TOKYO – Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S. for steering problems in which three accidents have been reported, the automaker said Thursday. The 373,000 Avalons being recalled range from
Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday he expects the automaker to be able to build Prius gas-electric hybrid cars in North America from the next remodeling
of its strategy to push to the front of a race by global automakers to develop more fuel-efficient cars. Japan’s No.2 automaker was one of the world’s only car makers to offer gasoline-electric cars during the past decade but has begun looking like a
The Hindu Maruti cars on the assembly line in Manesar. File Photo: S. Subramanium India’s largest automaker Maruti Suzuki will limit exports to the same level as last year due to capacity constraints
surge in first quarter Surprise filing ensnares Anhui automaker in name game China’s non-State automaker produces 2m cars “It is essential to conduct research and development abroad. Auto giants such as Toyota, GM and Ford all have their own research and
response. A Toyota subsidiary received the subpoena on June 29, a spokeswoman said. The quality of Toyota’s cars — once a benchmark for the industry — has come under scrutiny after the world’s top automaker recalled more than 10 million vehicles
as a plug-in hybrid in 2012 in the U.S. and Japan, joining the race to manufacture green cars in which rivals have already taken slight leads. The plans were disclosed by Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito at the Japanese automaker’s facility in a
SYDNEY: BMW owners Down Under will soon have wireless internet access in their cars, thanks to the German automaker’s new plan to introduce the facility by the end of this year. Drivers and passengers will be able to access the web and email
SYDNEY: BMW owners Down Under will soon have wireless internet access in their cars, thanks to the German automaker’s new plan to introduce the facility by the end of this year. Drivers and passengers will be able to access the web and email
his career developing antitank-warfare instrumentation, had said his patented system for a high-voltage system to power gas-electric hybrid cars was used by Toyota without permission. Severinsky, 65, spent years trying to get the automaker to pay