Toyota Becomes Export Leader

In a statement issued by Toyota Automotive Industry Turkey Co. yesterday, it was disclosed that a 73 percent increase was secured in the same term last year with the production of 58,645 automobiles between January and June. Toyota’s Turkey President and CEO, Koji Kobayashi, said in his evaluation that the results of the first six months were very important both to Toyota’s activities in Europe and to Turkey’s economy. Kobayashi said: "As our production reached record levels, our contribution to European operations has increased. Both Toyota itself and its customers admire the quality of the Corolla Sedan, Station Wagon and Verso. In addition, according to the six-month data, we have become Turkey’s biggest automobile exporter. Our goal is to maintain this level."