Akio Toyoda
Saikawa taps Akio to lie low
Oct. 16In decorum-obsessed Japan, the auto industry is cooperating to keep Nissan's recent factory inspection scandal from dimming the glitz at this month's Tokyo Motor Show.
Gazoo points way for sportier Toyota
Sept. 23Toyota debuts a GR sports car series for Japan and beyond. The U.S. may not get the name, but its future products will get a healthy dose of the line's sporty spirit.
AutoNews Now: Daimler spending $1B to make EVs in Ala.
Sept. 21Daimler spending $1B to make EVs, batteries in Ala.; Greenpeace activists try to halt VW diesel delivery; Tata's 'long-term view' on Jag; Tesla chip dip?; Donuts with Akio Toyoda.
Toyota chief says hybrid still central as EV momentum grows
Sept. 19Toyota President Akio Toyoda says hybrid technology will remain central to the company's strategy even as a rising wave of governments and automakers get behind plug-in electric vehicles.
Toyota's California turnaround
Sept. 17Ian Cartabiano enjoys a good bowl of ramen and cruising backstreet boutiques in Tokyo. But it's his California flair that's giving his U.S. design studio outsized influence at Japan's No. 1 carmaker.
The Toyota Two-Step
Aug. 12Toyota executives say they've consolidated operations from around the country, just in time to confront the disruptive challenges facing the industry.
Toyota CEO mulls deals 'to survive in the future'
June 14Toyota may consider mergers or acquisitions to procure new automotive technologies, including self-driving technologies, the company's president said, adding that it had to compete more aggressively against its rivals.
Toyota won't forget the big recall
June 11Toyota's unintended acceleration recall seven years ago scorched the company. Toyota doesn't want to forget that.
Toyota forms cost-saving task force to arrest profit slide
June 9Toyota has created a task force comprising senior executives to oversee costs as Japan's biggest automaker seeks to arrest a slide in operating profit.
Toyota rallies troops, waves flag, touts future
May 29Toyota's CEO sought to give U.S. dealers an extra dose of motivation ahead of the critical launch of the redesigned, eighth-generation Camry.
Toyota's CEO was satisfied with his car-guy status until he bumped heads with Hiromu Naruse
May 21Akio Toyoda not only runs Toyota Motor Corp. but is its master driver, the final arbiter of what makes a Lexus a Lexus and a Toyota a Toyota. Knowing how to drive - no, race - a car makes him like no other CEO in the 79 years since his grandfather founded the company.
Toyota’s driving chief learns the secret sauce
May 22In an interview with Asia Editor Hans Greimel, Akio Toyoda, 61, talked about his interest in racing and how it now influences the flavor of Lexus and Toyota vehicles.
