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TORONTO, May 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) sold 20,089 vehicles in April, up 7.2% versus 2012. Toyota division sales of 18,008 vehicles were up 6% as truck sales continue to drive growth with sales up 20.3%. April also set new sales records for the all-new RAV4 and Tacoma 4x4, surpassing the previous April records set in 2011.  Lexus recorded a 13.6% overall sales growth versus 2012, with luxury SUV sales up 30.9%. Scion also recorded its best-ever April since launch...

Avalon posts triple digit gains and RAV4 records best-ever April sales; Truck sales up 5.7 percent TORRANCE, Calif., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported April 2013 sales results of 176,160 units, a decrease of 5 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis compared to the same period last year. Unadjusted for 25 selling days in April 2013 versus 24 in April 2012, TMS sales were down 1.1 percent over the year-ago month. Toyota Division...

HOUSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI), an international, Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced it is assessing damage at its eight Oklahoma City, Okla., import and domestic dealerships in the aftermath of an April 26 hailstorm and several Houston locations impacted by hail and heavy rain on April 27. Preliminary assessments indicate there is damage to some of the facilities in Oklahoma City and about 3,200 new and used vehicles located...

Industry Transaction Prices up 1.7 percent compared to April 2012 SANTA MONICA, Calif. , May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar, Inc. the automotive pricing information and analysis company that creates a better buying experience for dealers and consumers, estimated today that the average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was $30,084 in April 2013, up $501 (1.7 percent) from April 2012; and down $283 (-0.9 percent) from March 2013. (Logo:...

RALEIGH, N.C., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Johnson Lexus is proud to sponsor the Johnson Lexus 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, part of the Midtown Race Series. The Johnson Lexus 5k, 10k, Half Marathon will be held on September 21(st), 2013. The Midtown Race Series produces premier running events in Midtown Raleigh, NC. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130429/CG04060) In recognition of their commitment to the Midtown Race Series, Johnson Lexus has been awarded the...

Contest Winners and Semifinalists Encourage Fellow HBCU Students to Go Green TORRANCE, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Green Initiative (TGI), an environmental stewardship platform designed to empower the African American community to adopt a sustainable lifestyle, is pleased to announce that student Corban Bell of Grambling State University in Grambling, La., is the grand prize winner of TGI's third annual Green Campus Contest. With nearly 1,300 votes on...

According to CBS Local, six of the world’s largest auto manufacturers including Honda, Nissan, and Toyota have voluntarily recalled more than three million vehicles due to defective airbags. Kiley Law Group defective product attorneys view the recalls as an ongoing failure to provide the public with consistently safe transportation and comments on the public’s decreasing confidence in product manufacturers. Andover, Massachusetts (PRWEB) April 28, 2013 According to CBS Local, six of...

MEXICO CITY, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SANLUIS Corporacion, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexican Stock Exchange Ticker: SANLUIS), a Mexican industrial company engaged in the design and manufacture of suspension and brake components for the automotive industry, announced today its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Highlights: Consolidated sales increased 8% compared to the first quarter of 2012. EBITDA increased 33% year over year on a consolidated basis, for a total of...

Event to take place around "Fast 6" premiere   NAPERVILLE, Ill., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Summer in America is signaled by the increase in weekend getaways, fireworks, parades and cookouts. However, it is also the when Hollywood movie studios release big, loud and unbelievable blockbusters. The type of movie that increase popcorn sales 35 percent just by themselves, these are the kind of movies that require the suspension of disbelief about suspending disbelief. One of the...

DUBLIN, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Automotive Seating Systems Report 2013" report to their offering.      (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) The global seating market is clearly led at the tier one level by two US companies and one European company, JCI, Lear and Faurecia. Lear and JCI are also very strong in China owing to their having been early entrants into this market, following General Motors...