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Toyota to extend model lifecycles to nine years? 

Toyota is reportedly preparing to extend the lifespan of its core models to around nine years, signalling a major shift in how the world’s largest carmaker manages product cycles.  According to a report from The Nikkei, Toyota plans to move beyond the traditional seven-year lifecycle, which itself had already grown from the four-to-five-year cycles common in the 1980s and 1990s. While nine years is not fixed for every model, it will become the new benchmark for Toyota’s global line-up,...

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