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Such an expansion of the Japanese car maker’s factory in Sta. Rosa, Laguna may be needed as the firm targets to produce a total of 30,000 units this year, Michinobu Sugata, president of Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMP) told reporters at the sidelines of the launch of a new Camry variant.

Toyota spokeswoman Celeste Migliore issued a statement following the hearing: “We believe the law is clear – plaintiffs from New York and Florida who continue to operate their vehicles and do not allege to have experienced unintended acceleration or incurred an economic loss have no legally recognizable claims against Toyota under these states’ laws.”

Union stewards are meeting today to discuss how to challenge the redundancies at the Toyota plant at Altona. About 80 Toyota workers were told at the end of their night shifts this morning that they were being sacked, as the car maker continues to reduce staff at its plant west of Melbourne.

PSA Peugeot Citroen and Toyota plan to share vehicle production at a factory in northern France, declared President Nicolas Sarkozy in a newspaper interview.

Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc., (TEMA) (NYSE: TM), announced today that the company will hire approximately 150 engineers, technicians, advanced researchers and scientists by the end of 2012. 

Japanese auto major Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd is planning to assemble mid-class luxury sedan Camry at its Bangalore factory from July and expects to roll it out in August.

Two of the industry’s biggest auto makers are boosting production at their Ontario facilities as booming sales fuel economic growth.

With car sales picking up and its supply chain problems a thing of the past, Toyota is adding 400 jobs at its Woodstock plant as it boosts production of the RAV4 compact sport utility vehicle.

Toyota Motor has no intention of offering ultra-cheap cars to boost sales in emerging markets and will keep its focus on customers who expect a certain level of reliability, the company’s president, Akio Toyoda, said on Thursday.

Do you know a Farmington or Farmington Hills nonprofit that could expand its efforts with a new car ? Toyota launched 100 Cars for Good, a major national philanthropy program Monday in which the automaker is giving away 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days.