Volkswagen Increases First Half Market Share
24 Jul 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Europe's largest car manufacturer is hard at work trying to catch up with Toyota, as the company already announced it plans on becoming the no. 1 manufacturer by 2018. With the soon-to-be addit...
To NUMMI or Not to NUMMI
24 Jul 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / A cloud of uncertainty still reigns over the now former Toyota-GM NUMMI operation's fate. The 5,400-worker joint venture between the two, which dates back to 1984 could see its bitter end this ...
Toyota Expects Profit Next Year
24 Jul 2009, 13:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Toyota, currently the world's number one automaker, expects a new loss in North America, despite admitting that sales are going pretty well at this time and it delivers mo...
Toyota to Give Up NUMMI Share Too
23 Jul 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After General Motors announced its decision to pull out of the NUMMI joint venture it had with Toyota, the Japanese manufacturer is now doing the same thing in an attempt to sell its very own stake ...
Toyota Forecasts 12 Million Sold Cars in China
22 Jul 2009, 12:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Recently crowned the world's number one manufacturer, Toyota is quite optimistic when it comes to 2009 sales, in spite of the gloomy predictions made by auto industry analysts around the world....
Glock Raises More than €9,000 for the UN
22 Jul 2009, 07:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota's Timo Glock donated as much as €9,117 for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), benefiting hungry children around the world, as reported in a press release from the Cologn...
2009 Toyota Camry Upgraded
21 Jul 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota Australia recently announced a bunch of modifications for its Camry range which is now more focused on fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions than its predecessors. Fuel consumption for the automa...
Mitsubishi Rehires in Thailand
21 Jul 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / After Mitsubishi Motors Thailand laid off 1,100 workers in the fourth quarter of last year and 330 more went into voluntary retirement, the Japanese carmaker announced it will rehire 1,000 workers. ...
Trulli Not Focusing on Toyota Extension
21 Jul 2009, 08:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jarno Trulli doesn't seem too concerned about his F1 future, despite the fact that he only scored 7 points in the last 5 races for Toyota. Although the Japanese manufacturer gave a straight-up ...
Timo Glock Moves from Cologne Home, Further from Toyota Headquarters
17 Jul 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / German driver Timo Glock has reportedly moved from his home located west of Cologne's suburbs to a new house, two hours away from Frankfurt. The news was reported by the locally-based Express n...
Confirmed: Toyota Brings Auris Hybrid to Europe
17 Jul 2009, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota has officially confirmed it will begin production of the full-hybrid version of the Auris, scheduled to enter the European market towards the middle of 2010. The hybrid ...
Toyota-Mazda Hybrid Alliance in Sight
16 Jul 2009, 13:54 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Toyota Motor Corp. the world's leader in auto hybrids, stated recently that it looks at boosting hybrid sales as being very important and will consider any request from automakers to share its ...
Toyota Goes Down in Europe
15 Jul 2009, 14:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Troubled times ahead for Japanese manufacturer Toyota, still the world's largest carmaker. The company reported new car sales decrease on the Old Continent amounting to 26 percent or 452,350 un...
Volkswagen Goes After Toyota Through China...
13 Jul 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...and plans to skip GM in the process. The third ranking automotive manufacturer Volkswagen has set its sights on the top spot, occupied, still, by Toyota. GM seems to be, in their plans, just a mi...
Sports Cars Make Men Feel Macho, Study Shows
10 Jul 2009, 13:29 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Let’s say we didn’t need a study to tell us that testosterone levels in men increases when they drive a high-end sports car, but for those who though otherwise, a recent study found the ...
Toyota Yaris TR Launched
10 Jul 2009, 07:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Toyota recently launched the TR version of its Yaris model, a version which joins the range below the top-of-the-line T-Spirit. The car is already available in the United Kingd...
Joey Logano in Gillette Ad Campaign
9 Jul 2009, 15:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Gillette announced today that Joey Logano, the youngest driver in the history of NASCAR to win a Sprint Cup Series event, will be joining Gillette Young Guns Drivers, alongside other racing hotties,...
Toyota to Decide on NUMMI by August
7 Jul 2009, 14:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fate of the now former joint venture Toyota has been operating in California together with GM may be decided by the end of the month, as the negotiations between the two parties may come to a co...
Prius Rules Over Japan
7 Jul 2009, 10:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If we keep on bringing you this type of news about the Prius, you may think we're on Toyota's payroll... Well, we're not and, even if some don't like it, Prius rocks Japan sales ...
Official: Fuji is Out of the 2010 F1 Calendar
7 Jul 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fuji Speedway is officially out of the Formula One calendar for the upcoming season. After several rumors about Toyota's scrapping the Mount Fuji-based circuit from their F1 programme have surf...