toyota

Unsold Foreign Cars Hogging Space at a California Port

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:40

Unwelcome by dealers and buyers, thousands of cars are being warehoused on crowded port property, creating a vivid picture of a paralyzed auto business.

And for the first time, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Nissan have each asked to lease space from the port for these orphan vehicles.


 

Toyota says no change to Mississippi plant opening

Newsvine - business  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 21:46

Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that for now it is sticking with plans to open its new Mississippi plant in 2010 despite media reports that Japan's top automaker is mulling a delay.


 

Detroit Is Tanking, But Toyota's in Trouble, Too

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 11/12/2008 - 14:00

Critics like to say Detroit's getting what it deserves because the Japanese build better cars, but guess what -- Toyota isn't looking so great these days,

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Toyota more than halves profit outlook

MSNBC.com: Business  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 07:01

Toyota slashed its annual earnings forecast Thursday to less than a third of what it was the previous fiscal year.


 

Automakers Report Grim October Sales

NYT > Business  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:01

Facing tightened credit markets and an economic slowdown, Ford and Toyota reported selling far fewer vehicles than a year ago.


 

Toyota not blinking in the face of slowdown

MSNBC.com: Business  Tue, 10/21/2008 - 06:48

With a solid balance sheet, more than $20 billion in cash, and a slew of new car initiatives, Toyota is better placed than most automakers to weather economic uncertainty.After taking over as Toyota president in June 2005, Katsuaki Watanabe regularly warned of the dangers of complacency creeping in at the Japanese automaker.



 

The New Prius Looks Like the Old Prius

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 10/17/2008 - 16:41

Toyota confirms photos making the rounds of the interwebz are are indeed shots of the 2010 Prius that no one was supposed to see until the Detroit auto show in January.


 

Toyota announces zero-percent financing

Newsvine - business  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 05:59

Toyota Motor Corp. has announced zero-percent financing on 11 models as it tries to woo would-be buyers sidelined by the consumer credit crunch.


 

Auto Sales Fall Sharply in September

NYT > Business  Wed, 10/01/2008 - 14:20

Ford and Toyota saw their United States sales drop by more than 30 percent, while G.M. suffered a 16 percent decline.


 

GM Canada's August sales fall 17.1 per cent, Toyota Canada's up ...

Topix - Business News  Wed, 09/03/2008 - 17:14

Toyota Canada outpaced other major carmakers last month, as sales rose 29.3 per cent compared with August 2007.