The National Academy of Sciences plans to expand its panel probing unintended acceleration in Toyotas and other vehicles after consumer advocates complained that the investigators lacked electronics expertise.
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Toyota plans to introduce three new-to-market green vehicles in 2012, a company source said. A battery electric vehicle, a plug-in version of the Prius and an as-yet-unveiled variant of the Prius will arrive in U.S.
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Toyota Motor Sales USA is expanding its Product Quality Field Office programme to four additional US regional sales areas.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is a good car, not a great one, but good. It's better than a Honda Accord or a Toyota Camry, but then again, that's what the Sonata is for.
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Japanese supplier aims to halve its production costs for parts used in low-cost models destined for China and other emerging markets, while hiking procurement of materials and components in the countries it sells in.
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We've been waiting for Scion for years to arrive in Canada. Since their introduction on US soil, targeted at a younger customer base than Toyota's ever-rising average buyer age, we always figured that Scion was a perfect fit for Canadians: small, fuel-efficient and spacious cars that are affordable and that offer a plethora of customizing possibilities.
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Japanese supplier aims to halve its production costs for parts used in low-cost models destined for China and other emerging markets, while hiking procurement of materials and components in the countries it sells in.
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In News Brake: BMW salutes the current generation of the M5, Toyota gives its product planners more time, and Ford will block your calls via Sync . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Toyota plans to expand its quality effort in the United States and Canada by staffing seven field offices with technology and engineering specialists who will investigate customer complaints, the automaker said here today.
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While Honda and Toyota have been bragging about their new minivans over the past few months, Nissan would like you to remember that there's a new Quest on the way.
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While Honda and Toyota have been bragging about their new minivans the past few months, Nissan would like you to remember that there's a new quest on the way.
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Automakers sold 10,052 vehicles in Vietnam in June, a rise of 4% year on year, led by Toyota, an industry association said on Wednesday.
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Volkswagen is expanding production in Mexico as it continues to execute an ambitious plan to surpass Toyota Motor Corp. as the world's largest carmaker.
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Faced with mounting recalls and quality concerns, Japanese automaker is stretching time it takes to develop new models by an average of four weeks.
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The luxury sedan niche is particularly diverse and offers a wide array of models - and prices! The very definition of this type of car varies from one consumer to the next. So much so that some buyers associate the Toyota Avalon with this category, with an asking price of a little over $40,000, while others think of nothing less than the sumptuous BMW 7 Series, whose price largely exceeds $100,000.
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Toyota's Indian division reportedly shut down operations yesterday (5 July) as workers went on a day-long general strike.
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Toyota Motor's Canadian unit said on Monday its June sales dropped 13.8% year on year while General Motors said Canadian sales rose 15.2%.
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Automaker moved to address the problem in August 2008 by altering the design of the valve spring and making it thicker, but the company didn't feel that a recall was necessary given the rarity of the problem at the time, a spokesman said.
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Toyota is to invest JPY9bn (US$103m) to produce engines and transmissions for the Etios compact car in India developed for the local market.
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