Digg Dialogg: Jim Lentz

Jim Lentz is the president and Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Sales, USA. He is responsible for sales, marketing and distribution for Toyota, Scion & Lexus vehicles in the United States, in addition to overseeing all corporate matters in the company. He has been with Toyota since 1982, when he joined as the merchandising manager for the Portland region, and has held various roles within the company since then. Lentz holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Economics as well as an MBA – Finance from The University of Denver. LINK



With the recent controversy surrounding the Toyota vehicle recall, Jim Lentz, President and Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, is answering the Digg community’s top questions for a very timely and topical Live Digg Dialogg. He’ll be sitting down with Digg to provide perspective on what happened, what they’re doing about it and what consumers need to know about the recall.

Transforming Toyota Truck

After graduating high school, three Japanese buddies decided to follow their dream of a year-long cross-country road trip, from the northeastern island of Hokkaido to the southwestern one of Yakushima.

But before they set out, the trio built one of the coolest road trip cars ever conceived, from a decrepit mid-80s Toyota Toyoace. LINK: Presurfer

Toyoto Trumpet Playing Robot

A trumpet-playing robot has been developed by Japanese car maker Toyota.
It showed off its musical creation at a Tokyo hotel, where the robot played When You Wish Upon a Star on a trumpet.

The machine is the latest in a series of robots developed by Japanese companies to showcase their prowess in humanoid robotics.

He probably doesn't take requests yet. LINK