Akio Toyoda has appointed himself supreme automotive taste tester for Toyota Motor Corp., a kind of master chef overseeing ingredients that go into the automaker's vehicles.
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Toyota Motor Corp. will soon offer to fix the accelerator pedals of up to 4 million vehicles in the United States that are subject to the company's largest ever safety recall, Kyodo News reported.
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Ford Motor Co. has resolved its workload dispute with workers at its assembly plant in suburban Kansas City, Mo., a spokeswoman said, as local employees wrapped up voting to authorize a strike.
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Ad agency BBDO is closing its Detroit office after losing its Chrysler contract. Come February, the branch's 485 employees will plunge into Detroit's struggling economy with little hope of automotive work.
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Hyundai-Kia's share gains have overwhelmed rivals this year, and the climbing yen and South Korea's export-friendly trade pacts are giving Japanese automakers even more worries.
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Jaguar Land Rover wass expected to announce on Monday that it has secured 170 million pounds ($282.5 million) in working capital from GE Capital, the Financial Times newspaper said.
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Akio Toyoda has appointed himself supreme automotive taste tester for Toyota Motor Corp., a kind of master chef overseeing ingredients that go into the automaker's vehicles.
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Here are the main short motorsport news of this day, Monday, November 16, 2009.
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Stock-Car Montreal announced Thursday that tickets for the fourth Edition of the Montreal NAPA Auto Parts 200, Presented by Dodge on Saturday and Sunday August 28-29, 2010 will go on sale on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9 a.m.
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Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP), a new vintage racing event promoter, has teamed with Circuit Mont-Tremblant to launch HMP's inaugural Canadian vintage racing and lifestyle event, July 10-12, 2010.
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In the past, every generation or so, history has yielded a breakthrough, a turning point. Some were predicted, others unexpected. My generation will witness one of the most talked about, anticipated and expected shifts in our daily lives; the advent of the common modern electric vehicle.
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How well connected are you? With the contest "DRIVe around The World" Volvo Cars takes another step towards harnessing the power of social networking. The contest challenges people to virtually drive a Volvo C30 around the world in 80 days, using only their Facebook friends. Volvo Cars will donate 15,000 Euros in the winning team's name to a carbon offset project promoted by myclimate.
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The Mercedes E-Class wins the coveted "EuroCarBody Award 2009". At EuroCarBody, the world's largest car body benchmarking conference, a jury made up of about 400 conference delegates and board members voted the E-Class as the car with the best bodyshell.
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In the spring of 2010, the BMW 535i Gran Turismo will debut the automaker's next-generation turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine. Designated internally as the M55, it will eventually replace the current twin-turbo I6 (known as the M54) in all BMW applications (but over time, not all at once).
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Robert Kubica led his class on the opening day, but on Saturday crashed out of the Sicilian Taormina-Messina rally.
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A number of formula one insiders and experts believe Jenson Button should ignore McLaren's advances and end the salary standoff with his current team.
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German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz announced on Monday that it is taking a controlling stake in Brawn GP, which will race in formula one next year as 'Mercedes Grand Prix'.
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Robert Kubica led his class on the opening day, but on Saturday crashed out of the Sicilian Taormina-Messina rally.
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For the first time since a flying spring struck his helmet in Hungary in late July, Felipe Massa at the weekend returned to the cockpit of Ferrari's F2009 single seater.
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I've written often about this subject in the past and recent sales results have typically justified my thoughts. This is a product-driven market. This means that not only must carmakers offer a vehicle in just about every segment, it must be interesting, it has to have that "je-ne-sais-quoi" to capture consumers and their typically short attention spans.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up
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