Toyota Vietnam phases out Innova amid shifting consumer preferences; Innova Cross continues Reported on September 9, 2025, Toyota Vietnam has removed the Innova from its website, marking the end of almost 20 years in the local market. The final version, the Innova 2.0E MT, was discontinued due to a shift in the company’s product strategy, while the Innova Cross, launched in October 2023, continues as a crossover aimed at urban families. During ...

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omobile exports continued to increase. Top 10 Chinese Passenger Car Makers by Retail Sales - Maker August 2025（1,000 units） y/y 1 BYD 310 -18.3% 2 Geely 214 57.2% 3 Changan Auto 123 24.3% 4 FAW-VW 112 -12.7% 5 Chery 110 -1.6% 6 SAIC-VW 90 -10.0% 7 SAIC-GM-Wuling 85 0.0% 8 FAW Toyota 70 -2.7% 9 GAC Toyota 66 4.8% 10 Great Wall Motor 62 38.8% Note: Data in the table refer to sales volumes of passenger cars including se...

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Toyota to end Lexus ES production in U.S., import next-gen from Japan Toyota Motor Corp. plans to consolidate production of its Lexus brand cars in the U.S. into a single location from two in the face of high tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and resultant pressure of cost increases. A Nikkei Asia report on September 9 said the move is aimed at strengthening U.S. production of hybrid vehicles while shifting some production of high-end L...

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Automakers across India slash vehicle prices as GST benefits passed to customers On September 3, during its 56th meeting, the GST Council approved comprehensive tax reforms for India’s automotive industry, announcing various rate cuts for OEMs' vehicles. In response, many major OEMs in India—including Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, JSW MG Motor, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Hyundai Motor India, Kia Motors India, and Nissan Motor India have anno...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/08

. Overall Volkswagen Group sales of 14,029 units in August decreased 6.5% from the same month in 2024. General Motors sold 17,001 units, a decrease of 6.4% from last year. Ford sold 4,713 units in August, an increase of 1.0% from 2024, while Stellantis sales decreased 5.9% to 8,008 units in August. Toyota sold 9,755 units, a decrease of 10.6%, while Honda sold 3,146 units, a decrease of 9.5%, and Mazda sold 7,927 units, a decrease of 6.2% from th...

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range is expanding in Japan. The current EV prices after deducting national and local subsidies are not much different from the prices of gasoline and hybrid vehicles (HVs). Compact and mini EVs are now priced at a JPY 2 million level, with the help of aggressive price cuts by BYD Co., Ltd. (BYD). Toyota Motor Corporation plans to lower the price of its entry-level bZ4X, which will be improved in the second half of 2025, from JPY 5.5 million to ...

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onsisted of 172,280 passenger cars; 42,210 commercial vehicles; 8,805 trucks; and 2,053 buses. Among passenger vehicle sales manufacturers in August, VW sold 33,859 units (19.7% share), Fiat sold 27,862 units (16.2% share), GM sold 17,933 units (10.4% share), Hyundai sold 16,682 units (9.7% share), Toyota sold 12,053 units (7.0% share), BYD sold 9,749 units (5.7% share), and Jeep sold 9,043 units (5.2% share). Among light commercial vehicle sales...

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ir of the GlobalPlatform Automotive Task Force to align specifications with auto industry standards to deliver secure, software-defined vehicles. Recent members of the Automotive Task Force include AIST, Cariad (Volkswagen), Dekra, ETAS, Linaro, Rambus, Renesas, Stellantis, Uni-sentry, and Woven by Toyota. The Automotive Task Force recently aligned specifications with the new addendum of the SAE J3101 Hardware Protected Security Environment autom...

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and this illustrates the continuing evolution of the automotive landscape in Australia. A total of 20,070 Chinese-made vehicles were sold in August, which was 67% higher than in August 2024. The figures showed how quickly the industry and consumers are adapting to new options. Among the companies, Toyota sales decreased 3.3% to 20,791 units, Ford sales decreased 10.0% to 8,002 units, Kia sales increased 7.2% to 7,402 units, Mazda sales decreased...

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(7.4% share), Skoda edged up 0.1% to 14,472 units (7.0% share), SEAT jumped 20.1% to 12,725 units (6.1% share) and Opel decreased 9.9% to 10,940 units (5.3% share). Meanwhile, Tesla's German car sales continued to decline in August, down 39.2% to 1,441 units (0.7% share). Among Japanese carmakers, Toyota, excluding Lexus, decreased 6.6% to 6,354 units (3.1% share), while Chinese EV maker BYD skyrocketed 411.0% to 1,114 units (0.5% share). Sales ...

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Toyota joins TOKYO H2 project aiming to make Tokyo global leader in hydrogen On September 3, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that it has joined "TOKYO H2," a new project launched by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the same day aiming to make Tokyo a global leader in hydrogen. The TOKYO H2 project aims to accelerate public―private efforts to use hydrogen, with a focus on commercial mobility such as fuel cell taxis and trucks. As...

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icle inventory at the end of July was 2.68 million units, down 5.3% from 2.83 million units at the end of June. This is likely due to the impact of tariffs, primarily on imported vehicle inventory. Looking at inventory days by brand at the end of July, Japanese brands with lower inventory days were Toyota (22 days), Mitsubishi fully imported (29 days down from 41 days at the end of June), Lexus (32 days), Mazda with a high import ratio (35 days ...

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Japan’s MLIT requests increase of technical experts in light of automakers’ fraudulent certification issues In response to the disclosure of successive fraudulent certification issues by Japanese automakers including Toyota Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will increase the number of technical experts to strengthen its system for monitoring finished vehicle ...

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Japan's Ministry of Environment adopts Toyota Boshoku’s project for reuse of waste plastics Toyota Boshoku Corporation (Toyota Boshoku) announced that its field testing project for the reuse of waste packaging plastics, which account for about 50% of the total waste plastics in Japan, for automotive interior parts, has been selected by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment as its FY2025 demonstration project for a plastic resource circulation s...

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Toyota to produce first European-built BEV at Kolin plant, Czech Republic On September 3, Toyota Motor Europe announced the production of a new battery electric vehicle (BEV) at its Kolin, Czech plant (TMMCZ). It will be the first BEV to be made in one of Toyota’s European factories. Toyota will invest about EUR 680 million to expand its Kolín plant for BEV production, including new paint and welding shops and a battery assembly facility. The...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/03

Toyota Philippines teases arrival of Ativ Hybrid, may replace or coexist with Vios Reported on September 1, 2025, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has hinted at the upcoming introduction of a HEV to its lineup. In a recent social media post, TMP revealed a headlight image accompanied by the caption, “Achieve the Electrified Vision.” Notably, the highlighted blue letters within the caption spell out “Ativ,” while the headlight design matches...

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Toyota Argentina starts Hiace exports to Brazil On September 1, Toyota Argentina announced the start of Hiace exports to Brazil, marking Toyota do Brasil’s entry into the regional van market. Production of Hiace in Argentina began in 2024 at the new facility in Toyota’s Zarate plant that complements Hilux and SW4 manufacturing, sharing the same 2.8-liter engine and rear axle. Equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission, advanced safety f...

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BMW to begin fuel cell system production at Steyr plant, Austria in 2028 On September 2, BMW announced that its Steyr plant, Austria will start series production of fuel cell systems in 2028. Prototypes are already being built in Munich, Germany and Steyr, with key components supplied by the Landshut technology hub, Germany. BMW and Toyota are jointly developing the powertrain for passenger vehicles, creating synergies for both commercial and pa...

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Spanish passenger car sales increase 17.2% in August On September 1, the automobile manufacturers association of Spain (ANFAC) announced that passenger car registrations of 61,315 units in August 2025 represented an increase of 17.2% over August 2024. Passenger car sales of 769,452 units in the first eight months of the year represented a 14.6% increase from the same period in 2024. Toyota sales increased 19.7% to 6,698 units, VW sales increased ...

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ANFIA) announced that passenger car registrations of 67,272 units in August decreased 2.7% over the same month in 2024. Year-to-date sales decreased 3.7% with 1,040,734 cars registered in the first eight months of 2025. In August, Fiat registrations increased 31.7% year-on-year (9.3% market share), Toyota registrations decreased 4.4% (8.4% share), Volkswagen registrations decreased 7.7% (7.1% share), Dacia registrations decreased 9.7% (6.6% share...

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