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Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota were awarded the prestigious Toyota President’s Award by Toyota Motor Sales, USA! The President’s Award recognizes a select few Toyota Dealerships who excel in all facets of their operations. It is recognition for dealerships that continue to go above and beyond each customer touch point and represent the best of the best. In addition, Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota were recognized as one of only 50 Toyota dealers in the USA for Parts, Service & Customer Excellence with the annual Consumer First Advisory Board recognition. Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota thank all of their customers, guests and friends for helping them achieve the Prestigious Toyota President's Award and Customer First Advisory Board.

The Toyota Camry Hybrid is the best overall value for the automotive dollar, according to Consumer Reports’ annual new-car value rankings. Consumer Reports calculated that the Camry Hybrid earned the highest value score of 2.01, which indicates consumer dollars go about twice as far with this car than they do with the average-value car. The Camry Hybrid (tested price $29,000) is affordable for the impressive fuel economy, roominess, comfort, and all-around functionality it delivers. The Camry Hybrid costs a very reasonable 52 cents per mile to operate and has a predicted reliability score of “excellent.” Prius Liftback also makes the list as best overall Compact! Highlander is best overall Midsize SUV. Click here to read the full story: http://goo.gl/q9eRUC

Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota are giving out Blarney Stuffed Animals to give out to our customers children here at the dealerships when they visit Sales & Service. Blarney represents a donation made on behalf of our companies in support of seriously ill children who are staying at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House. Thank you to everyone for helping to support a wonderful cause!

On February 19 th, Toyota Motor Sales announced that three popular Toyota models, Camry mid-size sedan, Highlander mid-size crossover and Sienna van, have made the list of “15 Best Family Cars” by KBB.com. The people who judged the 15 best family cars were families and expert editors from KBB.com. - Camry, the best-selling car in America for the last 13 years, received a new design for the 2015 model year. - Highlander offers families three powertrain choices, head-turning exterior styling, and a roomy and refined interior with advanced technologies and exceptional utility. - Sienna oozes fun and function as it has something for every member of the family. Kids enjoy Sienna’s Blu-Ray Dual View Entertainment Center while parents easily communicate with them through Toyota’s Driver Easy Speak system. For parental peace of mind, Sienna was named a 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick +, and is the only van in its segment to offer all-wheel drive.

Toyota went to the head of the class today, taking the top spot in the motor vehicles sector of Fortune magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. The automaker also scored well in a larger pool of peers, No. 24 overall. Fortune’s annual list is widely considered to be the definitive report card on corporate reputation. The survey measures nine attributes considered crucial to a company’s global success, including quality of management, social responsibility, people management and global competitiveness, among others. Toyota’s overall rank increased from 25th in 2014, and its No. 1 spot in the Motor Vehicles category also represented a bump (from No. 2 last year).

On Sunday February 8th, Ardmore Toyota hosted their annual Living Beyond Breast Cancer Yoga event. This was a kickoff event for the annual YOGA on the STEPS event. There were over 90 people that attended the Yoga session at Ardmore Toyota. Attendees enjoyed refreshments and giveaways. Professional Yoga instructors were on hand to give everyone an amazing Yoga Experience. Living Beyond Breast Cancer is a cause that Ardmore Toyota has been very involved with over the years and the Yoga event at Ardmore Toyota has drawn awareness not only for Living Beyond Breast Cancer, but also for the signature YOGA on the STEPS national fundraising event. Thank you to everyone who participated and congrats to Abby on winning a free detail of your car!

One of the things Toyota, Lexus and Scion do best: Make reliable products that hold their value. Edmunds.com just released their 2014 Best Retained Value Awards and among the individual awards for Toyota are (Avalon, Scion xB, Venza, Prius v, Tacoma, FJ Cruiser Tundra, Sequoia) and the honorable mentions include: (Camry, Scion FR-S, Rav4, Highlander 4Runner, Sienna) For the full list of winners and honorable mentions, click here: http://edmu.in/1lF5rQq

It was excitement at Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota when we learned that Toyota has unveiled the all-new 2014 Corolla. The unveiling took place in Santa Monica, Calif., on June 6 th, 2013. Here are some highlights on the new 11 th generation 2014 Corolla which has been around for 47 successful years. Toyota believes the 2014 Toyota Corolla will change consumer perceptions of the iconic compact. •           a modern cabin with premium materials •           a longer wheelbase for enhanced ride quality and interior roominess •           improved efficiency with an available 7-speed continuously variable transmission •           an available Corolla LE Eco trim level that is targeted to receive a highway rating of over 40 mpg Want to read more and see photos on the new 2014 Toyota Corolla? Click here. Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota is excited to get the new Corolla in soon!

Nickelodeon and Toyota are making this the best summer ever for SpongeBob fans with the creation of the first SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired vehicle. The SpongeBob 2014 Toyota Highlander will feature a custom SpongeBob-themed exterior and an interior design that captures all of the beloved character’s high-octane energy.  The one-of-a-kind concept vehicle will be unveiled on July 13th, during Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob Day at the Padres vs. Giants game in San Diego, Calif. Click here for the full story.

Mary Ware arrives at the Tree of Life Clinic in Tupelo at 6:40 a.m. to ensure she will have a place in line for treatment when the free medical clinic opens at 4:30 that afternoon.  Now, with the efficiencies instituted in the clinic – thanks to the partnership with Toyota – she can arrive later with assurance she will be seen that day. Since January, members of the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi have partnered with Tree of Life Clinic to provide on-site support – free of charge – helping to improve the clinic flow while preserving doctor/patient interaction time.  The improvements include increasing the number of patients seen while reducing waiting time for those patients by an average of 24 minutes and decreasing the length of the clinic workday for volunteers by an average of one hour. Established in 2010, Tree of Life Clinic is a free medical clinic that provides basic medical and dental care for people in North Mississippi that is fully staffed by volunteers and 100% funded by donations.  Open two days a month (1st Wednesday and 3rd Saturday), the clinic sees approximately 80 patients on Wednesdays and 120 on Saturdays for those who do not have health insurance, cannot afford to pay for medical care or may not be eligible for Medicare/Medicaid. Read more here.

On Tuesday, June 18th, 2013, Susan Campbell, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House (PRMH) and Linda Parry, the Director of Volunteers at PRMH arrived at Ardmore Toyota to accept a very generous donation from Max Paul. The Max Paul Family Organization through Ardmore Toyota, provided PRMH with two new 2013 Toyota Sienna vans to provide reliable transportation to and from the hospital for families staying at PRMH while their children receive lifesaving medical care. This year marks the 23rd year that the Max Paul Family Organization has been providing PRMH with vans to transport their families. Every three years Ardmore Toyota replaces the vans with new vans at no cost to PRMH. The van services enable families to maintain their well-being by helping to reduce their transportation-related stress and expenses during their time at our House. Every day from 9am to 9pm, the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House provides scheduled van transportation service to and from eight area pediatric hospitals, with the majority of volunteer-provided shuttle trips to and from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. All families staying at PRMH are eligible to utilize the van service. Families meet in a dedicated meeting spot outside of our kitchen area prior to our regularly scheduled van departures and reminders about departing vans are issued via the House intercom system. In 2012, we provided approximately 3,500 van runs to the hospital. Without the generosity of the Max Paul Family Organization, this daily service to families would not be possible.

Lexus LS and Toyota Camry won their segments in the 2013 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS) and the LS again posted the best score of any model in the study.  The study measures problems per hundred (pph) reported by consumers surveyed after 90 days of new-vehicle ownership. The study found: -Camry, the best-selling passenger car in the United States for the past 11 years, improved its IQS ranking from 4th last year to 1st this year with a score of 70 pph. -The Toyota brand improved two places to 6th overall, its best overall ranking in the IQS since 2008, and ranked 3rd among non-premium brands. Three manufacturing plants where Toyota and Lexus products are assembled also earned awards. To read more, click here.