A federal judge in Texas has issued a sweeping temporary restraining order to prevent the Toyota Motor Corporation, its subsidiaries, and members of its in-house legal team from destroying any documents about the crashworthiness of all vehicles manufactured by the company.
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Sales of vehicles (excluding minivehicles up to 660cc) in Japan rose 3.5% to 321,737 in September from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) said in a statement today.
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Mitsubishi Motors' 16-car display at the 41st Tokyo motor show later this month will include two concepts developed to a 'The EV: its dawn and future' theme: the Concept PX-MiEV and the i-MiEV Cargo.
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Hyundai Motor sales last month were up 61% to 307,181 units.
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The French government has said it plans to spend EUR1.5bn to create a battery-charging network for electric vehicles as part of a plan to encourage the development of cleaner vehicle technology.
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Tata Motors' total sales (including exports) of commercial and passenger vehicles in September 2009 were 52,513 vehicles, up 6% year on year.
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Maruti Suzuki, India's car market leader, sold 83,306 vehicles in September 2009, up 17.3% year on year.
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Maruti Suzuki India has revised its outlook for car sales in the current fiscal year and said double digit growth in 2009-10 should be achieved.
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Official sketches reveal Nissan's new eco-friendly supermini that's looking to take over the world.
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Daimler is increasingly confident it will book a positive operating result for the Mercedes-Benz unit in the second half of the year and that September probably marked a turning point following months of downturn, chief executive Dieter Zetsche has said.
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£70,000 Hyundai limousine goes on sale in South Korea
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Audi showcases prototype A5 with light-weight, high-efficiency focus.
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Honda Motor appears to be changing tack to developing pure electric vehicles (EVs) because slow progress in setting up hydrogen fuelling stations could limit the sale of its fuel-cell vehicles, chief executive Takanobu Ito said.
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Mitsubishi's new crossover vehicle spotted testing in Europe.
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Fiat is eyeing a car for manufacture at its Serbian plant (Zastava) that will could be sold around the world, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne has said.
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US congressional leaders have pressured General Motors and Chrysler to resolve complaints about dealer franchise terminations the two Detroit-based automakers pushed through during their brief government-funded Chapter 11 bankruptcies.
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Toyota and Ford are likely to outsell General Motors in the US market by 2015 when industry sales will finally return to levels last seen in 2000, according to IHS Global Insight.
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GM will close Saturn and wind down its dealership network after a proposed deal to sell the brand to Penske Automotive Group collapsed.
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