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Japanese automakers’ local, foreign output grows,…

Suzuki Motor Corp. announced Tuesday its output of cars in Japan rose for the sixth successive month in June totaling 97,921 units, a rise on year of 36.5 percent.In the recording month Suzuki in addition produced

Toyota expects to be able to build Prius in North…

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

Peugeot 508 (2011)

button with its new family sedan, the 508. Based on the lovely SR1 and 5 by Peugeot concept cars from the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the 508 is set to replace both the 407 and 607 sedans, the latter of which is no longer on sale in Australia. Officially

UPDATE 1-Lloyds unit prices A$500 mln auto-backed debt

costs are significantly higher than pre-crisis. The loan pool is exclusively made up of motor vehicle loans, predominantly cars. The loans have a seasoning, or time since issued, of 15 months. Final maturity of the offer is February 2017 while the

GM Offering 8-Year Warranty on Chevy Volt Battery

s LG Chem. The Volt will enter an increasingly competitive auto segment of partial or fully electric smaller cars in the United States including Nissan Motor’s

UPDATE 1-Nissan says Hitachi delay may hit US, Mexico…

Tennessee, Mexico plants may be affected by Hitachi delay * Hitachi electronic control units used on most Nissan cars * Nissan shares lose 1.5 pct, Tokyo market falls 0.4 pct (Adds details) YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 13 (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co (7201.T

Tesla to deliver prototype electric vehicles to Toyota…

U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. will deliver two prototype electric vehicles based on Toyota Motor Corp. cars to the Japanese automaker by the end of this month, according to U.S. media reports Saturday. The prototypes will be fitted with

Dude, Where’s My Ford?

But Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford says the firm is prepping to go beyond just making cars and trucks. Steve Forbes: What’s a typical car going to look like five and 10 years down the road? Are we going to be able to say, “Do this

New car sales rise 10.8% in June

year, industry figures have shown, despite the end of the scrappage scheme. A total of 195,226 new cars were sold in June, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. In the six months from January to June, there were 1,208,662 new

Troubled Toyota starts world recall for engine fix

latest trouble for the automaker beset with quality problems. Toyota Motor Corp. had said Friday that 270,000 cars worldwide would be recalled to replace valve springs, crucial engine components that are flawed in the recalled vehicles and could make