FOR DRIVERS WITH LEG HANDICAPS TOYOTA INTRODUCES
"FRIEND-MATIC" COROLLA AND SPRINTER MODELS

Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd., jointly announced the domestic sale beginning today of Corolla and Sprinter models with a "Friend-matic" driver-aid device that allows drivers with handicaps in both legs to drive using only their hands. Also announced were models in the same two passenger car series with dual accelerator pedals that allow persons unable to use their right leg to operate the accelerator pedal using their left leg.