Akio Toyoda
Toyota CEO mulls deals 'to survive in the future'
Wed, 14, Jun 2017Toyota 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
Sun, 11, Jun 2017Toyota'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
Fri, 09, Jun 2017Toyota 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
Mon, 29, May 2017Toyota'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
Sun, 21, May 2017Akio 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
Mon, 22, May 2017In 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.
In new automotive era, even Toyota struggles
Mon, 15, May 2017A lackluster test drive of an EV prototype underscores for Akio Toyoda the new challenges posed by an evolving auto industry. His reaction has Toyota in crisis mode as it grapples with next-generation technologies and plunging profits.
First Shift: Ford board said to raise heat on Fields
Wed, 10, May 2017Ford board said to raise heat on Fields; 'Sense of crisis' as Toyota profit falls; Daimler drops U.S. diesel sales effort; Hyundai, Honda, Nissan tap emotional side of marketing.
Toyota trims exec positions, aims for quicker decision making
Wed, 01, Mar 2017Toyota has reduced its number of top positions to speed up decision making, as the Japanese automaker works toward a slimmer executive structure to better compete in an industry undergoing rapid change.
A front-seat look at Toyota's tough test drive
Fri, 06, Jan 2017For three days in November, Automotive News Asia Editor Hans Greimel joined the Argentina leg of Toyota's Five Continents Drive, the automaker's audacious seven-year gambit to reboot its mindset toward making better cars for a new era.
Toyota’s trade heat from Trump toughens test of U.S. demand
Tue, 07, Feb 2017Toyota Motor Corp. recently ceded its title as the world’s best-selling automaker to archrival Volkswagen. Yet the Japanese company’s biggest adversary this year may be President Donald Trump.
Toyota operating profit declines 39% on foreign exchange hit, higher expenses
Mon, 06, Feb 2017Toyota reported a 39 percent tumble in global operating profit in the latest quarter as foreign exchange losses and higher expenses offset an increase in worldwide sales. Operating profit plunged to 438.5 billion yen ($3.76 billion) in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31.
