Scion

AutoNation Q1 earnings soar; acquisitions continue

6:30 am U.S. ET | April 18, 2013
AutoNation said first-quarter net income rose 14 percent to $83 million, up from $73 million a year ago. With profits up in all categories of its business during the first quarter, particularly finance and insurance and parts and service, AutoNation is snapping up more dealerships.... Read More »

 

Toyota's sales edge up 1%; Camry slips

4:40 pm U.S. ET | April 2, 2013
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.'s U.S. sales edged up 1 percent in March, to 205,342 units. That lagged the industry's 3 percent gain, but was enough to make March the automaker's best month in terms of volume since the federal cash-for-clunkers program in August 2009.... Read More »

 

Scion weighs a move to entry-lux

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
Toyota is weighing a major shift in positioning for its struggling Scion brand: moving upscale to target entry-level luxury models coming from European makes.... Read More »

 

2013 NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

Scion tC channels FR-S for 2014 refresh

5:53 pm U.S. ET | March 28, 2013
Toyota Motor revealed a refreshed version of its Scion tC coupe and special editions of the brand's other models Thursday at the New York auto show where Scion got its start. It was at this show 11 years ago where the world's largest automaker showed the first concepts of the brand aimed at bringing younger buyers into its showrooms.... Read More »

 

Scion to Kansas City: We have a Google problem

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013
Scion is changing its online presence in a pilot it launched in December. Scion is buying pay-per-click advertising on Google for all 41 Scion stores in the six-state Kansas City region.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Subaru disses Toyota drop-top

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 18, 2013
Subaru has hinted at a convertible version of its BRZ since the sports car went on sale last year. So when Toyota showed the FT-86 concept at the Geneva auto show this month, Subaru engineers were paying close attention -- and scratching their heads.... Read More »

 

Toyota prices 2013 Camry, Prius c and Scion xB

8:29 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 7, 2012
Toyota Motor Sales announced prices Friday for some of its 2013 models. All prices in this report include a $795 freight charge; for Scion models, the charge is $755.... Read More »

 

Toyota worries more about bad winter than fiscal cliff

12:00 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 29, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Sales is bullish on U.S. industry sales for 2013, despite the fiscal cliff prospect of tax hikes and deep government spending cuts. Toyota predicts November sales will end with a 14.9 million seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales, with the calendar year ending slightly above 14.3 million units. Such a strong November, when the month is typically weak, shows signs of strong consumer demand, Carter said.... Read More »

 

Toyota recalls 11,153 Scion iQs

11:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 15, 2012
Toyota is recalling 11,153 Scion iQ hatchbacks because the front passenger air bags might not deploy in a crash.... Read More »

 

Gulf States Toyota names former Ford manager as president

1:52 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 2, 2012
Gulf States Toyota named Marty Collins its president today, replacing Toby Hynes, who retired in June 2011. Collins most recently was general sales manager for Ford Motor Co.'s Ford and Lincoln brands.... Read More »

 

Job 1 for new Scion boss: Fresh product from Japan

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 29, 2012
In promoting Doug Murtha, Scion now has a laid-back, 46-year-old Angeleno whose Toyota career has focused on product planning, mostly involving Japan-sourced vehicles.... Read More »

 

Toyota sustains global sales lead over GM

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 27, 2012
Toyota's worldwide sales grew 18 percent last quarter on U.S. demand for Camry sedans and Prius hybrids and helped Asia's largest automaker expand its lead over GM, the global volume leader in 2011.... Read More »

 

Scion launches small-business incubator

8:00 am U.S. ET | Oct. 25, 2012
Toyota Motor's Scion youth brand is launching a small-business incubator competition for young people full of ideas but short of cash. The competition, which begins today, has young, entrepreneurial artists, musicians, designers and fashionistas vying for a chance to get start-up funding from Scion.... Read More »

 

2013 Scion iQ EV to join car-sharing programs

3:37 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 17, 2012
Toyota said 90 2013 Scion iQ EVs are arriving in the United States today. The four-seaters will be used for car sharing and fleets, Toyota Motor Sales said in a statement. There are also a small number of the vehicles arriving in Japan... Read More »

 

Toyota sales jump 42% on car volume

4:56 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 2, 2012
Rebounding Camry, Corolla and Prius sales enabled Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. to continue making up lost ground last month with a 42 percent sales gain over September 2011.... Read More »

 

NEWS ANALYSIS

Scion veers to older target with new campaign

12:37 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 27, 2012
After marketing itself to just about the youngest driving demographic possible, Toyota's Scion brand today announced a new campaign -- a mea culpa of sorts that its advertising might have actually aimed too young in the past -- just as the brand is now starting to show signs of life after years of declining sales.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Jay Leno gets out of control in Japan

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 17, 2012
Is the Scion FR-S too hot for car aficionado Jay Leno? The host of "The Tonight Show" made his first trip to Japan in August and made a pit stop at Toyota.... Read More »

 

Toyota to keep spiffs coming as rebound continues

5:52 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 4, 2012
The Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands combined for a 46 percent increase in August sales, building on Toyota Motor Corp.'s U.S. market share gains. Last month's rise followed sales advances of 60 percent in June and 87 percent in May, as the company continued to rebound from last year's natural disasters in Asia. Thanks to a 30 percent jump in U.S. sales this year, Toyota's eight-month share of the U.S. market now stands at 14.4 percent, up from 12.7 percent a year earlier.... Read More »

 

FUTURE PRODUCTS -- JAPAN

Toyota, Honda betting on performance, styling

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 30, 2012
Toyota and Honda are striving to get people excited about their product lineups, with more adventurous styling and new performance models, while also playing a bit of catch-up. Here are the plans for the 2013-2016 model years for Toyota, Lexus, Scion, Honda and Acura.... Read More »

 

FUTURE PRODUCTS -- JAPAN

Is it time for Scion to bag the box?

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 30, 2012
Scion's new iQ minicar and FR-S coupe are nothing like the range of products originally envisioned for the brand. But changing the recipe was always part of the deal for Toyota's youth brand.... Read More »

 

Hendrick Automotive changes the names of Kansas City stores

5:09 pm U.S. ET | June 27, 2012
Hendrick Automotive Group is renaming its eight Kansas City-area dealerships over the next 10 months. The dealerships' names will change from “Superior” to “Hendrick,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.... Read More »