Toyota Predicted To Be World’s Largest Automaker
September 14th, 2006
While General Motors is working hard to hold the line on U.S. sales in a stagnant market, Toyota Motor Corp. continues to forge ahead. Interviewed at the Reuters Auto Summit, Toyota exec Irv Miller forecast that the company is anticipating a three to five percent U.S. sales increase in 2007.
While the 2007 forecast pales in comparison to this year’s numbers, which have seen the automaker’s U.S. sales rise 11 percent so far this year, the additional sales should be enough to help Toyota replace GM as the world’s largest automaker sometime next year.
Monterey Historic Races to feature Toyota/Lexus
August 16th, 2006
As the presenting sponsor of this year’s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, Toyota Motor is going all out to bring its motorsports efforts in front of U.S. fans, with the centerpiece of its involvement demonstration runs and paddock displays featuring this year’s TF106 Formula 1 car. (Although Toyota isn’t talking about it, fans expect the car to set a new lap record for Laguna Seca. Could be challenging on the notoriously dusty track – we’ll have to wait and see.)
Forbes Best Pickups for 2006
June 21st, 2006
While foreign manufacturers dominate the car and SUV vehicle segments, that quintessential American icon, the pick-up truck market continues to be dominated by the domestic automakers. Forbes Dan Lienert wrote that Toyota Tundra engineers, while touring Texas Stadium during a Dallas Cowboys’ football game, continued to be amazed how Americans loved their pickups even as personal transportation. We’ll have to wait until next year after the new Tundra has debuted to see if Toyota’s engineers have tapped the pulse of America’s pickup purchasing public.
So without further adieu, Forbes best pickups for 2006:
- Best Midsize Pickup: Dodge Dakota and Mitsubishi Raider
