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Toyota Rav4 Cycle Lab Great Outdoors
In what is hailed as a world-first innovation Toyota, its advertising agency DraftFCB Johannesburg and digital agency Hellocomputer has rebuilt the digital RAV4 product website on an outdoor bike trail at the Johannesburg Cycle Park.
• Best month of May sales since market peak in 2007
• Toyota Hilux leads local and export sales
• Export of proudly South African vehicles continue to grow
Vehicle sales as published by the National Association of Automotive Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) reached 53 997 units in May 2013, which is well in line with the industry’s expectations for a total sales target of between 650 000 and 680 000 units in 2013.
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that cumulative global sales of its hybrid vehicles topped the 5 million unit mark as of March 31, 2013, reaching 5.125 million units
WORLDWIDE SALES OF TMC HYBRIDS TOP 5 MILLION UNITS
• 5,125 million hybrid vehicles sold since the launch of the first hybrid
• 18 new hybrid vehicles planned by December 2015
• 34 tons of CO2 and 12 million kiloliters of fuel saved by hybrid vehicles
Toyota City, Japan - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that cumulative global sales of its hybrid vehicles topped the 5 million unit mark as of March 31, 2013, reaching 5.125 million units1.
Dr Johan van Zyl Appointed as Chief Executive Officer for Toyota in Africa
By Toyota_Blogger on 2013-04-19 13:09
- New position to compliment responsibilities as President and CEO of Toyota South Africa Motors
- Executive powers over one of the fastest growing continents
- New structure in step with Toyota’s stated goals of strengthening the company’s management structure and achieve the goals set by the Toyota Global Vision
Dr Johan van Zyl, President and CEO of Toyota South Africa Motors, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Toyota in Africa as part of a major restructuring announced by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC).
Toyota remains on top of the international automotive world in terms of total brand value, with the company coming in at US$26* billion. New research by leading brand valuation and marketing consultancy Brand Finance says Toyota's brand value rose six per cent last year from US$24.5 billion.
Toyota remains on top of the international automotive world in terms of total brand value, with the company coming in at US$26* billion. New research by leading brand valuation and marketing consultancy Brand Finance says Toyota's brand value rose six per cent last year from US$24.5 billion.
Toyota Athletics Club will once again have a big presence at the Old Mutual Two Oceans ultra-marathon with seventy two club members participating. The race takes place on Saturday, 30 March in Cape Town.
The Toyota Athletics Club was formalised with a Pro Team in 2009 and this year will be the fifth time the team participates in the world’s most beautiful race. The club currently has over 170 members that participate in major races such as Two Oceans, Comrades, City2City, Soweto marathon and the Gauteng Marathon.
Toyota sponsors first paraplegic Cape Epic team. Team Driepoort Toyota consisting of Reuben van Niekerk and Dane Wilson will compete in the Absa Cape Epic which takes place over eight days in the Western Cape.
Two well-known para-cyclists will don Team Toyota colours for SA’s toughest mountain bike cycle race.
Team Driepoort Toyota consisting of Reuben van Niekerk and Dane Wilson will compete in the Absa Cape Epic which takes place over eight days in the Western Cape.
These enthusiastic cyclists will cover 698km and climb 15 650m over the eight days. The race starts at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville and ends at Lourensford Wine Estate in Somerset West.
Des Wiseman of Imperial Toyota Kempton Park is the first female to receive the Dealer of the Year award. Handing over the award is from left; Hitoshi Muramoto, Executive Vice President and Chief Coordinating Executive, Dr Johan van Zyl, President and CEO of Toyota South Africa and Calvyn Hamman, Senior Vice President: Sales and Marketing.
Imperial Toyota Kempton Park was awarded the coveted Toyota Dealer of the Year award at the gala event held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The award was accepted by Desiree Wiseman, the first female Dealer Principal to win this award.
The Imperial Toyota Kempton Park dealership has been operating from their new site for two years. Desiree Wiseman is an impressive leader as she is intimately involved in all areas of the business yet still allows her management team to lead their own departments.
Toyota takes top honors in latest JD Powers Survey.
Seven Toyota, Lexus and Scion (Toyota nameplate in the USA) models captured segment awards in the 2013 American J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study, more than any other automaker. Each year, the research firm determines which are the most reliable vehicles on American roads and publishes the list in its Vehicle Dependability Study. Reliability is gauged by looking at the number of problems reported by owners of 3-year-old cars to see how they're faring after a few years of wear and tear.
The study also found:
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) mourns the passing of one of its founding fathers. Jan de Necker passed away last week in Paarl, Western Cape at the ripe old age of 93.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) mourns the passing of one of its founding fathers. Jan de Necker passed away last week in Paarl, Western Cape at the ripe old age of 93.
Mr De Necker was a well-known and much loved member of Toyota. As a good friend and business associate of founder Dr Albert Wessels, Mr De Necker was instrumental in bringing Toyota to South Africa. This is evident in the way in which he assisted in brokering a meeting between Dr Wessels and Toyota in Japan and how he laid the foundations for an import permit from the then South African government.
