Month: March 2024

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) and Lexus are exhibiting at the three-day Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 being held at Makuhari Messe (in Chiba, Japan) from January 12 to 14, 2024. The main theme of this year’s TGR and Lexus exhibit is “MORIZO Garage”, based on the desire of Akio Toyoda, a.k.a. Morizo, to “as a car…

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) and Lexus held “New Year’s Greetings From Morizo” at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2024. The video is available below. Source

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) would like to take this opportunity to once again express its sincere apologies to all stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and dealers, for the inconvenience and concern that it has caused as a result of the procedural irregularities committed by Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu). Source

Today, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. notified the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of a recall of PIXIS JOY vehicle models sold by Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota). Previously, Daihatsu had reported to MLIT that there was a possibility of non-compliance with standards, as a result of that investigation, Daihatsu determined that a recall…

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) held the world premiere today of the GR Yaris RZ “High performance・Sebastien Ogier Edition” (Ogier Edition) and the GR Yaris RZ “High performance・Kalle Rovanpera Edition” (Rovanpera Edition)―two special-edition vehicles based on the evolved GR Yaris―at the Rallye Monte Carlo, which is the first round of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship…

It was announced today that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) revoked the model certifications of three vehicles produced by Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu). The affected models are the Toyota TOWN ACE TRUCK (models: 5BF-S403U, 5BF-S413U), Daihatsu Gran Max, and Mazda BONGO. The TOWN ACE TRUCK, which Daihatsu produces for Toyota,…

Today, Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) reported to Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), which had commissioned TICO to develop diesel engines for automobiles, that it received a report from the special investigation committee (chaired by Mr. Hiroshi Inoue) that was commissioned to investigate potential irregularities of certification regulations related to inappropriate domestic emissions certification of engines for…

Toyota City, Japan, January 30, 2024 Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its sales, production, and export results for December 2023 as well as the cumulative total from January to December 2023, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. Source

Lexus has announced the global sales results for 2023. Source