THERE ARE OVER 70 VEHICLES HERE TO DRIVE INCLUDING TOYOTA SEQUOIA, FORD LIGHTNING, NISSAN Z, ETC

David has an opportunity to drive any of the 70 new vehicles that are here today, including everything from Toyota Sequoia to Nissan Z to Ford Lightning. What is David up to? What is the event?

David is one of the jurors for the Canadian Car of the Year program for AJAC, Automobile Journalist Association of Canada. In fact, David was recently elected as a director for AJAC as well.

Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, consulting, and strategy. David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean Thinking or Toyota Production System. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.

[jimmyamico]

Hi David!
This type of event really shows your talent in a multifaceted way along with with your passion to multitask…I’m happy for you that you can showcase your genius to the world… I think it’s exciting for you as well as everyone who watches and listens to understand your sharp intellect…have fun and thank you for sharing your brilliance to car and truck enthusiasts…you have a gift that keeps on giving to the automotive industry…I am truly honored to know you as a great friend…
Respectfully Submitted,
Jimmy USAF 🇺🇸✈️👍🙏💜✝️😇🇮🇹🇨🇦🇯🇵⭐️🎄

[elleninalaska]

Thanks for the tour! It looks like the fall colors are beautiful there. How fun to drive all of the different cars and trucks.

[markreynolds]

What an awesome time to view automobiles. Thanks 👍

[louiedee]

David sounds like a lot of work thank you.

[superwhite]

I’d be interested in learning more about fuel cell cars and if they plan on adding a location on the east coast for the Mirai.

[nlken]

What a dream to get to drive all theses new vehicle's. Lucky.

[rana]

Keep up the good work 👍🏽I really enjoy your videos and your expertise from Toronto! Hey, I check your videos everyday to get update on the new 4Runner. 😅

[daviddupree]

Hello David I'm really excited about Toyota building a brand new small truck. If you have any reports on the new truck please share.

[jsfbay]

Please David, let Toyota know that there are U.S. customers that want the wagon version. What odds would you give that Toyota brings the wagon to compete with the Outback?

[munrow]

The old Crown making a comeback. Wasn’t the Cressida essentially a rebadged North American Crown sedan? That was a nice car in its day.

[rightlanehog]

David, I would be curious to see a listing of the last 25 AJAC Car of the Year winners to see how history judges them. If nothing else, I hope AJAC did better than Motor Trend's generally lamentable choices😉 We are hearing very positive reports from Europe about the increased performance and efficiency of Toyota newest Hybrid system so I look forward to your detailed analysis. In regard to the new AWD Corolla sedan Hybrid, the AWD Hybrid wagon sold in Japan for the last 2 years would be so much more practical. Finally, I fear Toyota's decision to send the most radically 'styled' Crown model to our market first may DOOM the sub-brand in North America so stay tuned🤨

[stevenmerlock]

Outstanding review, let me know when you want to sell the manual TRD you got.

[jsfbay]

I'm wondering why Toyota chose a 3-cylinder engine for the GR Corolla? One person suggested it was to make space for a larger transmission, or maybe weight savings...?

[bcw]

David, what do you think about the 2015 Toyota Highlander. Thinking about getting that one this weekend but have it checked out as well.

[jsfbay]

David, will Mazda ever get an 8-speed automatic? (Or anything more than 6.)

[iamusee]

Not sure how to feel about the Crown...I guess I'll wait for Toyota to have the build site up to see all of the options and packages.

[munrow]

A video of the Toyota design process would be cool. Is there one premier design person or by a team? How do they come to a consensus? Clay models? Market research? Just throwing spaghetti.

[rmoore]

Lime Rush looks amazing on the 4Runner!

[SacrificeBreedsSuccess]

They had to carry over parts for the Z from the previous generation to keep the starting price at 40, 000 dollars. Base Z with twin turbo V6 and manual transmission is still cheaper than 4 cylinder base Supra

[jsfbay]

I hope they put an IRS in the Sequoia next time Toyota makes changes. A number of automotive reviewers have said the Sequoia ride can't compare to Palisade or the bigger Wagoneer products (or most of if not all of the other large SUVs.)