Bought largely for flexibility, value and sensibility, the last-generation Hyundai Tucson was available to Canadian shoppers from 2005 to 2009 before its most recent update for the 2010 model year. Competing with the likes of the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape, Tucson was available with numerous drivetrain configurations, a competitive warranty and, perhaps most importantly, very attractive pricing.
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Toyota Motor Europe will sell 800,000 vehicles and more next year even if the market dips slightly, the unit's president said in Paris.
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Toyota luxury brand Lexus estimates sales of around 30,000 units in Europe this year - in line with its forecasts.
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Toyota's sales in China may overtake those in Europe for the first time this year.
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Volkswagen's goal to surpass Toyota in sales and profitability by turning out more models and building cars on shared platforms is stoking unwanted competition among its own brands.
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Volkswagen's goal to surpass Toyota in sales and profitability by turning out more models and building cars on shared underbodies is stoking unwanted competition among its own brands.
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Toyota's European business will achieve 800,000 vehicle sales in the region this year and will sell more cars next year even if the market dips slightly, the unit's president said.
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Volkswagen chairman Martin Winterkorn reaffirmed his company's ambitious and audacious goals on Wednesday night on the eve of the Paris motor show: pass Toyota and General Motors for the title of world's largest automaker in 2018.
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Toyota, Nissan Motor, Suzuki and Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries built more vehicles worldwide in August than in the same month of 2008, indicating their recovery from the global financial crisis that erupted the following month.
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Toyota is to sell minivehicles under its core brand for the first time though they will be made on an OEM basis by group affiliate Daihatsu which specialises in the type.
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Scion was supposed to be Toyota's niche brand of fuel-efficient small cars for hip kids. But the original three-model product lineup is being expanded, so the brand's customer reach may be extended as well.
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Toyota plans to move into new product segments over the next 18 months, as well as redesign several mainstream models.
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PSA will unveil the world's first diesel-electric car at the Paris auto show this week to take on Renault's all-electric strategy as both French carmakers play catch-up to Toyota.
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Nexteer Automotive is a multi-billion dollar global steering and driveline business solely dedicated to electric and hydraulic steering systems, steering columns and driveline products for original equipment manufacturers. Its 6,200 employees serve more than 60 customers in every major region of the world with 15 manufacturing sites, six engineering and 14 customer service centers strategically located in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Nexteer Automotive's customers include GM, Fiat, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and PSA Peugeot Citroen, as well as automakers in India, China and South America. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Laurent Bresson, Nexteer Automotive's executive director in Europe and executive director of its global sales and marketing operations.
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF) in Valenciennes will build a small hybrid vehicle starting in 2012. As is its custom, the automaker has not named the model but the French plant currently builds the Yaris which, on normal replacement schedule, should have been redesigned by 2012.
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VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said his target for the company to overtake Toyota as the world's biggest automaker by 2018 will be tough and he aims to remain in his job to ensure continuity to reach the goal.
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Japan's three largest automakers are making a push to extend their alternative-fuel powertrain offerings in the next two years. Toyota Motor Corp. will bring two electric and six hybrid-electric models to market in the next 24 months.
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VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said his target for the company to overtake Toyota as the world's biggest automaker by 2018 will be tough and he aims to remain in his job to ensure continuity to reach the goal.
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