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Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 2.77 million vehicles worldwide--including 670,000

Honda Motor has unveiled the Micro Commuter prototype, a micro-sized short distance EV commuter. This vehicle was developed in consideration of the vehicle categories for micro-sized mobility products that are currently being discussed under the initiative of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan as well as for the regulations for the L7 category in Europe.

News 14 Nov, 2012

Politicians are criticising the Transit plant’s £80m loan, claiming UK taxpayers ‘subsidised job losses’

Tata Motors is planning to introduce diesel and CNG versions of its Nano. Tata Motors' passenger car business unit president Ranjit Yadav said that the Nano which was initially targeted towards two-wheeler consumers who wanted to upgrade, is gradually attracting other segments of buyers as well.

Car sales in the Brazilian auto market soared 21.1% year on year to 341,663 units in October. Volume grew 18.9% month on month.

Ford will showcase a seven-passenger vehicle aimed at young families at the Los Angeles Show later this month.

Renault may miss its target of selling 1m low-cost vehicles this year, according to Les Echos newpaper.

General Motors' Opel unit should move Mokka production to Europe from South Korea where it is currently produced if the economic crisis continues, said the company's works council chief.

Tata denied a report on Wednesday that it is in talks to set up an alliance with PSA. "That is absolutely incorrect," Tata spokesman Debasis Ray told Reuters.

General Motors and alliance partner PSA Peugeot Citroen have halted talks on a deeper tie-up because of misgivings about the French carmaker's finances and government-backed bailout, sources have said.

News 14 Nov, 2012

Ford said it would limit production of the Fiesta Metal to 1,000 cars, but more than 2,000 were sold in the end

Mercedes has almost 90,000 orders for the new-generation A class, German newspaper Die Zeit reported, citing CEO Dieter Zetsche.

News 14 Nov, 2012

The BMW i4 concept will be unveiled in Los Angeles later this month

Toyota's recall of 1.5m vehicles in Japan over a steering wheel problem is the largest ever domestic recall by any vehicle maker, company officials said.

New vehicle sales in the Philippines increased 12.1% to 15,081 units in October, from 13,456 units in the same month of last year, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAMPI).

News 14 Nov, 2012

The electric Chevrolet Spark is set to make its debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show later this month

Barely a month after calling back 7.4m vehicles to check for a potentially faulty power window switch, Toyota has announced a 2.77m vehicle worldwide recall, including second generation Prius models, due to potential problems with the steering and the hybrid system water pump.

News 14 Nov, 2012

Latest round of recalls affects 2.7m cars, including 75,000 UK Corolla, Prius and Avensis models

Renault said it may miss its target of selling 1 million low-cost vehicles this year, according to a report.

Toyota Motor Corp. said it will recall about 2.8 million vehicles worldwide due to problems with the steering and water pumps in some models. It is the automaker's second multimillion-car recall in two months.