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TORRANCE, CA UNITED STATES



TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
(TMS) today announced the following executive appointments, effective
immediately:

With the recent retirement of Bob Pitts, following 36 years of
distinguished service, administrative services will now report to Tracey
Doi, group vice president & CFO.

Chris Hostetter, vice president of advanced product strategy and
product planning is promoted to group vice president of advanced product
strategy and product planning. Hostetter continues to report to Dave
Danzer, group vice president, corporate strategy and product planning.

Randy Pflughaupt, vice president of marketing, is promoted to group
vice president of marketing, Toyota Division. Pflughaupt continues to
report to Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of the
Toyota Division.

Bill Fay, vice president of sales, is promoted to group vice president,
sales administration, replacing Al Cabito. A distinguished 36-year veteran
of Toyota, Cabito elected to retire, effective January 2008. Fay reports to
Don Esmond, senior vice president of automotive operations.

Jim Colon, vice president of Lexus sales and dealer development, is
appointed vice president of sales, Toyota Division, replacing Fay. Colon
reports to Carter.

Brian Smith, corporate manager, marketing/SUV, is promoted to vice
president of Lexus sales and dealer development, replacing Colon. Smith
will report to Mark Templin, group vice president and general manager of
the Lexus Division.

Kevin Higgins, national sales and product planning manager, is promoted
to corporate manager, marketing/SUV, replacing Smith. Higgins reports to
Pflughaupt.

Mike Reding, vice president of corporate accessories, is appointed to
the new position of vice president, sales support and international
operations, with responsibility for Fleet/Toyota Rent a Car/Toyota
Certified Used Vehicles and international operations. Reding reports to
Fay.

Elaine Matsuda, corporate manager of customer relations, is promoted to
vice president of corporate accessories, replacing Reding. Matsuda
continues to report to Jane Beseda, group vice president and general
manager, customer service division.

Nancy Fein, vice president of Lexus customer service, is appointed vice
president of customer relations, replacing Matsuda. Fein reports to Beseda.

Al Smith, corporate manager of Fleet/Toyota Rent a Car/Toyota Certified
Used Vehicles, is promoted to vice president of Lexus customer service,
replacing Fein. Smith reports to Templin.

Scott Heyer, national fleet sales and marketing manager, is promoted to
corporate manager of Fleet/Toyota Rent a Car/Toyota Certified Used
Vehicles, replacing Smith. Heyer reports to Reding.

Barbara Arnold, assistant general counsel, is promoted to vice
president of ethics, compliance, and enterprise risk management, with added
responsibility for environmental, health and safety, which currently
reports to administrative services. Arnold continues to report to Chris
Reynolds, vice president and general counsel.

Ginger Bauer, managing counsel, legal services group, is promoted to
corporate manager, assistant general counsel. Bauer assumes responsibility
for the business operations legal support group previously managed by
Arnold. Bauer reports to Reynolds.

Following a venerable 40-year career with Toyota, Dudley Hawley, TMS
vice president and president of AirFlite, has announced his desire to
retire in 2008. Appointed TMS vice president and senior advisor of
AirFlite, Hawley continues to report to Bob Daly, group vice president of
TMS.

Joe Williamson, corporate manager of vehicle logistics field
operations, is promoted to TMS vice president and president of AirFlite,
replacing Hawley. Williamson reports to Hawley until Hawley's retirement in
2008.

Mike Evans, national logistics manager, is promoted to corporate
manager of vehicle logistics field operations, replacing Williamson. Evans
reports to Alan DeCarr, group vice president and general manager of Toyota
Logistics Services.

Ben Mitchell, national manager of Lexus planning is promoted to
corporate manager of product planning for Lexus/Scion. Mitchell reports to
Andrew Coetzee, vice president of product planning.

Greg Lang, national operations manager for Mexico, is promoted to
corporate manager of product planning for Toyota Division and Mexico. Lang
reports to Coetzee.

Sandy Lobenstein, national manager of pricing & sales planning is
promoted to corporate manager, North American planning and pricing
administration. Lobenstein reports to Coetzee.

Zack Hicks, corporate manager, IS, is appointed corporate manager of
administrative services. Hicks reports to Tracey Doi, group vice president
and CFO.

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and
customer service arm of Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles in the United
States. Established in 1957, TMS markets products and services through a
network of more than 1,400 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers. Toyota directly
employees over 33,000 people in the U.S. and sold more than 2.5 million
vehicles in 2007.

SOURCE Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.

mmarshall

So, what does all this actually MEAN in plain English? Probably nothing.....except a bureaucratic list of who kisses who's a**.

(No offense to you, Andrew.....I was referring to the way the Toyota PR people wrote the article).

encore888

Mr. Colon was the rep for Lexus on the Oprah episode, and also did interviews/promos for new vehicle launches, now he's gone to Toyota just as Bob Carter did.