In a recent drawing at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky INC. (TMMK), veteran team member Toby Keith became the recipient of the landmark 10-Millionth Toyota Camry that rolled off the assembly earlier this year. Like the very first Camry that made its debut back in 1988, this 2014 model is also a white Camry. The first Camry has been given historical preservation, but it was decided that this 10-millionth model would be presented to a Toyota team member through a random drawing.
Toby Keith has been with the company since the first Camry rolled off the line 26 years go, so it is quite poetic that he should receive this special new model. Upon hearing of his luck wn, Keith stated that he was most excited to surprise his wife with their new car.
“I’m in shock” Keith said. “I’m going to surprise my wife. She works at the Scott County Library and drives a 2007 Avalon. I’m going to go over there this afternoon, move her car out and park the new Camry in her space. She’s going to scream.”
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The New Toyota Headquarters in Texas
Toyota recently announced that it has chosen the Dallas-based architectural firm Corgan as its head architect for the construction of its new North American headquarters in Plano, TX. This project was originally announced earlier this year with Toyota planning a massive move from its current location in California. They will be combining various headquarter locations into one large centralized campus with around 4,000 employees working there.
Corgan is no stranger to large scale projects as it has previously worked on headquarter designs for other large corporations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Fossil, Bulova, Southwest Airlines, State Farm and more.
“We are inspired by the challenge to create a facility that will bring Toyota team members and associates from across the U.S. together in one building for the first time, Corgan President and CEO Bob Morris said. It will be an honor for us at Corgan to help welcome Toyota to north Texas by creating a home for them where they will immediately feel comfortable and empowered to do their best work.”
This expected completion time for this new headquarters is late 2016 or early 2017.
Thanks to Toyota and American Park Network, free public Wi-Fi is now at six Los Angeles Parks and Beaches. The free service is called Oh, Ranger! Wi-Fi™. It was made possible with the support of the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, and is at no cost to the taxpayers.
This program is one small step for internet access in Los Angeles. However, it is one giant leap toward free universal access to broadband internet throughout the city. With the growth of the smart device using market, the demand for Wi-Fi access has grown. Toyota is helping to lead the way toward meeting that demand.
Protecting The Environment – Toyota and NEEF Team Up
Thanks to grants provided by a partnership between the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), more than 30 nonprofit organizations around the country will receive funds to help support public lands. More than $150,000 in capacity building grants are available to help nonprofit organizations make important improvements and maintenance of facilities and programming on public lands.
“It is often difficult to raise funds for strategic planning, communications and technology upgrades, but these activities are vital to the growth and engagement of Friends Groups, ” said Diane Wood, president of the National Environmental Education Foundation.
Land managers at all levels often have thin budgets and limited staff. Help in the form of grants and donations from nonprofit organizations known as Friends Groups provide much needed support for public lands. NEEF and Toyota seek to strengthen these organizations so they can serve public lands to the best of their ability.
“We believe stewardship of our public lands starts at the local level,” said Michael Rouse, TMS vice president of diversity, philanthropy and community affairs. “We hope to help local community groups gain traction in caring for millions of acres of public lands and grow as stewards of an important American resource.”
Each group will receive a grant of up to $5,000 for “capacity building.” The money will be used to serve public lands by allowing land managers and their staffs to develop communications and websites, software and technology, staff training, fundraising, board development, and strategic planning.
This is the fourth year the NEEF’s Public Lands Program has provided these grants to Friends Groups to support capacity building and events. Proposals for the next round of Public Lands Every Day grants are due by the end of October.
“If a Friends Group can better engage the public, it can attract more volunteers. If it can attract more volunteers, it has a larger base of individuals to ask for support. If it can gain more support, it can offer more volunteer events,” added Wood.
Toyota Sponsoring National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Toyota has once again joined forces with The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Paralyzed Veterans of America as the Sustaining Host Sponsor for the 34th National Veterans Wheelchair Games. The annual games began on Wednesday, August 13 and will continue on until this Sunday, August 17th and this will be the 15th time that Toyota has sponsored this important event.
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games are an annual event that any is participated in by U.S. military veterans who use wheelchairs for sports competition due to a serious injury such as certain neurological conditions, amputations or other mobility impairments or spinal cord injury. The purpose of the games is to bring these veterans holistic, therapeutic treatments through sports activity.
There are a total of 18 events that take place during the games, these events include softball, quad rugby, handcycling, air guns, weightlifting, field, nine ball, basketball,power soccer, archery, trapshooting, a motorized wheelchair rally, track, bowling, table tennis, slalom, boccia and swimming.
“Toyota is very proud of our 15-year relationship with the Paralyzed Veterans of America,” said Mark Oldenburg, Toyota National Fleet Marketing, Mobility and Strategic Planning Manager. “Toyota is honored to once again be the sustaining sponsor of the 34th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games and support the brave men and women who serve our country and defend our freedom.”
Toyota Helping to Preserve American History
Toyota has contributed $10,000 to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help save national landmarks across the country. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been able to stop demolition of more than 250 threatened historic sites through its annual 11 Most Endangered Places list.
Toyota presented a symbolic check to National Trust executives at the 2014 National Association of Black Journalist Convention & Career Fair in Boston. “We are honored to accept Toyota’s generous gift to support our work saving the places that tell America’s diverse stories,” said Marita Rivero, chairman-elect, National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Toyota’s slogan, ‘Let’s Go Places,’ appropriately describes what we encourage Americans across this great country to do — visit, enjoy and discover our history. By preserving and celebrating the places that reflect the many layers of our collective history together, we build a more perfect union.”
The privately funded nonprofit organization is the nation’s leading voice for saving America’s historic places. It currently identifies 47 historic sites in its portfolio of National Treasures that the Trust is taking direct action to protect. They promote saving places by taking direct action at a growing portfolio of irreplaceable, threatened places of national significance.
Toyota’s Sales Continued Trending Upward in July
Toyota’s July sales were released this week, and they are continuing their upward trend. With sales of 188,469 units, they saw a 10.6 percent increase from July 2013
“Rising consumer confidence, coupled with momentum in the marketplace, boosted auto sales in July,” said Bill Fay, Toyota division group vice president and general manager. “Led by an all-time record month for RAV4 and double-digit gains for both Camry and Corolla, Toyota was the number one retail brand.”
Other sales highlights for the month of July include:
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Sales of the all-new Tundra increased by 5 percent
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Sales of the Camry totaled almost 40,000 units, a 15 percent increase
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Sales of the 4Runner increased by 64.5 percent
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Sales of the Tacoma totaled 13,000 units
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Sales of the all-new Highlander increased by 4 percent
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Sales of the all-new Corolla increased 26 percent with sales of almost 31,000 units
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Prius sales totaled 20,675 units
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Sales of Toyota light trucks show a record-breaking July, up over 15 percent
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Sales of the all-new RAV4 increased by over 37 percent for a record July
The Toyota GT86 is having no problem living up to its “fun to drive” reputation, and has become even more exciting after German Drifter Harald Muller was able to drift the car for 2 hours and 25 minutes for a distance of 89.55 miles.
Muller now holds the world record for drifting that was held by the BMW M5, which traveled for 51 miles in South Carolina last year. This year’s record attempt (and success) took place in Samsun, Turkey where 612 laps were completed by Muller on a watered circuit of slippery tarmac. There is some debate among sport enthusiasts if the wet track allows some sort of advantage, however Guinness World Records saw no issue.
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