Japanese automaker Toyota is planning to invest $30m at its Princeton manufacturing plant in Indiana, US to boost the production of gas variant of Highlander mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) starting in 2014. The new investment ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota is planning to invest about $230m to build a new car engine manufacturing plant in Indonesia, as part of its strategy to expand powertrain production in emerging markets by 20%. The new plant will be used to ...
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Porsche has been rated the most appealing new car brand to own in the US for the ninth consecutive year. The Stuttgart-based luxury sports car maker topped the 2013 JD Power US Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) study ...
Tata Motors has confirmed its entry into the Australian market, with new independent distributor Fusion Automotive set to introduce a range of light-commercial vehicles in the final quarter of this year. Fusion will launch the Tata Xenon ...
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The NRMA has revealed its annual used cars safety ratings list, including 57 vehicles that achieved the maximum five-star score for driver protection. The data was compiled from an analysis of over six million vehicles involved in police ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation will put to bed claims from US customers that their vehicles’ value decreased as a result of the 2009 and 2010 recalls for unintended acceleration issues, with a US$1.63 billion ($1.8 billion) settlement being ...
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Ford and Toyota have announced the end of their planned joint development of a hybrid platform for SUVs and small utes before the project had even begun. Ford and Toyota entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2011, and over ...
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DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc. has appointed David Williams manager of the Strategic Planning department in Long Beach, Calif. In his new position, Williams will oversee the daily operations of the department, which the company ...
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 ...
Japanese car maker Mazda Motor Corp. Sold 82,531 cars in the Chinese mainland in the first half of this year, down 20.6 percent from a year ago. Data released by Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. recently shows that Mazda saw sales volume ...
Qncepto comprehensive data shows, the Kazakhstan car sales in May increased by 65.7%, to 12217 vehicles. Experts said, Lada(Inventory growth of 32.5%),KIA(Inventory growth of 12.5%), Chevrolet(Inventory growth of 11%), Toyota(Inventory ...
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They are called "accidents" because they are unexpected and unintentional, and as the saying goes, accidents happen. In fact, research shows that drivers can expect to be in a claim-worthy accident at least once a decade. Before your next ...
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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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Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott says the Coalition does not support the Labor Government’s changes to fringe benefits tax (FBT) rules and will not proceed with the policy changes if elected. The government has attracted ...
Autonomous cars will start testing on public roads in the UK by the end of 2013 as part of a government plan to reduce traffic congestion in Britain. Planned as part of a £28 billion ($46.4 billion) investment by the Department for ...