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Column: Jack Hollis’ abrupt departure won’t faze Toyota

Jack Hollis is pictured here with the 2019 RAV4 at the New York auto show last month.
Jack Hollis, who retired Jan. 22 as Toyota Motor North America’s COO and head of sales: “I am very confident in the future of Toyota as I move on to take on new challenges.” (LAURENCE ILIFF/AUTOMOTIVE NEWS)
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January 23, 2025 07:55 PM

I was hunkered down in a San Diego hotel room — technically “snowed in,” despite it being 72 and sunny in the city, after my flight to New Orleans for the NADA Show was canceled by the weather there — when I learned of the abrupt retirement Jan. 22 of Toyota’s Jack Hollis.

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