The hundreds of thousands of men and women at Toyota operations worldwide - including the 172,000 team members and dealers in North America - are among the best in the auto industry.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. I, more than anyone, wish for our customers' cars to be safe.
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
I believe those that produce the least emissions in autos will also be those who have the greatest success worldwide.
In the last three years of racing I've met as many women fans as men fans, and in NASCAR it's the same thing. My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn't have 20 years of understanding the background of them. She basically drives them and uses her gut feelings as to which is best.
Auto designers usually have to think in terms of the standard categories: SUV, sports car, etc.
If you were just to look at Lockheed Martin, you'd see a lot of women in senior roles in our company and, not only that, our customers, so I don't consider it an old boys' club.
The automotive corporations, including Ford, I think are in the business of trying to make cars that people will drive.
There's a tremendous number of the Daytona Prototypes.
I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.
Everyone says Toyota is the best company in the world, but the customer doesn't care about the world. They care if we are the best in town, or not. That's what I want to be.