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Toyota Lays Blame At Driver's Feet, Revealing Defense Strategy In Sudden Acceleration Cases

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Toyota Recall 2010, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Lawsuits, Toyota Gas Pedal Problems, Sudden Acceleration, Toyota Recall, Paul Van Alfen, Sudden Acceleration Litigation, Business News

A court filing by Toyota earlier this week lays out how the automaker plans to defend itself against sudden acceleration claims: by blaming the driver...

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BMW Tops Mercedes As Most Popular Luxury Auto Brand

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Nissan, Automakers, Video, Luxury, Audi, Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp, Honda, U.S. Luxury Auto Market, Bmw, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, General Motors Co, Ford, Volkswagen, Daimler AG, Business News

BMW grabbed the top spot in the U.S. luxury auto market in 2011, edging out Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz brand, as both German automakers took advan...

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Toyota Recalls Over Half A Million Vehicles For Possible Steering Problems

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Dion Corbett, Steering Problems, Crankshaft Pulley, Camry, Lexus, Toyota Recall 2011, Highlander, Sienna, Toyota Recall, Toyota Motor Corp., Business News

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide – mostly in the United States – for probl...

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Chrysler, General Motors Report Big Sales Gains

Posted 12.03.2011

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General Motors Co and Chrysler Group reported September U.S. auto sales gains of at least 20 percent, a sign that consumers have returned as vehic...

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Honda Lifts Profits With Speedy Earthquake Recovery

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Automakers, Japan Earthquake, Great Recession, Civic, Toyota Motor Corp, Mitsubishi Motors Corp, Economic Recovery, Quarterly Profit, Auto Industry, Nikkei, Honda Motor Co, Supply Shortage, Business News

(Chang-Ran Kim) - Honda Motor Co reported an unexpected quarterly profit and raised its annual outlook by more than a third, as Japan's No.3 autom...

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Ford Looks To Indian Market In Committing To Large Plant

Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Nano, India, Hyundai Motor, Production Plant, Tata Motors, Toyota Motor Corp, PINC Research, Nissan Motor Co, Foreign Car Makers, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, Ford Motor Co, U.S. Carmaker, Video, Business News

(Neha Singh) - Ford Motor Co plans to build a $900 million production plant in India, doubling its investment in the country, as the U.S. carmaker...

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Toyota's Production Won't Return To Normal Until November Or Later

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Toyota Japan, Toyota Car Maker, Toyota Motor Corp, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Parts, Toyota Earthquake, Toyota Production, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota's global car production, disrupted by parts shortages from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, won't return to normal until November ...

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Toyota Tells California Court There's No Proof Of Defects In Certain Cars

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Motor Corp, Acceleration Lawsuit, Faulty Acceleration, Toyota Recall, Electric Throttle Control System, Automakers, Business News

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge in California said Friday he will not dismiss lawsuits against Toyota from car owners who claim sudden-accel...

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Toyota Touting Climate Deniers to Sell Luxury Hybrid Cars

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darker Side of Green, Toyota, Green News, Toyota Global Warming, Climate Change, Christopher Monckton, Chris Horner, Toyota Motor Corp, Lexus, Environment, Sustainability, Toyota Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

In an attempt to look edgy and sell more hybrid cars, Lexus, the luxury division of the Toyota Motor Corporation, is holding a series of debates featuring professional climate deniers.

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Toyota Pedal Replacements Offered Free Of Charge To unhappy owners

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Toyota owners who are dissatisfied with the repairs to their vehicles covered by a massive recall to address sticky gas pedals can ...

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Could These Corporate Failures Have Been Prevented?

Gary D. Bass, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Regulation, Nhtsa, Massey Energy, OMB Watch, Bp, Mms, Toyota Motor Corp, Politics News

In recent months, failures at BP's Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico facility injured and likely killed 11 oil rig workers and spawned an unprecedente...

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Customer Disservice Spotlight On: Toyota

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cars, Toyota Recall, Customer Service, Toyota Motor Corp, Business News

My car drives fine now, but without a doubt, it's the last Toyota I'll ever buy.

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Toyota And More Fines: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Addresses Issue

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOYOTA, Japan -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday the U.S. wants to see results from Toyota's efforts to improve safety, and more fines...

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Toyoda, Toyota, Congress and the FBI

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Toyota, Chrysler, Gm, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Fiat, Fbi, Unintended Acceleration, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Andrew Cuomo, Toyota Motor Corp, Nhtsa, Europe, Yoshimi Inaba, China, Business News

I've often joked that Japanese businessmen have 100 ways to say "I don't know" and 1,000 ways to not take responsibility. Those watching the hearings yesterday got about a four-hour example of all that live.

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Mr. Toyoda in the Spotlight

Bill George | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Recall 2010, Leadership, Toyota, Corporate Responsibility, Global Business Leadership, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota Recall, Business Leadership, Business News

Mr. Toyoda: You are the definitive leader of one of the largest and (once-) most trusted brands in the world. People expect you to act like it today. This is a prime opportunity to right the ship.

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Toyota To Issue Fix For Recalled Cars

AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Toyota Motor Corp. plans to start sending parts to dealers in the coming days to fix a sticky gas pedal problem that has tarnished its...

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Bad News Couldn't Come at a Better Time for Toyota

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011

If you're an automotive company dealing with a massive recall, pray for a bad economy to soften the blow.

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Toyota, Lexus Mat Recall: 3.8 Million Vehicles Recalled Over Floor Mats

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safety Problems Floor Mats, Toyota Problems, Toyota, Toyota Floor Mat Recall, Lexus Floor Mats, Lexus, Cars, Car Manufacturers, Toyota Recall, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Floor Mats, Toyota Recall 3.8 Million Floor Mat, Lexus Recall 3.8 Million Floor Mat, Business News

WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, t...

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Toyota Asks California For $2 Million For Employee Training -- But They're Closing Shop In 2010

latimes.com | Marc Lifsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Auto Bailout, Economic Crash, California, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Auto Industry, Worker Training, u.s. Auto Industry, Recession, California Toyota, Employee Training, Car Factories, Business News

Reporting from Sacramento - Toyota Motor Corp. is closing California's last automobile plant, but that isn't keeping the factory from asking the stat...

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Nissan Electric Car: Mass Production Coming In 2012

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Electric Car, Carlos Ghosn, Toyota Motor Corp, Green Technology, Sustainability, Business News

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its electric vehicles will be affordable, setting sights on the potentially lucrative market wit...

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Auto-psy

Richard Stuebi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Motors, Big Oil, Auto Industry, Detroit Automakers, General Motors Bankruptcy, Toyota Motor Corp, Car-Manufacturers, Cars, American Idol, Business News

Even though American cars have improved dramatically, imported cars seized the opportunity of the 1970's and have consistently stolen market share for decades.

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Obama: "Ich bin ein Chrysler!"

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama talked his usual great game of absolute confidence at the end of his announcement this morning, telling the country, "If you're going to buy a new car, buy an American car."

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ExxonMobil -- Their "Hydrogen Plan" for Us

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Rose, Wal-Mart, Ford Fusion Hybrid, TARP Money, Scion xB, Barney Frank, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, ExxonMobil Corporation, Grant Park, Pga Tour, Sheryl Crow, Chevrolet Volt, Northern Trust, Nissan Cube, Wall Street, Chevy Malibu Hybrid, Earth Wind and Fire, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Toyota Motor Corp, Banks, Cadillac Converj, Allard Lowenstein, Detroit Bailout, Ritz Carlton, Green News

Between Wall Street and the banks and the oil companies, and saving Detroit, which has been going out of business on a daily basis for 35 years, is there some way we aren't getting screwed?

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Toyota Projects First-Ever Annual Loss; Congress Disses Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.

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Toyota Steals Global Sales Crown From GM

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Sales, GM Sales, Toyota Car Sales, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota GM Sales, General Motors, Toyota General Motors Rivalry, General Motors Woes, GM Woes, GM Problems, Auto Industry, US Auto Industry, Business News

DETROIT — Toyota took the global sales lead from General Motors in the first quarter, capitalizing on growth in China and Europe as GM saw its N...

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