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February 08, 2006

This Week:

• Audi Q7 - The performance SUV

• Toyota Reaches 15 Million Mark in North American Production

• Dodge to Ignite Mid-Size SUV Market

• Infiniti Announces Pricing on 2006 Q45 Sport

• GM Announces Awards to IT Systems Integrators

• Porsche has superb start to new year in North America

• Volkswagen and Google Team Up to Explore Future Vehicle Navigation Systems

• The All New Volvo S80 Powered by New Six-Cylinder In-Line Engine

• Chrysler Group Celebrates Manufacturing Launch of All-New 2007 Dodge Caliber

• American Suzuki Shows Full Line, Including All-New 2006 Grand Vitara, at Philadelphia International Auto Show

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Toyota operates 12 vehicle manufacturing, powertrain, and components facilities in North America. Toyota will continue to further its commitment to build vehicles locally with two more North American plants under construction-- in San Antonio, Texas and Woodstock, Ontario.

Toyota now manufactures 10 vehicles in North America: Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Matrix, Sequoia, Sienna, Solara, Tacoma, Tundra, and Lexus RX330. Production of the Camry Hybrid begins in the fall of 2006 in Kentucky, and the RAV4 in 2008, in Ontario.

Toyota first began conducting business in North America in 1957 and began manufacturing parts in 1972 in California. In 1986, Toyota expanded operations to manufacture vehicles in a joint venture with GM at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. in Fremont, California. Toyota now directly employs 27,000 jobs in manufacturing, and there are an additional 95,000 supplier jobs dedicated to Toyota business in North America.

Production of the 15 million vehicles produced in North America:

By 2008, Toyota will have the annual capacity to build 1.83 million cars and trucks, 1.44 million engines, and 600,000 automatic transmissions in North America. The company's direct employment is 38,000, with a current investment of $16.3 billion. A 2005 study by the Center for Automotive Research found that Toyota, along with dealers and suppliers, had created nearly 400,000 jobs*. In addition, Toyota's annual purchasing of parts, materials, goods and services from North American suppliers totals more than $26 billion. Toyota's North American-produced vehicles include the Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Matrix, Sienna, Solara, Sequoia, Tacoma, Tundra, and the Lexus RX 330. In late 2006, Toyota will begin producing the Camry Hybrid in Kentucky, and in 2008, RAV4 will begin production in Ontario.

*2005 Center for Automotive Research Study (2003 data). Includes direct, dealer and supplier employees and jobs created through their spending.

(February 2, 2006)