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Article: Toyota Motor Thailand begins shipping Hilux pickup trucks.
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- Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Article date:
- November 13, 2004
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Byline: Santan Santivimolnat
Nov. 13--Toyota Motor Thailand Co, the country's largest automobile company, has started exporting its Hilux pickup trucks, the company's first vehicle developed completely outside of Japan under its 30-billion-baht international multi-purpose vehicle (IMV) programme.
The first shipment was sent out on Thursday at a ceremony attended by Deputy Prime Minister Phinij Jarusombat and Industry Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal. Yoshio Ishizaka, executive vice-president of Toyota Motor Corp in Japan, also joined Toyota Thailand president Ryoichi Sasaki at the event.
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