who owns toyota
Toyota, like Ford, is a publicly traded company – on NASDAQ – and some of you may have Toyota stock in your portfolio. • Sticking with my automotive theme, the Chrysler Crossfire is built off a Mercedes platform and assembled in Germany. The Chrysler 300 is built in Canada. The Pontiac GTO is – of all places – Australian. The new, popular Ford Fusion is built in Mexico, using a Mazda platform. And Mazda, by the way, is owned by Ford. • The Pontiac Vibe and the Toyota Matrix are essentially the same vehicle – assembled side-by-side by American workers in joint U.S.-Japan owned factory in California. So, yes, our competition is indeed global, but with global competition comes opportunities for global partnerships – opportunities to expand our markets and increase our competitiveness. And, with 95% of potential customers for American products outside the United States, this reality becomes more important every passing day. New Reality #2: Competition is intense, and the pace of change wil
