(March 7, 2015) PRINCETON, Ind. — Toyota Indiana and its 4,700 team members hit a new high on Friday, March 6.  A Blizzard Pearl Highlander Hybrid drove off the final assembly line and team members realized their accomplishment — 4 million vehicles produced.
 
According to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, 3,981,626 passenger vehicles are registered in the state.  This means Toyota Indiana has produced more vehicles than are registered in its home state.  But all of these Toyotas don’t stay in Indiana; they just start here.
 

(March 6, 2015) SHANGHAI — General Motors and its joint ventures sold 261,072 vehicles in China during February, setting a new record for the month. Sales increased 1.3 percent from the same month last year.

In February, Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were up 2.4 percent year on year to 112,568 units and SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales were up 3.9 percent to 148,227 units.

(March 6, 2015) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Chrysler brand has launched a multicultural marketing campaign for the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 this week, featuring acclaimed actor Gael García Bernal (Amores Perros, Y Tu Mamá También, The Motorcycle Diaries).

A first-generation Ford  Mustang sits in abandonment in North Carolina perhaps awaiting rescue by someone looking for a good restoration project. Ford sold nearly 419,000 Mustangs in its first year of production from April 17, 1964, through April 17, 1965 — and the rest is history. (Photo by Ralph Gable)