Toyota Australia has announced that it will slow production volumes at its Altona plant from March until May, citing softening demand in domestic and export markets. The plant produces four-cylinder Camry and six-cylinder Aurion models for both the Australian market and the major export market of the Middle East.

Toyota’s 3500 employees will each shed eight [...]

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Folks, its now official. As we suggested would be the case earlier today, Toyota Australia has announced that it will begin manufacturing a hybrid Camry sedan at its Altona plant from the beginning of 2010.

Toyota Motor Corporation President Mr Katsuaki Watanabe reported the decision to introduce hybrid manufacturing to Australia to the Honourable Kevin [...]

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Last week finished on a low note with last Friday’s announcement by Holden that it intends to close part of its four-cylinder engine plant at Fishermans Bend with the loss of over 500 jobs, so it is pleasing to report that there is some considerably better news from the Toyota camp.

Mr Rudd is currently in [...]

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Before you start packing your bags to take advantage of the all time high Aussie dollar on an international holiday ($1 Australian buys $0.916 US cents at time of post), spare a thought for our local Toyota assembly manufacturers who maybe facing the axe soon according to a released report.

The report suggests that Toyota have [...]

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The sun is certainly shining brightly on anything that wears the Toyota badge at the moment. Bland styling is obviously in vogue and white must be the new black as sales of some of the most boring cars on the market continue to power along. No doubt their sales are driven by the fact that [...]

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