012, 163.com ...

• Toyota Prius gets 180,000 orders month after debut   [Jun 19, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, said it booked 180,000 domestic orders for the new Prius gasoline-electric hybrid within a month of the car's debut. The company had set a sales target ...

• Toyota Tsusho to expand China dealer network   [Jun 18, 2009]

  Toyota Tsusho Corp, Japan's sixth-biggest trading company and an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp, said it planned to increase its Toyota dealerships in China to cope with strong demand. However the ...

• Toyota well positioned for auto recovery -Barron's   [Jun 15, 2009]

  Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp is well positioned for any industry recovery and to take advantage of the General Motors Corp's woes, and could see its American Depository Shares (ADRs) rise ...

• Toyota to boost hybrid battery capacity by 10%   [Jun 14, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp. will boost hybrid battery production capacity as much 10 percent over earlier plans next year as orders for its Prius model rise, the Nikkei newspaper said. The automaker aims to ...

• Sales of FAW Toyota in May 2009 (by model)    [Jun 11, 2009]

  Sales of FAW Toyota Motor Ltd in May 2009 (by model):Source: CPCA

• Toyota boosts Prius production as demand rises   [Jun 09, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest maker of gasoline-electric vehicles, boosted production of the Prius hybrid car in Japan this month as orders have risen 75 percent since the model went on ...

• Toyota Motor targets $1 bln cut in small-car costs   [Jun 07, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp. aims to cut production costs of small cars by 100 billion yen ($1.0 billion) in 2012 by using the same chassis and parts for different models, the Nikkei newspaper said, without ...

• Toyota to speed up development of new models   [Jun 05, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest carmaker, is working to reduce the development time of new car models to help cut costs and respond quicker to changes in customer demand. "If the development ...

• Toyota to face $1 bln in Calif. zero-emission costs   [Jun 04, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., ranked as the U.S. market's most fuel-efficient automaker, may have to spend more than $1 billion to meet California's requirement for zero-emission cars, said a person familiar ...

• Toyota Motor leads drop in Japan's May car sales   [Jun 01, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, led a 19 percent drop in the country's vehicle sales last month, as falling wages and rising unemployment discouraged customers from visiting showrooms. ...

• Toyota's New Crown to be China-made in late '09   [May 31, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 31 (Gasgoo.com) FAW Toyota has revealed that the luxury New Crown sedan of Toyota Motor will come into mass-production at the joint venture's new plant in Tianjin by the end of this ...

• Toyota aims to sell 25,000 Lexus hybrids a year   [May 27, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus unit, struggling with the worst slump of its 20-year history, aims to sell 25,000 new luxury hybrid Lexus sedans a year in hopes the fuel-efficient model can revive demand ...