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Carmakers seen heading for big year
The Japan TimesJapanese automakers are expected to reap further profits, possibly at record levels, in the current business year to next March thanks to the yen's decline and the positive U.S. economic outlook, experts said. The carmakers have already benefited from...Tags: Earnings, Passenger Cars, Earnings Forecasts, Tokyo (Japan), Money and Monetary Policy
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Toyota profit booms
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...
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Former Georgetown chief St. Angelo exploring frontier market for Toyota
The Lexington Herald-LeaderSteve St. Angelo, who once led Toyota's flagship North American plant in Georgetown, is soon heading to South America. The executive has been tapped by Toyota leader Akio Toyoda to oversee operations in Latin America and the Caribbean. St. Angelo, 57,...Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Corporate Officers, Georgetown
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Toyota will build Lexus ES in Kentucky expansion
Detroit Free PressToyota will build the Lexus ES sedan at its Georgetown, Ky., plant as it continues to produce vehicles closer to where they are sold. The world's largest automaker confirmed the decision during a news conference with some executives in New York City and...Tags: Politics, Auto Trends, Passenger Cars, New Products, Scion
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Toyota to bring Lexus manufacturing to US
The Lexington Herald-LeaderGEORGETOWN, Ky. _ Toyota executives and state officials announced Friday that the automaker's flagship North American plant in Georgetown will begin building the Lexus ES 350 luxury sedan in 2015. It will be the first Lexus model to be manufactured in the...Tags: Government, Politics, Georgetown, Companies and Corporations, Plant Openings
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Is Prius next after Toyota's decision to produce Lexus in U.S.?
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...
Tags: Ford, Passenger Cars, Prius, Media Industry, Toyota
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Toyota will build Lexus sedans at Kentucky plant, adding 750 jobs
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,...
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Report: Toyota offered $146.5 million to build Lexus ES in Kentucky
Autoblog.comFiled under: Sedan, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Lexus, Luxury Toyota posted a media advisory yesterday saying that Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, and Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America, would be making a production announcement... -
Toyota settles with 29 states, American Samoa over recall issues
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...
Tags: Toyota Recalls, Toyota Motor Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Trials
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Lexus has bikini models strut in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
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...
Tags: North American International Auto Show, Sports, Passenger Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Advertising
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Entry-level luxury sedan competition heats up
Tribune NewspapersDETROIT — 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...Tags: Auto Trends, Passenger Cars, New Products, Cadillac, General Motors Corp.
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Could this be the next Corolla?
Tribune NewspapersOf all the automakers trying to generate buzz on the Detroit auto show's first day, Toyota Motor Co. made the most noise. The company rolled out a concept design for the Corolla, one of its most important models, and announced preliminary sales...Tags: Ford, Passenger Cars, Prius, Toyota, General Motors Corp.
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