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When a supply shock hits a product for which there’s no alternative — toilet paper during COVID-19, for instance — there’s not much people can do except deal with it. If a ready substitute is waiting in the wings, the outcome can be mass defection. [1]

TOKYO -- At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2026, a major exhibition of custom and modified cars that opened Friday, Toyota Motor unveiled special-edition models emphasizing the role of motor sports in helping the company stand out from the pack. [2]

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor and other Toyota group companies are considering borrowing up to 3 trillion yen ($20.7 billion) from financial institutions to help take machine maker and parts supplier Toyota Industries private, Nikkei has learned. [3]

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda said he is personally investing in the buyout of supplier Toyota Industries to help the group "regain its identity," but "that doesn't mean the Toyota group now belongs to the founding family." Busin... [4]

HANOI/BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor will begin building hybrid vehicles in Vietnam as early as 2027 and increase local production capacity to meet what it sees as the country's growing interest in gas-electric autos. [5]

KARACHI Pak Suzuki Motor and Indus Motor, the Pakistani partner of Toyota Motor, have launched a legal challenge against a new policy that threatens to erode the dominance of Japanese car manufacturers in the country. [6]

BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor on Tuesday celebrated the launch of a service in Thailand that lets users rent electric cars by the minute, hoping to eventually roll it out to other emerging economies. [7]

NAGOYA, Japan -- Japanese machine maker and Toyota Motor parts supplier Toyota Industries is exploring going private under a special purpose company that would be backed by the automaker and other group members. [8]

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[1] MM www.japantimes.co.jp · 2026-03-26 · 65% match

The oil shock is accelerating Asia's EV revolution

When a supply shock hits a product for which there’s no alternative — toilet paper during COVID-19, for instance — there’s not much people can do except deal with it. If a ready substitute is waiting in the wings, the outcome can be mass defection.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-11 · 75% match

Toyota takes cues from motor sports to set its brand apart

TOKYO -- At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2026, a major exhibition of custom and modified cars that opened Friday, Toyota Motor unveiled special-edition models emphasizing the role of motor sports in helping the company stand out from the pack.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-20 · 75% match

Toyota group to borrow up to $21bn to take Toyota Industries private

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor and other Toyota group companies are considering borrowing up to 3 trillion yen ($20.7 billion) from financial institutions to help take machine maker and parts supplier Toyota Industries private, Nikkei has learned.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-07 · 75% match

Toyota group doesn't 'belong to founding family,' chair says on buyout

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda said he is personally investing in the buyout of supplier Toyota Industries to help the group "regain its identity," but "that doesn't mean the Toyota group now belongs to the founding family." Busin

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-28 · 75% match

Toyota to make hybrids in Vietnam, betting their time has come

HANOI/BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor will begin building hybrid vehicles in Vietnam as early as 2027 and increase local production capacity to meet what it sees as the country's growing interest in gas-electric autos.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-09-15 · 85% match

Japanese automakers' partners take Pakistan's government to court

KARACHI Pak Suzuki Motor and Indus Motor, the Pakistani partner of Toyota Motor, have launched a legal challenge against a new policy that threatens to erode the dominance of Japanese car manufacturers in the country.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-20 · 85% match

Toyota offers shared electric cars in Thailand

BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor on Tuesday celebrated the launch of a service in Thailand that lets users rent electric cars by the minute, hoping to eventually roll it out to other emerging economies.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-04-26 · 54% match

Toyota Industries weighs going private with $42bn group-backed fund

NAGOYA, Japan -- Japanese machine maker and Toyota Motor parts supplier Toyota Industries is exploring going private under a special purpose company that would be backed by the automaker and other group members.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-04 · 54% match

Toyota chairman to tighten grip on group with Toyota Industries buyout

NAGOYA, Japan -- A bid to take Toyota Industries private backed by Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda's own money will increase the founding family scion's influence over a company that holds stakes in many of the automotive group's most important mem

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-02 · 54% match

Toyota-linked parts suppliers keep up rapid pace on R&D, capex

AutomobilesToyota-linked parts suppliers keep up rapid pace on R&D, capex Denso, Toyota Industries and peers focus on electric, self-driving tech under tariff cloud Aisin is focusing on technology for electrified vehicles, such as e-axles, while Dens

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