INDUSTRY GROWTH
- Toyota has overtaken General Motors as the world’s largest automaker. (BBC News)
- Toyota is the world’s most profitable automaker.
- Toyota’s U.S. market share is over 15 percent and growing. (CNN)
- The Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in America since 2002. (CNN)
- The Lexus LS 430 has been the leading luxury brand model for seven consecutive years. (CNN)
- Toyota annual sales jumped by more than 500,000 to 8.5 million vehicles in the 2007 fiscal year. (TMC Annual Report)
- Employment opportunities are available across the country. There are more than 1,400 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in the United States. (Toyota.com)
- Fortune magazine named Toyota among America’s top three most admired companies.
- Toyota and Lexus consistently earn outstanding quality rankings from consumer research firm J.D. Power and Associates.
- Toyota created the world’s first mass produced gas/electric hybrid car with the Prius.
- Toyota sells more hybrids than all other manufacturers combined.
- Toyota and Scion rank more vehicles in the top 10 of EPA fuel economy than any other manufacturer.
- All Toyota and Lexus vehicles are certified as Low Emission Vehicles under California Air Resources Board standards and 75% earn Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle status.
- At Toyota manufacturing plants, about 99% of scrap metal is recycled.
- Toyota vehicles are 85% recyclable.
- Toyota manufacturing plants have received environmental awards for reducing the amount of materials sent to landfills, for water conservation and for other environmentally sensitive policies.
