main article toyota toyota motor sales u.s.a. inc. toyota motor sales u.s.a. inc. headquarters founded 1957 headquarters torrance california key people jim lentz ceo products toyota lexus and scion products marketed in the united states market number of employees 6 500 website toyota.com toyota motor sales u.s.a. inc. tms is the north american toyota sales marketing and distribution subsidiary devoted to the u.s. market . founded in 1957 in california tms currently employs more than 6 500 people . its current headquarters in torrance california supervises 14 regional offices . toyota has plans in 2014 to move its headquarters to suburban dallas texas in the next few years . 1 tms oversees sales in 49 states of toyota lexus and scion products through a network of over 1 200 toyota dealers of whom more than 900 also sell scion vehicles and over 200 lexus dealers . toyota vehicles in hawaii are distributed by servco pacific . tms develops toyota s television campaigns and other nationwide marketing materials and supervises dealer marketing to ensure that dealers present a uniform image . tms also manages regional distribution which occurs through 12 parts centers and five vehicle centers . james e. lentz iii is the president of toyota motor sales u.s.a. 2 tms uses two private distributors in the united states which were established in 1968 . southeast toyota distributors founded by jim moran and gulf states toyota distributors founded by tom friedkin have exclusive rights to market vehicles and parts in their respective states . set covers nc sc ga fl & al. gst distributes to ms la tx ar & ok . contents 1 corporate affairs 1.1 corporate headquarters 1.1.1 plano headquarters move 2 marketing 3 see also 4 references 5 external links corporate affairs edit corporate headquarters edit the company maintains its headquarters in torrance california in greater los angeles . the campus has six buildings 3 with a total of 2 000 000 square feet 190 000 m2 of office space . 4 in 2012 a 1.1 megawatt hydrogen fuel cell generator was installed at the campus giving half of the power for the six buildings during the peak demand period . the generator does not generate emissions . by using the generator as of 2012 the company saves 130 000 in utility bill charges . 3 as of 2014 the headquarters has 5 300 employees . 4 in 1957 toyota opened its first united states office in a former rambler dealership . as of april 2014 that building is now a toyota dealership . because the city had airline access to tokyo and because of the proximity to the port of los angeles the u.s. division of toyota located its u.s. headquarters in the los angeles area . 4 the torrance headquarters opened in 1982 . 4 in 2003 the toyota south campus in torrance received the golden nugget award . 5 plano headquarters move edit in 2014 toyota announced it was moving its united states headquarters to plano texas in the dallas fort worth area . 4 the new headquarters will have around 4 000 total employees including about 2 000 employees from the current headquarters and 1 000 employees from toyota financial services which also was in torrance . the company plans to permanently move most employees by the time of completion of the new headquarters late 2016 or early 2017 while initially the company will open a temporary office in texas and move small groups of employees there in the interim . 6 the administration of the dallas japanese school the supplementary japanese school serving japanese citizen and japanese american children living in the dfw area stated that it expected to receive an additional 150 students due to the headquarters move . 7 on tuesday april 29 2014 mayor of dallas mike rawlings stated that toyota had considered moving the u.s. offices to the city of dallas but decided against it due to the quality of the dallas independent school district disd . a spokesperson of toyota stated that the company when deciding where to relocate considered higher education k 12 schools access to the airport and cost of living . the spokesperson did not say which cities other than plano were being considered . 8 in response to the move the mayor of torrance frank scotto stated that he was very disappointed by the decision . 6 matthew haag of the dallas morning news stated that toyota may have moved its headquarters to suburban plano because of its similarities to torrance another suburban city . 9 marketing edit toyota motor sales usa and gulf toyota distribution hold the naming rights to toyota center . see also edit japanese cars portal companies portal greater los angeles portal toyota motor north america toyota prius southeast toyota distributors gulf states toyota distributors toyota usa automobile museum history of the japanese in los angeles references edit jerry hirsch and david undercoffler toyota to move jobs and marketing headquarters from torrance to texas los angeles times april 27 2014 http www.nytimes.com 2008 10 10 business 10prius.html new york times october 10 2008 a b hirsch jerry . giant new toyota fuel cell powers buildings rather than cars . los angeles times . october 21 2012 . retrieved on may 11 2013 . a b c d e hirsch jerry and david undercoffler . toyota to move jobs and marketing headquarters from torrance to texas . los angeles times . april 27 2014 . retrieved on april 29 2014 . toyota headquarters south campus expansion . archive turner construction . retrieved on may 23 2013 . a b artsy avishay . torrance mayor very disappointed toyota is moving jobs to texas archive . kcrw . april 28 2014 . retrieved on april 30 2014 . toyota s move to north texas brings more interest in japanese schooling archive . wfaa tv . june 26 2014 . retrieved on april 10 2015 . haag matthew . mayor mike rawlings toyota didn t move to dallas because of disd . the dallas morning news . april 29 2014 . retrieved on april 30 2014 . haag matthew . maybe toyota moved to plano because the suburb is a lot like torrance calif. archive . the dallas morning news . may 6 2014 . retrieved on september 4 2015 . external links edit toyota.com u.s. homepage toyota motor corporation english site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toyota motor sales u.s.a. inc. & oldid 710403406 categories toyotacompanies based in los angeles county californiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 march 2016 at 19 41 . text is 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