Between the Driving Away the Cold CARing for Kids Foundation and its 170+ supporting dealers, supporting dealers have given 108,950 new winter coats to local children in need since 2008 and we will give at least 30,000 more this October. Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota continue to support the Driving Away the Cold CARing for Kids Foundation and help to spread the warmth each winter. To learn more, visit here www.caringforkids.com
Congratulations to Toyota’s 50 Millionth Customer!
Imagine a stranger wearing a suit strolling into your backyard during a family barbecue. He’s carrying balloons, the title to your car and the keys to another car. Sound too good to be true? That’s exactly what happened to NYPD veteran Michael Dee.
ERLANGER, Ky. (July 26, 2013) –As consumer demand for Toyota’s Highlander continues to grow, the company’s Princeton, Ind., plant is planning to grow with it. Toyota announced today it will increase production of the Highlander mid-size SUV in late 2014 with a $30 million investment in Princeton.
The project will create more than 200 new jobs at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. (TMMI), with new team members helping to increase production volume by 15,000 units. This expansion raises total employment to approximately 4,700 and total plant investment to more than $4.2 billion.
Today’s announcement is Toyota’s 10th production increase announcement in the past 20 months including Toyota plants in Huntsville, Ala., Buffalo, W. Va., Georgetown, Ky., and Ontario, Canada. Cumulative investment total is approximately $2 billion, adding more than 4,000 jobs.
“This capacity increaseis to meet growing demand for the Highlander and is a part of our strategy to build vehicles where we sell them,” said TMMI President Norm Bafunno. “We appreciate our loyal customers who value the quality products our dedicated team members build in Princeton, and we’re excited to build even more Highlanders.”
Toyota’s Indiana plant builds a gas version of the popular Highlander and will begin producing the hybrid version before year-end. The new production volume added will be the gas model version. Soon, Highlanders born in Indiana will find new homes with drivers in Russia and Australia as TMMI is set to begin exporting to those countries later this year.
TMMI currently employs 4,500 team members and builds the Highlander, Sequoia full-size SUV and Sienna minivan. Current production capacity is 300,000 vehicles and will increase to 350,000 later this year as announced in February 2012. Today’s news raises TMMI’s annual capacity to 365,000 vehicles by late 2014.
Courtesy of Toyota USA Newsroom
Quality Control Center is opened by Toyota in Japan
The Philadelphia Inquirer had a great article in their July 23rd, 2013 Edition today in which they discussed the opening of a training facility for mechanics complete with a test course that simulates 13 driving conditions, including cobblestones and bumpy roads. The new facility might not end recall problems, but will help the automaker respond more quickly, Toyota told reporters. Other automakers have similar training and test-course facilities, and Toyota also has other training centers. But the Tajimi center is among the biggest for any automaker.
It was excitement at Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota when we learned that Toyota has unveiled the all-new 2014 Corolla. The unveiling took place in Santa Monica, Calif., on June 6th, 2013. Here are some highlights on the new 11th generation 2014 Corolla which has been around for 47 successful years. Toyota believes the 2014 Toyota Corolla will change consumer perceptions of the iconic compact.
• a modern cabin with premium materials
• a longer wheelbase for enhanced ride quality and interior roominess
• improved efficiency with an available 7-speed continuously variable transmission
• an available Corolla LE Eco trim level that is targeted to receive a highway rating of over 40 mpg
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Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota is excited to get the new Corolla in soon!
Nickelodeon and Toyota are making this the best summer ever for SpongeBob fans with the creation of the first SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired vehicle. The SpongeBob 2014 Toyota Highlander will feature a custom SpongeBob-themed exterior and an interior design that captures all of the beloved character’s high-octane energy. The one-of-a-kind concept vehicle will be unveiled on July 13th, during Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob Day at the Padres vs. Giants game in San Diego, Calif.
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Toyota Partners with Tree of Life Clinic to Improve the Process of Providing Quality Free Health Care
Mary Ware arrives at the Tree of Life Clinic in Tupelo at 6:40 a.m. to ensure she will have a place in line for treatment when the free medical clinic opens at 4:30 that afternoon. Now, with the efficiencies instituted in the clinic – thanks to the partnership with Toyota – she can arrive later with assurance she will be seen that day.
Since January, members of the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi have partnered with Tree of Life Clinic to provide on-site support – free of charge – helping to improve the clinic flow while preserving doctor/patient interaction time. The improvements include increasing the number of patients seen while reducing waiting time for those patients by an average of 24 minutes and decreasing the length of the clinic workday for volunteers by an average of one hour.
Established in 2010, Tree of Life Clinic is a free medical clinic that provides basic medical and dental care for people in North Mississippi that is fully staffed by volunteers and 100% funded by donations. Open two days a month (1st Wednesday and 3rd Saturday), the clinic sees approximately 80 patients on Wednesdays and 120 on Saturdays for those who do not have health insurance, cannot afford to pay for medical care or may not be eligible for Medicare/Medicaid.
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On Tuesday, June 18th, 2013, Susan Campbell, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House (PRMH) and Linda Parry, the Director of Volunteers at PRMH arrived at Ardmore Toyota to accept a very generous donation from Max Paul. The Max Paul Family Organization through Ardmore Toyota, provided PRMH with two new 2013 Toyota Sienna vans to provide reliable transportation to and from the hospital for families staying at PRMH while their children receive lifesaving medical care.
This year marks the 23rd year that the Max Paul Family Organization has been providing PRMH with vans to transport their families. Every three years Ardmore Toyota replaces the vans with new vans at no cost to PRMH. The van services enable families to maintain their well-being by helping to reduce their transportation-related stress and expenses during their time at our House. Every day from 9am to 9pm, the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House provides scheduled van transportation service to and from eight area pediatric hospitals, with the majority of volunteer-provided shuttle trips to and from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
All families staying at PRMH are eligible to utilize the van service. Families meet in a dedicated meeting spot outside of our kitchen area prior to our regularly scheduled van departures and reminders about departing vans are issued via the House intercom system. In 2012, we provided approximately 3,500 van runs to the hospital. Without the generosity of the Max Paul Family Organization, this daily service to families would not be possible.
Camry Wins 2013 Initial Quality Study Segment & Toyota Brand Posts Best Ranking Since 2008
Lexus LS and Toyota Camry won their segments in the 2013 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS) and the LS again posted the best score of any model in the study. The study measures problems per hundred (pph) reported by consumers surveyed after 90 days of new-vehicle ownership.
The study found:
-Camry, the best-selling passenger car in the United States for the past 11 years, improved its IQS ranking from 4th last year to 1st this year with a score of 70 pph.
-The Toyota brand improved two places to 6th overall, its best overall ranking in the IQS since 2008, and ranked 3rd among non-premium brands.
Three manufacturing plants where Toyota and Lexus products are assembled also earned awards.
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Five Toyota and Lexus models won their segments in Edmunds.com’s third annual “Best Retained Value Awards,” more than any other automobile manufacturer, autoremarketing.com reported today.
The four winning Toyota models are the Tacoma, Prius, 4Runner and Venza. The winning Lexus model is the LX 570. The Toyota brand tied with Ford for the most model wins by a brand in the 22 segments.
The Best Retained Value Awards are projections of the residual value of new models after five years based on their average True Market Value price when sold new.
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