TOYOTA INTRODUCES CARINA AND CRESTA MODELS
WITH "FRIEND-MATIC" OR DUAL ACCELERATOR PEDALS
FOR DRIVERS WITH LEG HANDICAPS

Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd., jointly announced the domestic sale beginning today of Carina and Cresta 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 small-size passenger car series with dual accelerator pedals that allow a person unable to use his or her right leg to operate the accelerator using the left leg. Toyota has previously marketed models of the Corolla, Sprinter and Corona passenger cars outfitted with the Friend-matic device or dual accelerator pedal.