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Toyota Adding U.S. Transmission Capacity

Toyota Adding U.S. Transmission Capacity

 
Project Boosts Jobs & Investment in West Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri
 
BUFFALO, W.Va.  (February 25, 2011) -- Toyota announced today it will add 6-speed automatic transmission capacity at its plant in Buffalo.  The $64 million investment will create approximately 40 new jobs in West Virginia.
 
Toyota made the announcement with Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito, Toyota management and team members in…

Toyota International Teacher Program Now Accepting Applications for Costa Rican Study Program

Eco-Study Tour for Educators and Librarians Will Take Place in Costa Rica, November 19 - December 3, 2011
 
?    Toyota International Teacher Program gives teachers the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica for Eco-Study Tour
?    Full-time 7-12 grade teachers of all subjects and librarians are now invited to apply at www.iie.org/toyota
?    Application deadline is May 4, 2011
?    Program promotes environmental stewardship and international learning in schools and is fully funded by Toyota
 
TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2010 - The Toyota International Teacher Program is now accepting applications from…

Toyota Announces Two Voluntary Recalls and Amends Potential Floor Mat Interference Recall Announced in 2009

 
Driver's Side Floor Carpet Plastic Pad Modification on Lexus GS
Driver's Side Floor Carpet Cover Replacement on Lexus RX and Toyota Highlander
Models Added to the Potential Floor Mat Interference with Accelerator Pedal Recall
 
TORRANCE, Calif., [February 24], 2011 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it will conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 20,000 2006 and early 2007 Model Year GS 300 and GS 350 All-Wheel Drive vehicles to…

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Toyota Becomes First Single Line Manufacturer to Sell 3 Million Certified Used Vehicles

Toyota Marks Milestone by Giving Away 3 Millionth Vehicle to Chicago Area Customer
 
CHICAGO, Ill., February 9, 2011 - Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. today announced that it is the first single line manufacturer to sell 3 million certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles within program history.  Toyota marked the unprecedented event by giving away a 2008 Sienna to the 3 millionth CPO buyer.
 
The record-breaking sale came on the heels of a milestone year in 2010, when Toyota became the first single line nameplate to break the 300,000…

Toyota Statement in Response to NHTSA/NASA Study

Toyota Statement in Response to NHTSA/NASA Study

In response to the publication by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of an extensive review of the electronic throttle control systems in Toyota and Lexus vehicles, conducted with the assistance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Steve St. Angelo, Toyota's Chief Quality Officer for North America, said:
 
"Toyota welcomes the findings of NASA and NHTSA regarding our Electronic Throttle Control System with intelligence (ETCS-i) and we appreciate the thoroughness of their review.  We believe this rigorous scientific analysis by some of America's foremost engineers should further…