Toyota Japan Plants Resume Production
18 Feb 2014, 15:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The United States is not the only country affected by heavy snow - four Toyota plants in Japan had to stop production on Monday due to bad weather conditions. The Takaoka, Motomachim Tahara and T...
Ex Computer Programmer Found Guilty for Sabotaging Toyota’s System
16 Feb 2014, 17:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Back in 2012, Toyota fired one of its computer programmers handling databases and all sorts of sensitive data for the automaker. The guy logged in one night after and sabotaged the system stealing a...
Shuhei Nakamoto Remembers Dorna That Honda Will Leave MotoGP over Spec Software Rule
16 Feb 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though 2016 is still far, there are some things in MotoGP which are boiling, and not in a good way. Namely, is the presumed new regulation which will make spec Magneti Marelli software mandator...
Ford Europe Sales Up 9 Percent in January
14 Feb 2014, 17:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Europe sales have increased 9.2 percent last month, the Detroit-based automaker reported today, adding that January 2014 was its eighth straight month of sales growth on the Old Continent. T...
BMW’s Slow Death, the Final Nail: 2 Series Active Tourer
14 Feb 2014, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is it. Goodbye BMW, it’s been a real pleasure having your rear diffs guiding me through the corners, but this is all I can stand. A front-wheel drive MPV is simply too much for me to take...
GM CEO Mary Barra Will Earn $14.4 Million in 2014
11 Feb 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors CEO Mary Barra will earn about $14.4 million this year, the Detroit-based company revealed earlier this month in response to reports speculating on her compensation. According to A...
Chrysler Pays $5 Billion to Complete UAW Buyout
11 Feb 2014, 08:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group LLC has completed the United Auto Workers (UAW) buyout by repaying a $5 billion note the VEBA trust received in 2009 as part of the company’s bailout. Chrysler raised the amo...
Toyota Shutting Down Australian Production by End of 2017
10 Feb 2014, 09:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Toyota Motor Corporation Australia just decided to end Toyota vehicle and engine production in Australia by the end of 2017. "We believed that we should co...
GM CEO Mary Barra Named Most Powerful Woman in Business
7 Feb 2014, 15:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors CEO Mary Barra was ranked as the most powerful woman in business in Fortune’s new list of “50 Most Powerful Women in Business: Global Edition”. GM’s new bos...
Toyota US Starts Exporting Highlander to Australia and Eastern Europe
6 Feb 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Sales USA announced today it has begun to export the Highlander SUV model to Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Forecasted at around 29,000 units per year, the H...
Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports 2014 Car-Brand Perception Survey
5 Feb 2014, 17:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / According to a recent study from Consumer Reports, Toyota, Ford, Honda and Chevrolet are the brands that stand out in the buyers’ minds. Toyota leads with a 25-point advantage over Ford in ...
Lexus Takes Off Well in 2014
4 Feb 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Unlike its parent automaker Toyota, Lexus had a better January, managing to post 19 percent increased sales in the US. “January sales were off to a good start before the weather conditions ...
2014 Slow Start for Toyota US
4 Feb 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Can’t say for sure if the polar vortex is the main reason for why new vehicles didn’t found new owners last month, but fact is that Toyota started the new year with a small decline. T...
Toyota Releasing April-December 2013 Financial Results
4 Feb 2014, 09:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced its financial results for the nine-month period that ended December 31st, 2013 scoring an increase of over 17 percent. On a consolidated basis, net revenu...
Toyota and Daihatsu Exporting from Indonesia to Philippines
3 Feb 2014, 10:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. just announced the starting the exports of a compact vehicle based on the Toyota Agya from Indonesia to Philippines, with sales starting a...
Toyota Announcing Motorsport Activities for 2014
31 Jan 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota will continue to race in almost all major motorsport competitions in 2014, starting with NASCAR and ending with the Japanese Super GT series. The Japanese automaker’s racing division...
Takeshi Uchiyamada Recieves “Gianni Mazzocchi” Award for Toyota Hybrids
31 Jan 2014, 09:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Leading Italian car magazine Quattrorute recently awarded Toyota Motor Corporation chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada with its “Gianni Mazzocchi” award during its annual event in Milan, Italy. ...
Dodge to Sponsor Motley Crue’s Final Tour
30 Jan 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Iconic rock’n roll band Motley Crue has announced that Dodge will be sponsoring its “Final Tour”, which is scheduled to begin this summer and will end with the group’s ultima...
“Go Ultra Low” Toyota Campaign Starts in the UK
30 Jan 2014, 15:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is sustaining the UK Government’s new Go Ultra Low campaign set to help people realize that it’s the time to buy ultra-low emission vehicles, like the Toyota Prius Plug-in. The...
DOE May Open Its Funding Program to Auto Suppliers
30 Jan 2014, 14:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Obama administration is considering reviving the $25 billion auto loan program by opening funding to auto suppliers, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said earlier this week, The Detroit News report...