Toyota global sales in May rose 13.4% year on year, despite worldwide safety recalls, to 676,675 Toyota and Daihatsu cars and Hino trucks.
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Global sales of Toyota's hybrid vehicles have passed 2.5m units, the company has said, with the rate of growth still picking up.
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Facelifted Cee’d makes TV debut as Top Gear’s new reasonably-priced car.

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Honda Motor said on Monday its production in China fell 15.7% in May, the first year-on-year fall in 12 months as a string of strikes at suppliers forced it to suspend work at its local plants.
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One-off Audi Art Car auctioned for £350,000 at Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball.

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Charles Spencer "Spen" King, a British engineer and father of the original Range Rover, died on June 26 at age 85. King passed away as a result of injuries sustained when his bicycle collided with a van earlier this month.
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COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. OROSCO: This little ute isn't really what I think of when I think of Jeep. In fact, this Compass looks more like a Honda CR-V or a Toyota RAV4 than a Jeep product.
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Audi has put on ice the option of manufacturing in the United States because of the euro's recent slide against the dollar.
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Looking to sustain its sales momentum, Hyundai will bring out a series of new and redesigned products in the United States during the next 12 months.
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Kia Motors is considering changing its U.S. lineup nomenclature from product names to alphanumerics.
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Tesla Motors Inc., the electric sports-car company that's attempting the first initial public offering by a U.S. automaker in a half-century, increased the number of shares that it will sell in its IPO by 20 percent. The company will now offer 13.
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Tesla Motors Inc., the electric sports-car company that's attempting the first initial public offering by a U.S. automaker in a half-century, increased the number of shares that it will sell in its IPO by 20 percent.
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GM's Australian subsidiary Holden will resume a second shift at its factory in Elizabeth, South Australia, in November, 18 months after switching to a single shift and short-time working to protect jobs during the global recession.
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Work has started on building a new manufacturing site in Smyrna, Tennessee, for Leaf EV production in the US.
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Vauxhall has moved Andy Gilson from marketing director to what the company describes as a "critical role" as customer experience and corporate strategy director charged with making a major change in Vauxhall customer satisfaction, as well as developing new strategies for the company.
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Bridgestone has revised upward its group net profit estimate to JPY37bn yen from an earlier-projected JPY27bn for the first half of 2010.
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Visteon Corporation's modified disclosure statement connected with its reorganisation plan has finally been approved by bankruptcy court in Delaware after being held up by various creditor groups unhappy at the original terms.
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An increase in fleet sales in June will not be strong enough to fully offset weaker than expected retail sales, resulting in a decline in the total new vehicle selling rate compared with May, JD Power and Associates said ahead of this week's sales stats, expected to start coming out on Thursday (1 July).
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Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. increased global vehicle production in May as Japan's largest carmakers benefited from rising demand in Asia and the U.S.
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