Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark

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1 Apr. 06, 2012 Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark Toyota City, Japan, April 6, 2012 Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that worldwide cumulative sales of its Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle (IMV) project series reached 5 million units at the end of March. Concerning the milestone, TMC Managing Officer Kazuhiro Kobayashi, who played a central role in the project, said: "The aim of this project is to offer high-quality vehicles to consumers in a timely manner. I am very pleased that IMV sales have reached 5 million vehicles." The IMV series consists of five vehicles three pickup trucks, a minivan, and an SUV specially developed in 2004 for introduction to over 140 countries and regions. Based on the concept of producing vehicles where they are sold, TMC has established an optimal worldwide production and supply system to quickly offer attractive vehicles at an affordable price to consumers around the world. Currently, the IMV series is manufactured in 11 locations, including four countries designated as global IMV supply bases: Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina and South. These four bases provide vehicles to markets in Asia,,,, Central and South, and the. Additionally, major components such as diesel engines produced in Thailand, gasoline engines produced in Indonesia and transmissions produced in the Philippines and India are distributed to IMV-producing countries. The IMV series has won the favor of many consumers around the world and sales have grown steadily with cumulative sales reaching 1 million vehicles in 2006, 2 million in 2008, 3 million in 2009, 4 million in 2010, and 5 million in March this year. As set forth in the Toyota Global Vision, TMC has positioned emerging markets as a top priority. TMC aims to increase its sales in such markets from the present ratio of 40 percent of worldwide sales to 50 percent by 2015, through the strengthening of its core model of locally based production. TMC will continue to use optimal supply systems to provide vehicles that meet the needs of individual markets around the world.

2 <Reference> Overview of IMV Vehicle Series Series Body type Name Countries/Regions sold IMV-I (Single Cab) IMV-II (Extra Cab) Hilux *1 ASEAN countries Middle and South IMV-III (Dable Cab) IMV-IV SUV Fortuner *2 (SUV) ASEAN countries Middle and South IMV-V Mini Van Innova *3 ASEAN countries *1 "Hilux Vigo" in Thailand; *2 "SW4" in South ; *3 "Kijang Innova" in Indonesia End

3 IMV Factsheet 1. IMV, Export, and Capacity Increase Units:1,000units/year (YOY) Country model Start of production IMV capacity results (2011) Export results (2011) Main export destination Timing of 1) Start of export, 2)Capacity increase Hilux Aug. ' Hilux Fortuner Jan, '07 June ' ( 78) 202 Asia,, Mid-East, 1) Apr. '04 2) Jan, '07 (BanPho plant start of production) Indonesia Innova Sept, '04 Fortuner Oct. ' (121) 38 Mid-East 1) Nov. '04 2) April '05 South Hilux April '05 Fortuner Feb. ' (132) 87, 1) Oct. '05 2) Aug. '06 Argentina Hilux Feb. '05 Fortuner Sept. ' (100) 47 Mid/South 1) Feb. '05 2) Jan. '06 Nov. '11 India Innova Feb. '05 Fortuner Aug. ' ( 97) 2) Oct. '11 Philippines Innova Jan. '05 Not disclosed 12( 91) Hilux March '05 Malaysia Innova May '05 Fortuner Aug. '05 Not disclosed 23( 97) Venezuela Hilux July '05 Fortuner March '06 Not disclosed 5( 73) (Export to Columbia and Ecuador: '05-'07) Vietnam Innova Jan. '06 Fortuner Feb. '09 Not disclosed 12( 81) Taiwan Innova June '07 Not disclosed 3(123) Pakistan Hilux Oct. '07 Not disclosed 4(191) Egypt Fortuner with in '12 Not disclosed Total 753(93) 374 * capacity: 2 shifts, no overtime

4 2. IMV Sales (by region) * finalized figure Units:1,000units/year (YOY) Region Sales Results countries Feb Jan-Feb.2012 Asia Mid-East South Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, South, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, U.K., Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Israel, 382(136) 356( 93) 46(142) 87(138) 148(129) 130( 88) 14(129) 23(108) 118(128) 112( 95) 8( 89) 15( 88) 85(115) 100(118) 9(114) 17(109) 45(105) 42( 93) 3( 77) 4( 62) 24(103) 29(121) 2( 82) 3( 74) Central Mexico 5(115) 4( 74) 0.2( 63) 0.2( 31) Total 807(128) 773( 86) 81(124) 149(116) 3. IMV Sales (by model) * finalized figure Units:1,000units/year (YOY) IMV Series Region Feb Jan-Feb 2012 Hilux (pick-up truck) Fortuner (SUV) North,,, Asia,, Mid/South, Mid-East Asia,, Mid/South, Mid-East, 549(125) 518( 94) 52(118) 95(110) 113(143) 108( 96) 12(128) 22(129) Innova (Minivan) Asia, Mid-East 145(127) 146(101) 17(145) 32(132) IMV Total 807(128) 773( 96) 81(124) 149(116) 4. IMV /Export bases (parts and engines ) * finalized figure Units:1,000units/year (YOY) Country Company Main product results: 2011 Export results: 2011 Thailand STM diesel engine Indonesia TMMIN gasoline engine Philippines TAP M/T India TKAP M/T

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