Toyota Motor Corp. CEO Akio Toyoda was invited to testify next week before a congressional committee that is investigating Toyota's safety problems.
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U.S. highway safety officials will begin a formal investigation into electric power steering complaints in the Toyota Corolla, a person familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
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Maruti Suzuki India is finally planning to enter the multi-purpose vehicle segment so far dominated by Mahindra and Mahindra's Scorpio, Toyota's Innova and General Motors' Tavera.
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Toyota will stop distributing Volkswagen cars in Japan at the end of 2010. The existing Volkswagen dealers under Toyota distributorship (called DUO) will move to a new direct dealer contract with VW Group of Japan (VGJ).
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New vehicle sales in Thailand rose by 23.8% to 57,031 units in November, from 46,068 units a year earlier, according to data released by Toyota Motor Thailand.
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Toyota Motor has notified affiliated parts manufacturers about its plan to cut procurement costs for auto parts by a combined 30% by 2013, sources close to the situation said on Tuesday.
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Toyota Motor Corp. plans to cut auto parts procurement costs by around 30 percent over three years to help it regain profitability, media reports said today.
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Toyota will start leasing 150 of its Prius plug-in hybrids in the United States this winter and plans retail sales of tens of thousands in two years.
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I don't know why, but every time I try out a Camry, I become a slow driver. Life passes by very, very slowly specifically when I'm behind the wheel of the Hybrid. I'm so bent on obtaining the lowest fuel economy average I can get, that I become an irritation for both surrounding traffic and my girlfriend.
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Nissan's Frontier exists to compete with small trucks like the Ford Ranger, Dodge Dakota, Toyota Tacoma and Chevrolet Colorado. Despite not being today's best-selling market segment by a long shot, Suzuki has recently been branding version of the Frontier called the Equator, too.
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Gary Convis,the former Toyota executive who led Dana Holdings Corp. as CEO for eight months, will retire as the supplier's vice chairman effective Dec. 31. The 67-year-old also will resign from the company's board.
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Brilliance China Automotive said on Thursday it was in talks with Toyota on technology cooperation and the possibility of forming a minivan production joint venture.
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New vehicle sales in Indonesia rose by 4.8% to 48,329 units in November, from 46,119 units a year earlier, according to data released by distributor PT Toyota Astra Motor.
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The top-ranking strategic planning, product planning and public relations executives within Toyota's U.S. operations will retire within the next two months.
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Aston Martin released pictures of its Cygnet microcar based on the Toyota iQ. The Cygnet is designed to be a new luxury commuter concept car.
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The Toyota Highlander is the very portrait of the quiet SUV: sober look, lacklustre engine, efficient yet impersonal steering. In short, despite its undeniable road-going capabilities, it's easily lost in the sea of SUVs out there and doesn't push the envelop on any level.
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The top-ranking strategic planning, product planning and public relations executives within Toyota's U.S. operations will retire within the next two months.
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