The Coronavirus outbreak has been difficult for everyone. We want to take this opportunity to provide information on where to go for Coronavirus testing in our local area. We at McGrath Elmhurst Toyota care about our community, and we want to help make sure our friends and neighbors stay healthy and safe during this difficult time. We’re…
Toyota Engineers, Techs and Suppliers Are Closer Together Creating New Jobs In a move to bring engineers, technicians, designers, manufacturing experts and suppliers closer together, Toyota Motor Corporation expanded its Ann Arbor, Michigan R&D Center. Toyota has long invested in continuous improvement of vehicle design and efficiency. They feel that this new collaboration will improve…
Toyota Is Once Again Voted Most Admired Vehicle Company Toyota was once again named the top motor vehicle company in Fortune Magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.” Toyota is also ranked at #28 overall out of all companies surveyed and was in the top ten in both talent and running a global…
Toyota Motor Sales has reported high January auto sales. With two fewer selling days in January of 2016, sales were up 3.3 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Total sales volume for January was 161,283 units, a decrease of 4.7 percent from January 2015 on a volume basis. Toyota division January 2016 sales…
Toyota will be the first automaker to adopt smartphone app software developed by Ford and offered to the industry at large in an effort to create a uniform way for car owners to use phone apps in their cars. Ford created an open source software called SmartDeviceLink and branded a version for itself called AppLink…
Toyota is killing its youth-oriented Scion brand after learning an important lesson: young buyers simply want Toyotas. Scion was formed in 2003 to court Generation X buyers, who didn’t like their parents’ brands and didn’t trust traditional marketing, says Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Corp.’s senior vice president of U.S. operations. It was known for its…
The FIA World Endurance Championship is universally regarded as the toughest motorsport endurance series in professional racing and, since 1923, its premiere event, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has been the gold standard of high performance competition. Consisting of a 24 hour long race that is held on France’s Circuit de la Sarthe, which…
The Great Recession created a wide-spread fiscal plague with massive implications on the world markets, the global economy, and the livelihood of millions of individuals. Automakers like Toyota were forced to come up with new ways of doing business in order to protect their companies, while helping customers keep from falling behind on their car payments. By…
Back in April, Toyota announced they would be moving their corporate headquarters from Torrance, California to Plano, Texas over the next few years. Overall, it is expected that this move will save money for the company, but there were also several other reasons cited for the move as well. The overall goal of the company’s…
When consumers think about the Toyota brand. it’s understandable that Japan comes to mind After all, that is where the corporation originated. So it came as a surprise to many that when the Toyota Motor Corporation launched their new Toyota Corolla in Japan this year, they also disclosed that their ground breaking crash prevention system…
