Bill Fay

Toyota car sales slide in April

5:05 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. sales fell by 1 percent in April, with 176,160 units sold.
Sales at the Toyota Division declined by 2 percent to 158,069 units while volumes at Lexus increased 3 percent to 18,091 vehicles sold.
Toyota claimed it was the No. 1 retail brand for the second consecutive month and for the overall year.... Read More »

 

Crossovers, trucks juice Toyota's Feb. gains

5:20 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013
Toyota Motor Sales posted a 4 percent sales gain in February, to 166,377 units, with big gains in crossover and truck sales countering declining volumes for Camry and Prius.... Read More »

 

Toyota posts $3.7 billion quarterly profit, hikes sales forecast

4:02 am U.S. ET | Aug. 3, 2012
Toyota reported a big increase in first-quarter profit and raised its vehicle sales forecast on demand for its cars in North America and Japan. The automaker said vehicle sales at its Toyota, Daihatsu and Hino brands would increase to 9.76 million from January to December, raising an earlier target of 9.58 million.... Read More »

 

Toyota's profit bucks downward trend in Europe

Aug. 3, 2012 11:00 CET
Unlike mass-market rivals GM and Ford, Toyota posted a quarterly profit in Europe. The Japanese automaker reported a first-quarter operating profit of 35.6 million euros compared with a 68.8 million euro operating loss in Europe during the same period last year, when it was reeling from the effects of natural disasters in Japan.... Read More »

 

Toyota shuffles U.S. sales, marketing staffs

1:51 pm U.S. ET | July 16, 2012
Toyota Motor Sales USA has tapped Bill Fay to lead the Toyota Division and has promoted division chief Bob Carter as part of a broad shuffling of its sales and marketing ranks, effective today. Carter, 52, Toyota Division group vice president and general manager, has been named senior vice president for automotive operations, reporting to Toyota Motor Sales CEO Jim Lentz, the company said in a statement today.... Read More »