Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) announced that it has officially opened a new parts distribution center (PDC) in Phoenix, Ariz. The new Phoenix PDC will employ up to 61 employees in a 136,000 square foot facility. The $10 million distribution center will house approximately 56,000 Toyota and Lexus parts, and serve 56 Toyota and Lexus […]
Vehicle Manufacturers Pause Production in North America
Several vehicle manufacturers have announced plans to pause vehicle production across North America in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Below are list of manufacturer announcements on their production plans. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced it would cease production at its plants across North America, starting progressively from March 18 through the end […]
Toyota Announces Certified Collision Centers of the Year Recipients
For the 18th consecutive year, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA), has awarded three collision centers as Toyota Certified Collision Centers (TCCC) of the Year. This national award is based on a 12-month evaluation of customer satisfaction, collision sales growth, employee certifications, and benchmark achievements. The recipients are: Balise Collision Center/Balise Toyota of Warwick, Warwick, […]
Toyota Motor North America Selects OEConnection for Mechanical Parts Marketing Program
OEConnection LLC (OEC) in partnership with Toyota Motor North America, is launching a comprehensive mechanical parts ordering and fulfillment program. The program interfaces through the OEC RepairLink solution for Toyota dealers in the United States. With the “Toyota Mechanical Parts Program,” powered by RepairLink, Toyota dealers can offer exclusive pricing support to their mechanical repair […]
Toyota Safety Sense Equipped Vehicles Top 10 Million Units Globally, 5 Million in North America
Manufacturer reports 70 percent reduction in rear-end collisions in Japan on vehicles equipped with systems. Toyota Motor Corporation announced the total global number of vehicles equipped with Toyota Safety Sense (TSS), the Toyota-developed preventive safety package, has reached the 10 million unit mark, approximately three and a half years after its March 2015 introduction. It […]
Toyota Launches Car Share Service in Honolulu
Toyota announced the launch of a new mobility solution called Hui―a round-trip, station-based car share service in Honolulu, Hawaii. Operated by Servco Pacific (Servco), Toyota’s distributor in Hawaii, the Hui service utilizes Toyota’s proprietary global Mobility Service Platform (MSPF) and a consumer facing app developed by Toyota Connected North America (TCNA), the global technology strategy […]
Toyota Announces Certified Collision Shops of Year
Toyota Certified Collision Centers (TCCC) recently presented the 2017 Shop of the Year awards to three of its certified collision centers. The recipients are: Balise Collision Center – Balise Toyota of Warwick – Warwick, R.I. Bennett Collision Center – Bennett Toyota – Allentown, Pa. Precision Toyota of Tucson Collision Center – Tucson, Ariz. This is […]
Car-O-Liner’s OEM Training Facility Program Equips Toyota’s New Headquarters
The Car-O-Liner Company announced that Toyota chose the Car-O-Liner brand for its new Plano, Texas facility. Car-O-Liner’s local distributor in Texas installed the latest frame straightening, three-dimensional measuring and universal anchoring equipment at Toyota’s new headquarters, which comprises a 100-acre campus. Once the equipment was installed, Car-O-Liner experts held a comprehensive training session for Toyota […]
Toyota Rolling Out Second Generation Safety Sense Collision Avoidance Technologies
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) announced that the second generation of its Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) package of active safety features will begin rolling out as standard equipment on certain Toyota vehicles beginning in mid-2018. The updated safety package will add new technologies and capabilities that enhance protection for drivers, passengers, and others who […]
Toyota Pilot Testing Car Sharing Platform in Hawaii
New suite of software and services designed to enable dealers and distributors to launch car share programs in local markets Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc. have partnered to test a new car-sharing technology in Honolulu, Hawaii. The suite of software and services is an important part of Toyota’s Mobility Services Platform (MSPF) which will offer […]