Jim Lentz

Jim Lentz has been Toyota’s top American executive for more than a decade, calmly guiding the Toyota, Lexus, and Scion brands through the recession and into the current boom. Lentz spoke to Motor Trend at the Detroit auto show in January.

Last year, we sold 407,000 RAVs, including in Canada, and Camry was 387,000. The shift from passenger cars to light trucks has been 3–4 percentage points a year. That’s going to slow, but there still will be some movement. Obviously the big growth has been