2013 Toyota Avalon- Inspired Safety

Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s to Donate 10,000 Child Car Seats to Families In Need as Part of Child Passenger Safety Education Campaign

Did you know that three out of every four child car seats in the United States are not used or installed correctly? Or that almost 50 percent of children who are fatally injured in motor vehicle crashes were unrestrained? To address this alarming public health issue and encourage greater safety for child passengers, Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have teamed up to launch a national, online education campaign on Causes.com.

The campaign – at www.Causes.com/Toyota – invites people to take action online: 

• Watch a short video with tips to properly install a child car seat
• Share the video with your friends and family

The campaign builds on the success of Toyota’s and Cincinnati Children’s groundbreaking Buckle Up for Life child safety program in communities.

In recognition of everyone who participates in the campaign, Toyota will donate 10,000 child car seats to families in need.

“While cars and trucks today are safer than they’ve ever been, motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death in the United States for children between the ages of one and 12,” said Patricia Salas Pineda, group vice president of National Philanthropy and the Toyota USA Foundation at Toyota Motor North America.  “Tragically, so many of these deaths and injuries could be avoided through the proper use of child car seats and seat belts.  We are pleased to be working with the visionary medical experts at Cincinnati Children’s to help empower parents and caregivers to make an even bigger difference in protecting young passengers, while also bringing thousands of new child car seats to families in need.”

“The goal of our partnership with Toyota has been to help keep as many children safe as possible and to educate families on the importance of properly buckling children up during every ride,” said Dr. Victor Garcia, founding director of Trauma Services at Cincinnati Children’s, professor of pediatric surgery and a co-founder of Buckle Up for Life.  “The campaign on Causes.com expands our ability to fulfill this vital mission and to reach even more people across America with information that saves lives.”


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Toyota Brings Strong Momentum to New Year

Toyota today announced that it set a new record for North American production with 1.78 million vehicles manufactured in 2012, up 41 percent from 2011 and surpassing its previous record of 1.72 million in 2007.

In addition, Toyota in 2012 posted record sales and product launches, increased investments and key industry accolades for Toyota across its North American operations

"Thanks to the support of our loyal customers, and the hard work of our dedicated associates, team members and dealers, Toyota achieved a number of important milestones in 2012," said Jim Lentz, president and chief executive officer, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and senior vice president, Toyota Motor North America.  "As we continue with the most aggressive product launch in our history, we're confident this momentum will continue in the year ahead."

Revamped Product Line Drives Significant Sales Growth

Buoyed by the launch of 19 new or significantly updated models over the past twelve months, Toyota’s U.S. sales significantly outpaced the industry in 2012. Sales of Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles in the United States topped 2 million units, securing 14.4 percent of the market, up from 12.2 percent in 2011.

The Toyota Division claimed the title of No. 1 retail brand in the United States, growing annual sales by 27 percent and outselling its nearest competitor by 133,000 vehicles. Driving this performance was the continued success of the Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in America for the eleventh straight year, with sales of more than 400,000 vehicles in 2012, a 31 percent annual increase in the industry’s most competitive segment.  Additionally:
 

• Scion sales rose by 50 percent based on continued demand for the new FR-S sports car, with 65 percent of buyers new to Toyota;
• Sales of hybrids and other environmental vehicles nearly doubled in 2012, giving Toyota close to a 70 percent share of this critical U.S. market; and
• Toyota certified used vehicle sales once again topped the industry.

Increased Investments Create New Jobs, Bolster Regional Production

Toyota's sales performance was bolstered by record production across Toyota’s 14 North American manufacturing facilities, which now produce 70 percent of the vehicles Toyota sells in the United States.  The volume increase was driven in part by $1.5 billion in investments over the last 13 months, including the company’s newest plant in Blue Springs, Miss., which reached full employment and fully ramped up production. With numerous other production expansions currently underway across North America, the company expects to create a total of 3,500 new manufacturing jobs.

Other production achievements in 2012 include:

• Toyota built its 25 millionth vehicle in North America – a 2013 Hybrid Avalon – at its Georgetown, Ky.,facility;
• Exports of U.S.-assembled vehicles increased 45 percent, percent, to  124,084,000 units, an all-time high;
• For the third year in a row Toyota Camry topped the Cars.com annual American Made Index, which ranks the most-American vehicles based on percentage of their parts made domestically, where they are assembled and how many are sold to U.S. buyers; and
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Canada began production of the RAV4 EV at its Woodstock facility.

Toyota Brands Draw Industry Recognition, Generate Consumer Engagement

Toyota’s success in the market was matched by an overwhelmingly positive response from industry observers and the driving public in 2012:

• Nineteen Toyota, Scion and Lexus models were named “Top Safety Picks” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety;
• Kelley Blue Book honored Toyota brands with 18 best resale value awards, the most of any automaker; and
• Toyota surpassed more than 1 million fans on Facebook.

Growing, Positive Momentum for 2013

In the coming year, Toyota plans to debut nine new or updated products, including the all-new Toyota RAV4 and Corolla, as well as the Scion tC.

With this line-up of new products, Akio Toyoda’s focus on making more exciting, fun-to-drive vehicles and the Prius family’s continued dominance across the hybrid sector, Toyota is forecasting even greater growth in 2013. That includes an expected increase of roughly 100,000 units to more than 2.15 million vehicles sold in North America for the year, with products introduced in 2012 and 2013 accounting for more than 60 percent of these sales.

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2013 Toyota Avalon -- A Radically New Formula

What's in Store for the Toyota Corolla Furia Concept?

Toyota revealed the Corolla Furia Concept at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This exciting compact sedan concept hints at the styling cues consumers can expect to see on the next-generation Corolla.  The concept represents an exterior styling study by Toyota designers, and it builds on the brand’s product development priority to develop more dramatic, expressively designed vehicles.

“The Corolla Furia Concept is an early indicator of where our compact car design may lead in the future,” said Bill Fay, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota Division. “It blends a heightened emphasis on dramatic design and modern elements of high technology to generate curb appeal that will surprise a lot of people.” 

The Furia is designed around a theme of “Iconic Dynamism,” which uses pure and simple surface elements to create a confident, decisive and recognizable appearance appealing to more youthful consumers. It features a more provocative, dynamic interpretation of a compact sedan that displays a more stable, athletic stance with 19-inch allow wheels pushed to the vehicle’s corners with short overhangs to help emphasize its long wheelbase.

The Corolla Furia design includes a swept windshield, with a sloped roofline and pronounced fender flares, to help communicate a sense of motion even when the car is stationary. The aggressively styled front fascia, with a blacked-out grille treatment, helps highlight a pair of sculpted front LED headlamps that combine with the rear composite LED taillight assemblies to add a sense of advanced technology to the Furia’s impactful exterior. Carbon fiber accents adorn the Corolla Furia Concept’s wheel wells, rocker panels, and rear valance, which includes ornate metal exhaust outlet surrounds to add a sense of modern athleticism.

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"My spouse and I recently purchased a new Toyota Camry Hybrid.  Our salesman, Joe, treated us quite well. We highly recommend Washington Auto Mall dealership." -David T. 

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Toyota Fun Vii Rainbow Concept

Without much fanfare, Toyota recently updated its Facebook cover photo with the odd-looking, rainbow-colored vehicle (is that the right word here?) you see above. It took us a little while to realize that this bright, playful thing is the Fun-Vii concept that was first shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011. We were so used to seeing the glossy black that this rainbow (and the low-resolution image which made the Fun-Vii logo look more than a little like "FCHV/ii," implying that this was a wildly different update to the FCHV (fuel cell hybrid vehicle) and FCHV-adv models that Toyota has been testing for years. Those vehicles put a hydrogen fuel powertrain into the body of a Highlander SUV. The vehicle pictured above is, shall we say, not a Highlander.

Once we figured out that this was, indeed, the Fun-Vii, it prompted us to go take another look at what is, admittedly, nothing more than a fanciful sketch about what future Toyotas might look like. That's when we realized that, despite Toyota downplaying anything about the Fun-Vii's powertrain in the original press release – the Fun-Vii's focus was the changeable exterior – we discovered that this thing's got wireless charging technology. Turn out, when Toyota dreams in color, it dreams big.

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