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...The first version of the Toyota Tundra came off a production line in Indiana in 1998 and manufacturing was moved to Texas in 2003....
...The deal would settle litigation relating to Tacoma trucks from the model years between 2005 and 2010, Sequoias from 2005 to 2008, and Tundras from 2007 to 2008....
...The upturn benefits not only GM, Ford and Chrysler but also Toyota, whose Tundra model has fallen far short of projections since it was launched in 2007....
...The carmaker sold 64 per cent of its vehicles outside North America last year, up from 59 per cent in 2007....
...Toyota’s US sales plunged by 32 per cent last month compared with September 2007. Much of the decline was due to a 59 per cent slide in Tundra sales....
...Tundra sales were down by 6 per cent....
...Toyota has also slowed production of its full-size Tundra pick-up Truck at plants in Texas and Indiana....
...Nevertheless, Toyota achieved record sales in North America in the calendar year 2007 for the 12th consecutive year, helped by brisk sales of popular models such as the Tundra, a large pick-up truck, the...
...Toyota produced 4.71m vehicles in the first half of 2007, just behind General Motors’ 4.75m....
...It has also faced vigorous competition from redesigned – and highly acclaimed – versions of GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and Toyota’s Tundra....
...The company will recall 533,000 Sequoia sports utility vehicles and Tundra pick-up trucks, both built at its Indiana plant covering the 2004-2007 model years....
...Ford’s F-Series is currently the leader, but is facing a ferocious assault both from GM and Toyota’s new Tundra. GM’s victory was especially sweet given that both awards last year went to Honda....
...Toyota’s newest Tundra pick-up truck comes in more than 30 different engine, cab and cargo-bed permutations for the North American market....
...Its F-Series truck, North America’s top-selling vehicle and one of Ford’s most profitable models, faces intensifying competition from new versions of General Motors’ Chevrolet Silverado and the Toyota Tundra...
...“Toyota will introduce a new, more fuel-efficient Tundra [pick-up truck] in the third quarter, and with this new model they are hoping to lure customers away from GM and Chrysler,” said Koji Endo, auto analyst...
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...Tundra and Chevrolet Silverado, and, in minivans, Honda's hugely popular Odyssey....
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