BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 1, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY Toyota's New Strategy BETTER CARS The stress is on flashier design and a broader range of models. Coming next: wireless PCs built into the dashboard. DOT-COM DOMINATION Idea is to use Toyota's 20 million customers as a base for a major presence in the Japanese Net. Gazoo.com will sell everything but help sell cars, too. MONEY HANDLING Toyota wants to sell mutual funds, credit cards, and loans to Japan's affluent consumers--who are often Toyota buyers. PHONE GIANT Toyota will back a major new player in Japan's cell-phone business and use the technology to connect the PC in Toyota cars to the Net. DATA: Business Week, COMPANY REPORTS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Toyota Unbound (int'l edition) ASIA COVER IMAGE: Toyota Unbound CHART: The Nonauto Business Looks Promising...And the Profits Are Growing TABLE: Toyota's New Strategy INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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