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A Toyota Motor Corp. badge is displayed on the wheel hub of a vehicle inside the Toyota City Showcase exhibit at the company's Mega Web car theme park in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Toyota is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings figures on Feb. 6. — A Toyota Motor Corp. badge is displayed on the wheel hub of a vehicle inside the Toyota City Showcase exhibit at the company's Mega Web car theme park in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Toyota is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings figures on Feb. 6.
Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

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By Kevin Buckland

August 30, 2017 at 4:01 AM UTC

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August 30, 2017 at 8:40 AM UTC

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