Toyota Motor North America president and chief executive Yoshimi Inaba has agreed to extend nationwide a commitment he made to the New York attorney general to have recalled vehicles collected from the homes of owners who are afraid to drive them.
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Japan's top newspaper on Thursday accused US lawmakers of painting Toyota as a "villain" over its safety flaws.
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Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama on Thursday said he expected Toyota to make efforts to ensure safety and undertake necessary improvements after massive recalls while the industry minister Masayuki Naoshima was concerned about possible damage to the reputation of domestic manufacturers.
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After Toyota Motor Sales USA president Jim Lentz faced the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Tuesday, all eyes yesterday were on his boss, Toyota Motor Corporation president Akio Toyoda, as he appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Saying Toyota Motor Corp. had become dominated by and#8220;anti-family, financially oriented pirates,and#8221; the company's former North American chief says only CEO Akio Toyoda can rescue the automaker.
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Toyota Motor Corp. chief Akio Toyoda stepped to center stage in a sprawling U.S. investigation of the Japanese automaker's safety crisis, apologizing to consumers and pledging reforms to skeptical lawmakers.
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The U.S. headquarters of three Japan-based automotive suppliers -- all of them with ties to Toyota Motor Corp. -- were searched by FBI agents Tuesday in connection with an international anti-trust investigation. Denso Corp.
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Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda apologized to U.S. lawmakers probing safety lapses and ended the day in tears, saying the automaker must overhaul the way it does business to recover.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda's visit to the United States and#8220;has been a game changerand#8221; in the automaker's concern about the safety of its U.S. vehicles.
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In News Brake: Honda will show the 3R-C concept at the Geneva auto show, Toyota faces a congressional grilling, and we test-drive the 2010 Hyundai Genesis coupe with the track pack . . . But Wait, There's More!
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A former top Toyota US executive has blamed the recall crisis on former executives too focused on profitability, and said current president Akio Toyoda is "the only person who can save Toyota."
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Toyota will not reverse plans to end production at its former joint venture plant with General Motors in Fremont, California, despite a suggestion that doing so might give the embattled carmaker a lift in a big market, a top US executive told lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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The reclusive Akio Toyoda is taking the rare step of waving the family flag, as the scion to Toyota Motor Corp.and#8217;s founding dynasty tries to steer the worldand#8217;s largest car company out of a spiraling safety crisis.
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The reclusive Akio Toyoda took the rare step of waving the family flag, as the scion to Toyota Motor Corp.'s founding dynasty tries to steer the world's largest car company out of a spiraling safety crisis.
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With congressional hearings scheduled well into next month, a lot more certainly will be said about Toyota's spate of recalls and how NHTSA handled the investigations. When it's all done, though, what will it mean to the automotive enthusiast?
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The grilling that US lawmakers had indicated they would give top Toyota executives, starting with the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing yesterday, played out last night - on primetime news broadcasts.
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Below is the full text of Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda’s prepared testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to be delivered today: Full story…
Let's get something straight: it's not because someone drives a subcompact that he or she is flat broke. For some, the automobile is a fashion statement, a status symbol or an extension of one's anatomy, but the rest think that it's merely a means of transportation.
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Toyota Motor Corp. apologized for letting safety standards slip during a period of fast growth and vowed to respond more quickly to consumer complaints as two days of congressional hearings began.
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Hyundai Motor America Inc. today ordered a halt to sales of the 2011 Sonata after notifying dealers that front door-lock modules on some cars can stick under some circumstances. With intense scrutiny bearing down on rival Toyota Motor Corp.
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