Bookmarking Auto on Info pages Supporting Auto on Info Home or Site Layout or Site Map or Site Index or Quick Jumps or Search Engine Directory or The Mart or The LinksMilestones in Automotive Quality

1953	Consumer Reports introduces its first automotive issue.
1966	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its first Toyota Corolla.
1967	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its first Toyota Corolla in North America.
circa 1974	The Toyota Corolla achieves Mercedes line reliability, and a fine car becomes one of the world's finest. This was the first assault on Mercedes' monopoly on high reliability.1
circa 1977	The Toyota line achieves Mercedes line reliability, and the monopoly becomes a duopoly.1
circa 1980	The Honda line achieves Toyota-Mercedes reliability, and the duopoly becomes a triopoly.1 (In the latter half of the 1980s, Mercedes' reliability standing began a decade-plus decline, and today it is very distant from those of Toyota and Honda.)
1989	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its first Lexus LS400.
1995	Nissan Motor Company sells its first Infiniti I30.
1997	Toyota Motor Corporation sells the world's first mass-produced gas-electric hybrid - the Toyota Prius.
2000	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its first Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid in North America.
April 29, 2001	The Auto on Info website is first published. Its primary features were then the charts and tables of auto Reliability Index Values, the 2001 Auto Review, and an auto durability page.
2001	Auto on Info expands its reliability and durability coverage and introduces Mini-Surveys, in part, to gather information on other measures of quality.
2002	Auto on Info introduces its page of Auto Manufacturer Awards and Honors for quality achievements.
September 2003	Auto on Info introduces the concept of natural market share.
May 2005	At age 39 years, the Toyota Corolla has cumulative sales exceeding 30 million in over 140 countries.2
November  2005	General Motors Corporation announces plans to shutter 12 facilities in North America.
April 2006	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its 500,000th Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid worldwide.5
November  2006	Auto on Info introduces true value computations for motor vehicles.
January  2007	Harris Interactive announces that Toyota Motor Corporation placed within the Top 10 and General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company placed within the Bottom 10 in its annual corporate reputation survey, an occurrence that suggests that auto quality information is being increasingly broadly disseminated.
February  2007	The Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG announces plans to close one assembly plant and one distribution facility and reduce shifts at two assembly plants.3 This will translate into a cut in production capacity of 400,000 motor vehicles.3 Cumulatively, since May 2005 the Big Three - General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Group - have cut, or have announced plans to cut, production capacity at 64 U.S. plants, per Sean McAlinden, vice president of research at the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan.3 These cumulative cuts in production capacity are a contribution to North American automotive quality that was made by U.S. consumers in their quality-driven, value-conscious4 exercise of purchasing power and may be one of the greatest contributions to global automotive quality to be seen in the 21st century.
April  2007	Auto on Info introduces its Green and Clean auto news menu page.
May  2007	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its 1,000,000th gas-electric hybrid worldwide.6
April  2008	Toyota Motor Corporation sells its 1,000,000th gas-electric Prius worldwide. Toyota estimates that the Prius has reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 4.5 million tons through April 30, 2008.
June  2008	General Motors Corporation announces plans to shutter four more North American plants.
1 Source: The reliability tables in Consumer Reports Buying Guides of the mid-1970s through the late-1980s
2 Source: The Daily Yomiuri at http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/20050820TDY04002.htm
3 Source: The Associated Press, Tom Krisher, at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_bi_ge/chrysler_restructuring
4 See "AFP Reports J.D. Powers Says 61% of U.S. Car Buyers Want Reliability and Durability: More Disastrous News for GM?," October 2006, Auto on Info
5 Source: "Toyota Prius Worldwide Sales Top 500,000 Mark," Toyota Motor Corporation's North American Pressroom, June 7, 2006, http://www.pressroom.toyota.com/Releases/View?id=TYT2006060767589
6 Source: "Toyota Motor Corporation Surpasses 1 Million Global Hybrid Sales: Toyota USA to Sell a Quarter-Million Hybrid Units in 2007," Toyota Motor Corporation's North American Pressroom, June 7, 2007, http://www.pressroom.toyota.com/Releases/View?id=TYT2007060701757

 

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