No Toyota-Isuzu Diesel for Europe
7 Jul 2009, 07:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of the policy imposed by the new management of the world's biggest manufacturer, Toyota has decided not to go ahead and with the development of a diesel engine together with Isuzu Motor...
Toyota to Spend $500M on Indiana Revamp
6 Jul 2009, 12:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After dust seems to have settled on the NUMMI joint venture with GM, Toyota turned its sights on the projected retooling of its Indiana SUV assembly plant. The Japanese will spend around $500 millio...
Toyota's Prius, Not Tree Hugging but Tree Cutting
3 Jul 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Here's a piece of news that might keep fake city environmentalists and Prius owners up all night, curled up in a fetal position. While largely perceived as a company devoted to the preservation...
Toyota Prius' Battery Recycling Plan
2 Jul 2009, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being environmentally friendly does not necessarily mean than you are completely waste free. Ever wondered what would happen to hybrid batteries once their run out of "juice"? Well, Toyota...
Toyota Confirm Axe of Fuji Speedway Likely
1 Jul 2009, 14:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Great Britain and Germany, Japan is also on the verge of losing their spot inside the 2010 Formula One calendar. Part of the alternative deal with the FIA for the hosting of the Japanese Grand...
Toyota Prius HID Trouble...
1 Jul 2009, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... or how hybrids get a beating these days. After yesterday Consumer Reports trashed the Honda Insight, deeming it as the "most disappointing Honda Consumer Reports has tested in a long time,&...
Scion iQ in the US by Early 2011
1 Jul 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The tiny iQ will arrive in the United States after all, with an estimated launch date going somewhere around early 2011. However, it won't arrive in the country as a Toyota as the Japanese manu...
Toyota: We Won't Close NUMMI
30 Jun 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday GM announced it has decided to place its NUMMI operation in the "bad assets" basket, questions started surfacing about the fate of the plant and of its some 5,000 workers....
Lexus Recalls 2009 GX in the US
30 Jun 2009, 13:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota and its brand Lexus are recalling 1,281 vehicles in the United States after the Japanese manufacturer discovered that the loading information label is insufficient for certain vehicles. Basic...
GM Goes to Court to Get Sale Approval
30 Jun 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We could say that if today's endeavor is successful, GM is dead. So, long live New GM, the government controlled company which is expected to replace the former Detroit Three member should the ...
GM Ends NUMMI Joint Venture
30 Jun 2009, 06:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After weeks of uncertainty regarding the future of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) joint venture with Toyota, General Motors has finally decided to end the partnership, with the last vehi...
GM Agrees to Product Liability
29 Jun 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bankrupt American manufacturer GM has agreed to assume liability for future product defects in an attempt to speed up their exit from Chapter 11 protection. In addition, GM will also change the term...
Toyota to Build Auris Hybrid in the UK
29 Jun 2009, 10:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Confident with the projected success of its new Prius, world's no. 1 manufacturer Toyota seems to have decided to go for a hybrid drivetrain for the Auris model as well. According to some repor...
Joey Logano, Youngest Driver to Win a Sprint Cup Race, at New Hampshire
29 Jun 2009, 07:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Joey Logano became the youngest driver in the history of NASCAR to win a Sprint Cup Series event, after he took the chequered flag in the rain-shortened Lennox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire ...
Denso Ejector Air Conditioning
28 Jun 2009, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just when you thought air conditioning, as a technology, peaked and has no other place to go, Denso begs to differ and releases onto the market the ejector air conditioning system. The new developme...
GM: No Replacement for Pontiac Vibe
27 Jun 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The discontinuing of the Pontiac Vibe alter this year will leave GM's spot in the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) venture with Toyota empty, as the Americans say they have no clue with w...
Toyoda Expects Two More Difficult Years
26 Jun 2009, 10:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota's new president Akio Toyota is expecting two more difficult years for both Toyota and the rest of the automotive sector but he emphasized that he established a plan to bring the Japanese...
The New Automotive World Order
26 Jun 2009, 20:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2009 has been so far, and chances are it will still be, a very troubled year in the automotive industry. Brought to its knees by an economic crisis which began in an entirely different sector of the...
Toyoda Promises Toyota Revival
25 Jun 2009, 13:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite all those reports claiming that Toyota's new president Akio Toyoda won't bring major changes to the Japanese manufacturer, Toyoda promised a number of steps that will refresh the p...
Toyota, Nissan Sorry for Poor Performance
24 Jun 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic chaos slaughtered automakers all across the globe so it's shouldn't surprise anyone if a certain company reports poor sale results. But Toyota and Nissan executives feel they ...