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In a bold move, Toyota's Chairman Akio Toyoda is considering selling US-made cars, including trucks, in Japan. Find out how ...
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Akio Toyoda ran Toyota for 14 years before handing the reins to a new C.E.O. last year, but some have grown concerned about the control he still wields. By River Akira Davis ...
Akio Toyoda’s father, Shoichiro, was himself president from 1981-1992 and now serves as honorary chairman. Yet, Akio is the first Toyoda in the driver’s seat since 1995, when his uncle Tatsuro ...
Reliable, sure, but never enticing or, God forbid, fun to drive. When Akio Toyoda took the reigns of the automaker in 2009 it was in the aftermath of the unintended acceleration scandal.
Akio Toyoda Wants You to Ask Why He’s Palling Around With ‘Mr. Celica’ Juha Kankkunen won the WRC in a Celica, and Toyoda hinted it's no coincidence why he's been promoting Gazoo Racing lately.
Akio Toyoda was once called the chief branding officer of Lexus. More recently, he goes by another moniker there: Brand Holder. July 11, 2022 12:00 AM Hans Greimel ...
Akio Toyoda races cars as a hobby, but can he race out of controversy? Feb. 25, 2010 — -- Going fast helps Akio Toyoda get to know cars. An amateur racer, the embattled president of Toyota ...
As Akio Toyoda climbed the ranks at the automaker his grandfather had founded, many Toyota Motor Corp. managers treated the scion with kid gloves. Not Hiromu Naruse. Naruse, a certified Master ...
Akio Toyoda is joined by Toyota EVPs and board members Mitsuhisa Kato and Shigeki Terashi, both central figures in Toyota’s high tech research and development.
Akio Toyoda offered yet another apology for his company’s recalls involving 8.5 million vehicles worldwide and announced that he would not be participating in the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance ...