U.S. TOYOTA TECHNICAL CENTER COMPLETES
PROVING GROUND IN ARIZONA

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today that Toyota Technical Center, its U.S. research and development operation (head office, Ann Arbor, Michigan), has completed a proving ground in Maricopa, Arizona. The new facility, which includes a 10-mile (16km) test circuit as well as cornering and dirt roads, is the largest of its kind in the world and occupies a land area of 12,000 acres (48 million m²).