Toyota opens new shopping mall in Japan

Toyota opens new shopping mall in Japan

Filed under: Car Buying, Japan, Marketing/Advertising, Toyota, Lifestyle
Kids in the U.S. want computers in their cars, but kids in Japan want computers instead of cars. Add that craziness to Japan's dwindling population and popular mass-transit options and you'll understand why the Japanese car market dropped to just 5.3 million vehicles, a 27-year low. Toyota, Japan's sales leader in America, is not immune to the sales downturn, accounting for 2.26 million of those new car sales. In order to catch the attention of younger potential car-buyers, Toyota has taken drastic measures: opening its own mall, complete with 220 stores, restaurants and... car dealerships? Not only are there a number of dealerships integrated into the mall, but there are Toyota's littered throughout the walkways.

In addition to showcasing its latest new vehicles, Toyota is also showing off its high-tech robots, some of which, oddly enough, play musical instruments.

[Source: AP via Motor Authority]
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It would neat to have a giant a vending machine that dispenses Toyotas

LOL. I can imagine people screaming at the machine because they punched in the wrong letters and numbers and got a Prius instead of a Corolla.

That's an interesting concept. If only they would build one over here. Oh, yeah. We actually buy Toyotas here.