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Cruiser, and pickup trucks available are the Tacoma and Tundra. The Tacoma, the Tundra, the Highlander and
the Sequoia are manufactured in the United States. Toyota also offers four types of sport-utility vehicles under
the Lexus brand, including the LX, the GX, the RX, and the NX. Toyota also manufactures the RX and RAV4
models in Canada. Toyota’s pickup truck, the Hilux, has been the bestselling model of all Toyota cars sold in
Thailand. In North America, the fully remodeled RAV4 was introduced in December 2012 and the fully
remodeled Highlander was introduced in December 2013. In July 2014, Toyota introduced the new NX model
under the Lexus brand. In May 2015, Toyota introduced the fully remodeled Hilux in Thailand and in September
2015, it introduced the fully remodeled RX of the Lexus brand in North America.
Minivans and Cabwagons
Toyota offers several basic models for the global minivan market. Its largest minivans in Japan, the Alphard
and the Vellfire, were remodeled in January 2015. In addition, the Corolla Verso was remodeled in
December 2008 in Europe, and the Wish was remodeled in April 2009, the Noah/Voxy was remodeled in
January 2014 and the new model Esquire was introduced in October 2014 in Japan. Toyota’s other minivan
models include, in Japan, the Estima, the Sienta and the Isis, and, in North America, the Sienna.
Trucks and Buses
Toyota’s product lineup includes trucks (including vans) up to a gross vehicle weight of five tons and micro-
buses that are sold in Japan and in overseas markets. Trucks and buses are also manufactured and sold by Hino, a
subsidiary of Toyota. Hino’s product lineup includes large trucks with a gross vehicle weight of over eleven tons,
medium trucks with a gross vehicle weight of between five and eleven tons and small trucks with a gross vehicle
weight of up to five tons. Hino’s bus lineup includes medium to large buses used primarily as tour buses and
public buses, small buses and micro-buses.
Product Development
New cars introduced in Japan during fiscal 2016 and thereafter include the Sienta HV and the
GS F. Remodeled cars in Japan during fiscal 2016 and thereafter include the Sienta, the RX, the Prius and the
Passo. New vehicles introduced outside of Japan during fiscal 2016 and thereafter include the MIRAI, the Scion
iA and the GS F. Remodeled cars outside of Japan during fiscal 2016 and thereafter include the Hilux, the RX
and the Prius.
In addition, the IMV product lineup based on the IMV project to optimize global manufacturing and supply
systems is a lineup of strategic multipurpose vehicles produced from a single platform to meet market demand.
The IMV product lineup includes, as of March 31, 2016, the Hilux, Fortuner, and Innova, one or all of which are
available in all regions except for Japan.
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