Toyota Motor Corp., for the third time in four years, led the auto industry in U.S. recalls in 2012 with 5.3 million vehicles called back, according to a review of recall data by The Detroit News. Toyota accounted for most of the 13.
Jack Teahen reminded me of Georg Auer, Austrian correspondent for Automotive News Europe who also worked well into his eighties. Both were slightly built, but each had the heart of a lion.
Also in this episode: Chevrolet coins a new advertising slogan, and Ford
General Motors and Isuzu Motors will discuss the possibility of jointly developing a next-generation pickup truck, GM said in a statement on today.
Reflections from some former colleagues:
Indian-owned South Korean carmaker Ssangyong posted a growth of 6.3% in 2012 with sales of 120,717 units led by a strong growth in its home market.
As Acura's first midsize crossover, the
John K. Teahen Jr., who was born a week before Automotive News' founding in 1925 and became a pillar of the publication through six decades of writing and editing, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, after a long illness. He was 87.
Since its founding in 1911 in Motor City,
Vehicle sales in Canada rose 5.7% year on year in 2012 to 1.68m, the second highest tally on record, lifted by demand for European imports and well priced Korean models.
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15 Jan, 2013
Full details and pictures of the all-new Lexus IS, following its public debut at the Detroit Motor Show
Hyundai Motor Co. has appointed Byung Kwon Rhim, a company veteran, to head its growing operations in Europe.
This week, Nissan will ramp up US assembly of the 2013 LEAF EV at its manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, where it will be made alongside some of the automaker's petrol-powered models.
Monopoly might be the greatest board game of all time, and has the unique distinction of being one of the only games that allows you to have fun while systematically causing to you hate the friends and loved ones you are playing with.
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10 Jan, 2013
Local councils in England made £411m from parking charges in 2012
Former President George W. Bush will put his 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4x4 Super Crew up for auction at Barrett-Jacksonand#8217;s Scottsdale sale on Jan. 19.
Competition authorities in the European Commission say the French government has confirmed its guarantee to PSA Peugeot Citroen for its banking division, represents State aid and that the process will now be subject to a two-month evaluation.
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