Its image still bruised by driver complaints about unintended acceleration, Toyota Division has decided to revamp its marketing message and shift the focus to safety in a big way, top executives said last week.
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Best shots yet of Mercedes' updated X5 rival
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Chip Foose has designed hot rods, concept and production cars for the Detroit Three and has a room full of America's Most Beautiful Roadster and Ridler awards--the pinnacle for a hot-rodder.
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BMW has confirmed South Korean parts manufacturer Mando will supply it with components but declined to specify the nature of the deal or its value.
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Major updates to Mitsubishi's products are on the back burner as the company concentrates on developing small cars that can be sold around the world.
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Major updates to Mitsubishi's products are on the back burner as the company concentrates on developing small cars that can be sold around the world.
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Ford's redesigned C-Max line will go on sale in the UK in October, priced from GBP16,745. The carry-over five-seater and the new seven-seat Grand will be launched in a simplified two-series line-up - Zetec and Titanium. The Grand Zetec is GBP18,745.
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World-first glimpse of ultimate R8, range-topper promises 600bhp, lighter body and even more driver-focused performance
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Nissan Americas is sacking the local Renault unit as its importer/distributor and replacing it with independent Manuel Antelo from the end of 2011.
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Sweden's Vastra Gotaland region said Saab, owned by Dutch group Spyker, must pay its $15 million bill from the government by Sept. 20 or it will ask the public debt collector to enforce payment.
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Naza Group, the ambitious hotels-to-motorbike company that signed a distribution agreement with GM in March, believes it could start to assemble the cars in Malaysia and export them to other Southeast Asia markets, CEO Faisal Nasimuddin told reporters on Monday without giving any indication of timings.
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Toyota's Prius hybrid was the best-selling vehicle in Japan in August for the 15th consecutive month, according to data released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the Japan Mini Vehicle Association.
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India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki, which has more than 50% of the fast-growing market, intends to hang on to that share by boosting output to 1.5m units a year.
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Nissan has signed an memorandum of understanding with Jordan to promote zero-emission vehicles.
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Daimler could pay investors a dividend for this year nearly twice as high as that distributed in 2008, the last time the luxury carmaker returned cash to shareholders.
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A UK auto lobby group is urging the chancellor to ease access to credit for business and consumers, ahead of next month's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).
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Suzuki will build a new factory in India after car sales in the nation jumped more than 30 percent this year.
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UK new car registrations fell 17.5% in August to 55,305 units compared with scrappage scheme-fuelled August 2009. August is also a slow month ahead of the twice-yearly registration plate change on 1 September.
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An application for financial aid targeted at redundant Spanish auto workers has been approved by the European Commission.
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Sales of new cars in Britain declined 17.5 percent in August from a year ago, falling for the second consecutive month following the end of an incentive scheme to scrap old models, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said on Monday.
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