Japanese automaker Toyota Motors is planning to open a new training facility for mechanics in order to increase the quality of its vehicles. The new training facility is expected to feature a testing track that would be capable of ...
Honda has released first official images of the new 2015 Fit, set to begin production in Mexico next spring, along with information teasing an expanded model range. The new Honda Fit looks sportier and substantial, but it still appears to ...
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Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi has recalled 305 vehicles in the US due to a suspension problem The recall affects 2013 model year Mitsubishi Outlander Sport crossover vehicles manufactured between 17 and 25 January ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motors has agreed to pay its vehicle owners $1.6bn to settle a lawsuit over sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) reports in 2009 and 2010, which allegedly caused their vehicles to lose value. The settlement, ...
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Honda has filed a response to an amended class action complaint, which alleges some of the automaker's vehicles have defective window regulators. In the case, Grodzitsky versus American Honda Motor Co., the plaintiffs argue the window ...
Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has commenced the testing of its new Pure Electric Bus in Uruguay. The bus will be tested by the La Compania Uruguaya de Transportes Colectivos (CUTCSA), the Uruguay transport authority, on ...
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China is encouraging car manufacturers to enter the second-hand auto market to cash in on the growing sector and boost China's auto consumption. Deng Li, deputy director of the Market System Development Department of the Ministry of ...
France based automaker Citroen is planning to unveil its DS3 Cabrio Racing Concept vehicle at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed that will be held in the UK. The concept vehicle is expected to be powered by the company's turbo high ...
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German automaker MAN Truck & Bus has secured a contract to supply ten hybrid city buses Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) in Spain. The new deal is an addition to the older contract made by the company and the transport ...
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Japanese automaker Mazda has started construction of new $257m transmission plant, dubbed as Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT), in Chonburi province. Operations at the new SKYACTIV transmission manufacturing facility are ...
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The German automaker has announced that later this year it will offer Matrix LED headlamps with individually-controlled LEDs that adapt to oncoming traffic sensed by a camera and to road topography data supplied by a GPS system. Audi has ...
Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda will recall 143,083 units of its Fit vehicles in the US, over a defective power window switch. The recall affects Fit vehicles manufactured during 2007 and 2008. According to the company, the rain ...
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Chinese automaker BYD Motors has secured a $30m bus supply contract from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in the US. Under the deal, the automaker will be responsible for production and delivery of about 25 ...
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Japanese automaker Mazda Motor has launched the new revamped version of Mazda3 with new powertrain variants. The vehicle will be powered by a newly-developed SKYACTIV-G 1.5L gasoline engine in addition to the 2L and 2.5L engines as ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota’s American division, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), is planning to invest $200m to increase V6 engine machining capacity and parts production in three North American plants. ...
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