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I Salute Akio Toyoda, Who Knew He Could Do This and Still Have Fun: The president of Toyota, who announced his successor today, was always eager to get behind ...
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I Salute Akio Toyoda, Who Knew He Could Do This and Still Have Fun
Quick Glance: Toyota appoints Lexus CEO as CEO, promoting Akio Toyoda to chairman.
  • Toyoda, 66, took over as CEO in 2009 and oversaw Toyota's rise to become the world's largest automaker.

  • Toyoda will step down as president and CEO on April 1 to become chairman, the company announced on Thursday.

  • Takeshi Uchiyamada, representative director, will relinquish his chairmanship.

  • Toyoda explained that he is passing the torch to the younger generation because Uchiyamada has decided to step down from his position.
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Dead in 2023: Toyota C-HR: Despite having just shown a concept design for a next-generation C-HR, Toyota has announced that the model will disappear from the U.S ...
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Dead in 2023: Toyota C-HR
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Toyota Hints the Land Cruiser May Return to the U.S.: It might not happen anytime soon, but it still could happen.
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Toyota Hints the Land Cruiser May Return to the U.S.
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2023 Toyota Crown: Design Details: Jose walks us through the unconventional but compelling styling of the new Toyota Crown.
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2023 Toyota Crown: Design Details
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The Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept Previews Toyota's EV Future: Toyota is hot to expand its "beyond zero" electric vehicle sub-brand, and this small EV crossover ...
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The Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept Previews Toyota's EV Future
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Toyota's Compact Cruiser EV Concept Is the Smaller, Electric FJ Cruiser of my Dreams
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Toyota's 1997 Tribute to its First Car Is Now a Classic Itself: Based on a Toyota Hilux pickup, this limited-edition JDM model was styled to evoke the 1936 ...
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Toyota's 1997 Tribute to its First Car Is Now a Classic Itself
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I Don't Know If Toyota's Marketing Plan Will Work For The bZ4X: The marketing tactics seem out of touch with the buyer demographics
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I Don't Know If Toyota's Marketing Plan Will Work For The bZ4X
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This Is The Biggest Argument Against The Toyota bZ4X EV: Why buy the Toyota when the identical Subaru will put money in your pocket at tax time?
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This Is The Biggest Argument Against The Toyota bZ4X EV