Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it plans to export the “Sequoia” SUV made at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. to the Middle East and South America, and the “Tundra” pickup truck made at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. to South America.

The planned exports, scheduled to start in December 2008 and to be conducted through Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A, Inc., are part of an ongoing TMC effort to optimize global production and supply structures to allow TMC to better respond to changes in market demand; they also reflect increasing demand for full-size SUVs in the Middle East and South America and for full-size pickup trucks in South America.

Annually, TMC will export to the Middle East approximately 15,000 units of the Sequoia, and to South America, approximately 150 units of the Sequoia and approximately 1,000 units of the Tundra.

Holding a long-term view, TMC plans—by uniting research and development, procurement, production and sales functions to more-flexibly meet changes in demand—to establish a stable global supply system based on strengthened production and supply structures.

Source: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

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Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced that Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (SFTM) — a joint vehicle-production company established with China FAW Group Corporation (FAW) in China’s Sichuan Province — held a groundbreaking ceremony today for its new plant in Changchun City, Jilin Province.

Approximately 200 people, including Changchun City government officials, as well as FAW President Xu Jianyi and SFTM President Haruaki Hoshino, attended the ceremony, held in the Development Zone of the Automobile Industry in Changchun.

Although precise plans for the new SFTM plant are still to be finalized with FAW and the other parties concerned, current plans are for an investment of 4 billion yuan and an annual production capacity of 100,000 units of the Toyota “Corolla”.

Source: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces that the lawsuit filed against four Chinese companies including the motorcycle manufacturer Zhejiang Huatian Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Zhejiang Huatian”) of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province (present name Zhejiang Lingyu Vehicle Industry Co., Ltd.) for trademark infringement regarding Yamaha Motor trademarks including and YAMAHA filed in October 2002 at the Jiangsu Higher People’s Court and closed with a judgment of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China on June 5, 2007, has now reached full conclusion with the final payment of compensation dictated by the Supreme Court decision.

Today, the final payment of the RMB 8,300,440.43 (125,185,276 yen) specified in the Supreme Court decision has been received, thus concluding the case in accordance with Yamaha Motor’s original claims.

The June 5, 2007, judgment of the Supreme Court upholds the following decisions of the Jiangsu Higher People’s Court that supported in essence all of our claims. Because of two-level judgment system adopted by China, the judgment became final.

Source: Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

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HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that one million visitors have passed through the doors of the Mazda Museum since it opened in May 1994. The one millionth visitor was part of a group of 28 students and teachers on a fieldtrip from Kitagawa Elementary School, which is in the eastern part of Kochi Prefecture in western Japan. The Mazda Museum is located within Mazda’s global headquarters facility in Hiroshima, Japan.

A special ceremony was held to commemorate the million-visitor milestone. Mazda’s executive vice president, Takashi Yamanouchi, greeted the guests and presented all the students and teachers with a miniature model of the Mazda MX-5 to mark the occasion.

The Mazda Museum is the only automotive industry museum in the Chugoku-Shikoku region of Japan and draws an average of 70,000 visitors per year. Permanent attractions include a technical exhibition on the rotary engine – which only Mazda mass produces – and displays on the company’s latest technologies. Another section showcases the development history of Mazda’s eco-friendly hydrogen vehicles. Visitors can also get an up-close look at vehicles being built on a working assembly line in an adjoining plant as part of the museum tour. By providing the opportunity to study the automotive industry in depth, the Mazda Museum has become a popular destination for elementary and junior high school social studies fieldtrips, as well as for the general public.

The Mazda Museum will continue to support social studies tours and social science training in the years to come. The facility will strive to provide visitors with a comprehensive understanding of Mazda’s business through special exhibitions and other events in order to attract even more visitors to the Mazda Museum.

Source: Mazda Motor Corporation

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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced today it will initiate a large-scale community-based test of its Intelligent Transport System (ITS), integrating cellular communications with vehicle telematics to help prevent pedestrian-related accidents. The pilot project will be conducted in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture for a two-month period from November 1 to December 27.

This represents the first and largest such experiment conducted of its kind, involving 500 pedestrians and 200 drivers, and in collaboration with NTT DoCoMo Inc, the largest mobile network operator in Japan. Participants will use a special cellular phone that is compatible to the Nissan navigation system on-board test vehicles, and simply go about their regular daily routines, commuting within the neighborhood.

Nissan first began the basic test of the system in April 2007. By conducting a large-scaled community-based trial with real-world data-tracking, Nissan is moving beyond the initial basic testing towards a commercially-viable system.

Source: Honda Soltec Co. Ltd.

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