Quake Rips Apart Japanese Road, Japanese Repair It in 6 Days
26 Mar 2011, 11:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The disaster that struck Japan on March 11 will remain as a thorn in the collective memory of the Japanese people. Entire cities leveled, industries brought the a halt, scores of people killed and a...
Toyota Prius Production to Resume on March 28
24 Mar 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After nearly two weeks of continuous bad news for Japanese auto maker Toyota and right after the car maker announced that the production at its plants in the US might be affected by the Japanese pro...
Toyota US Production to Be Interrupted
24 Mar 2011, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The freeze in production at Toyota's Japan plants, caused by the disaster on March 11, will soon expand to the US. The Japanese auto maker announced today that it has informed its American asso...
Honda Sets Up Donation Website
24 Mar 2011, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the car makers that have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami that have struck Japan nearly two weeks ago, has decided to announce an unprecedented move, meant to increase the rate at ...
VW Responds to Japan's Cry for Help
23 Mar 2011, 15:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost two weeks have passed since the Japanese devastating quake and tsunami, but it appears there is no end to the drama which continues to unfold in the leveled cities on the northeastern coast o...
Toyota Prius v Launch Delayed
23 Mar 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After putting a serious dent in the production plans the Japanese manufacturer had for the entire year, the quake and tsunami disasters from nearly two weeks ago are beginning to take their toll on ...
Toyota Japan Nonoperational Until March 26
22 Mar 2011, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Since March 11, when a major earthquake, followed by a destructive tsunami, devastated the northeastern coast of Japan, Toyota has been caught in a bitter battle aimed at resuming work at the facili...
GM Sends NY Plant Workers Home
22 Mar 2011, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effects of the quake and tsunami that took place in Japan a little over a week ago on the American automotive industry are beginning to show on continental USA, with the first major auto maker t...
GM Cuts Spending to Limit Japanese Crisis Fallout
21 Mar 2011, 18:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the days pass by, it seems there will be no quick recovery of the Japanese automotive industry in sight. Having hit first the Japanese auto makers, the shortage of parts resulted from the freeze ...
Nissan Begins Reopening Japanese Plants
21 Mar 2011, 11:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the supply chain heavily affected by the quake and tsunami which struck Japan on March 11, Japanese auto maker Nissan is slowly beginning to recover. Following more than a week of suspended pro...
Exported Japanese Cars, Radiation Free
18 Mar 2011, 18:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As soon as the ships will be allowed to depart Japanese ports once again, and the locally-built vehicles will find a way out of the devastated northeastern coast and head for the US, they will arriv...
Chrysler Contributes to Japan Relief Efforts
18 Mar 2011, 18:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slowly, but surely, the aid for the Japanese people affected by last week's earthquake and tsunami is growing in size, with the automotive industry as a whole and car makers around the world be...
Kobayashi Affected by Situation in Japan
18 Mar 2011, 10:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kamui Kobayashi would have normally waited forward to the new season start, at Melbourne, hadn't it been for the earthquake and tsunami that tragically affected the North-Eastern part of Japan ...
Daimler Contributes EUR2 Million to Japan Relief
18 Mar 2011, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Thursday German auto maker BMW was the first European company from the automotive industry to announce a contribution to the worldwide efforts made to help Japan, the week ends with more gl...
Yen Grows Stronger, Threatens Financial Health of Auto Makers
18 Mar 2011, 06:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Usually, when a crisis of some kind hits a country, its currency depreciates. Proving, once again, that it is an economy like no other, Japan and its big automotive players are faced, one week after...
Japan Crisis Shuts Down GM Shreveport Plant
17 Mar 2011, 19:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first event of what is expected to be a chain reaction following last week's disaster in Japan arrived on Thursday, after American manufacturer GM announced it is suspending production at i...
Japan Cancels 2011 Tokyo Motorcycle Show
17 Mar 2011, 16:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With Tokyo now being a city plagued by power outages and threatened with the prospects of nuclear radiation arriving from the damaged nuclear power plants on the northeastern coast of Japan, one of ...
Hyundai To Donate JPY100 Million to Quake-Striken Japan
17 Mar 2011, 13:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japan has been hit by a massive Tsunami wave a week ago, causing massive damage and the widespread loss of life. Hyundai Motor Group announced that it will donate a total of JPY100 million (approxim...
Sauber Cars to Feature Support Message for Victims in Japan
17 Mar 2011, 13:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / We're not sure about other teams, but Sauber F1 will show its support for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan during the season opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 Championship, ...
BMW, VW Evacuate Employees from Japan
17 Mar 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The situation in Japan is still tense at the moment and could deteriorate even further in the near future. In response to the dangerous situation regarding the nuclear plants in the country, two maj...