Toyota Motor global sales jumped 15.3% in January, despite the ongoing recall issues surrounding the brand. The data included the first increase in 16 months of export sales of the Toyota brand, despite a decrease in shipments to the Middle East and Africa.
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For the second year in a row, Dodge is offering a limited-edition Challenger that cannot be driven on the street.
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US Toyota dealers and plant workers have headed to Washington DC to support the automaker's senior executives as they attend three congressional hearings scheduled this week.
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A senior Republican lawmaker yesterday asked for an investigation into whether an aide to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sought to coach an insurer on what to tell congressional investigators about Toyotaand#8217;s safety defects.
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The Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition will be revealed at the Geneva motor show. Maserati is celebrating six years of awards and raves for the sport sedan with its own special edition.
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The finish line is in sight for development of the next McLaren supercar, the MP4-12C. The project has entered the final phase of testing with a new round of prototypes that feature significant advancements from last year.
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The finish line is in sight for development of the next McLaren supercar, the MP4-12C. The project has entered the final phase of testing with a new round of prototypes that feature significant advancements from last year.
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Toyota recalled its Lexus IS 200 in the UK for floor mat entrapment almost 10 years ago without informing U.S. highway safety regulators. The action, listed on a UK government Web site and confirmed by a U.S.
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Toyota Motor Corp. recalled its Lexus IS 200 in the United Kingdom for floor mat entrapment almost 10 years ago without informing U.S. highway safety regulators.
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SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: This car is absolutely fabulous, in appearance and performance, but then at $102,000--with $5,000 worth of special wheels--it probably should be.
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Hyundai will launch 10 new and revamped models in Europe within the next two years to boost its market share beyond the 2.75 percent it forecasts for 2010.
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Consumer Reports named Honda and Subaru as class leaders in its Automaker Report Cards published in its 2010 Annual Auto Issue. Toyota finished third even though the magazine suspended ratings for eight of its vehicles due to recalls.
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A Tennessee couple who experienced sudden unintended acceleration in a Lexus ES350 are among those expected to appear at a US Congressional hearing into the Toyota recalls later on Tuesday.
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A US congressional committee has sharply criticised Toyota for misleading the public on the sufficiency of the recent recalls in preventing problems of sudden acceleration while, at home in Japan, transport minister Seiji Maehara also questioned if the Toyota had provided enough information to the government on safety issues, which have so far led to the recall of over 8m vehicles worldwide.
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Infiniti is unveiling its latest European model, the M Line, at the Geneva auto show on March 2.
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Toyota's US unit will install a brake override feature in more vehicles "to provide an additional measure of confidence", it said in a statement. The braking system update will automatically reduce engine power when the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal are applied simultaneously.
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Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President James Lentz plans to stick to his guns and tell skeptical lawmakers Tuesday that the company's unwanted acceleration problems do not stem from electronic defects, a copy of his testimony shows.
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Supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. today reported a quarterly profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, driven by aggressive cost-cutting and improving global auto production.
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UK car dealer Pendragon has announced a return to profit for 2009, although it continues to anticipate a challenging year ahead.
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A Volkswagen Brazil initiative is helping cash-strapped suppliers with short-term working capital needs.
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