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The Latest From TMMK:

2/1/2012

Toyota Motor Sales Reports Increase in January 2012 Sales

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. reported monthly sales results of 124,540 units as momentum from the fourth quarter of last year picked up speed in January. With 24 selling days in January 2011 and 2012, sales increased 7.5 percent over the year-ago month on a daily selling rate (DSR) and unadjusted raw volume basis. Driven by an increase in sales of the all-new 2012 Camry and Camry hybrid, the Toyota Division posted January sales of 112,266 units, an increase of 9.0 percent compared to the same period last year.


1/4/2012

Toyota Reports December 2011 and Year-End Sales

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported December 2011 sales results of 178,131 units, flat compared to the same period last year on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis and raw volume basis. Toyota Division reported December sales of 152,776 units, up 1.9 percent over 2010. Lexus Division reported sales of 25,355 units, down 8.0 percent from the year-ago month. For the full year, TMS reported annual sales of 1,644,661 vehicles, down 7.0 percent from the same period in 2010 on a DSR basis, as inventory continued to recover from shortages due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With 307 selling days in 2011 and 306 selling days in 2010, annual sales were down 6.7 percent on an unadjusted raw volume basis.


12/15/2011

Fifteen Toyota, Lexus and Scion Vehicles Earn Top Safety Pick Awards

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced that 15 Toyota, Lexus, and Scion vehicles - including the Kentucky-made Toyota Camry - earned Top Safety Pick awards for the 2012 model year, more than any other automaker.


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For Further Information

View Biographies of TMMK Executives.

Information on Toyota vehicles and sales is available here. (This link will take you off the TMMK site.)

High-resolution images of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky are available for download.

Dr. Charles Haywood's study on TMMK's Economic Impact on Kentucky is available for download in a printable Adobe Acrobat® Format. (8.4MB File)

The Center for Automotive Research's single-manufacturer economic impact study, which describes the economic contribution of Toyota's total manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations in the United States overall and in fourteen individual states is available for download in a printable Adobe Acrobat® Format.

Read about all of the environmental activities at TMMK and Toyota's other North American manufacturing plants in the full report here. This year, for the first time, the full report will only be available electronically, further reducing Toyota’s environmental impact. (This link will take you off the TMMK site.)

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