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20072008 Toyota Corolla (ZRE152R) Levin ZR hatchback, photographed at the 2008 Australian International Motor Show, Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
(photo: Public Domain / OSX)
Toyota's Toyoda scolds execs for emulating U.S. car companies' mistakes
Seattle Times
| On a mild day in February, Toyota Motor's honorary chairman, Shoichiro Toyoda, summoned 400 executives to the redbrick factory in Nagoya, Japan, where his grandfather had built weaving looms a century ago. | The managers filed in for one of the customary updates from Toyota's gray-haired, 84-year-...
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(photo: WN/Theresa)
Nissan invests in Tennesseans
Nashville Tennessean
Other Views | Last week, Nissan North America announced plans to borrow $1.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy to build lithium-ion batteries and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) at Nissan's Smyrna plant. | Construction should start late this year, with production beginning late in 2012. This ...
Passive fenders, aggressive grills: Researchers study how design shapes cars' 'personalities'
Star Tribune
| TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The butterfly decals on the front bumper, flowers in the dashboard vase and lime-green paint job only confirmed Dennis Slice's perception of a Volkswagen Beetle parked in a lot at Florida State University. | Slice, a shape analy...
Chrysler names remaining directors to new board
The News & Observer
| AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Chrysler Group LLC on Sunday announced the remaining members of its new board of directors, a group that includes a former CEO of Northwest Airlines, investment bankers and top officials of the Italian automaker Fiat Group Sp...
Chrysler names remaining directors of new board
Seattle Times
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - | Chrysler Group LLC on Sunday announced the remaining members of its new board of directors, a group that includes a former CEO of Northwest Airlines, investment bankers and top officials of the Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA...
Toyota's Toyoda scolds execs for emulating U.S. car companies' mistakes
Seattle Times
| On a mild day in February, Toyota Motor's honorary chairman, Shoichiro Toyoda, summoned 400 executives to the redbrick factory in Nagoya, Japan, where his grandfather had built weaving looms a century ago. | The managers filed in for one of the cus...
A Fiat logo is seen at a dealer of the Italian car manufacturer in Frankfurt, central Germany, Monday, May 4, 2009.
AP / Michael Probst
Engineer at Fiat reworks engine to boost gas mileage
Toledo Blade
TURIN, Italy — Rinaldo Rinolfi may have the key to making Fiat SpA’s partnership with Chrysler Group LLC work. | The 62-year-old engineer, who designed the Fiat diesel engine in th...
A worker cleans an E-class Mercedes at the annual shareholder meeting of Daimler AG in Berlin, Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
AP / Gero Breloer,file
Daimler launches first German hybrid car
The Times Of India
|               Text: FRANKFURT: German luxury car maker Daimler launched its first hybrid model last week, almost 10 years after the market...
Land Rover Freelander (in Brno)
Public Domain / Luk Mal
Bought a new car? Sorry, the radio won’t work in five years
The Daily Mail
| When you buy a new car, you might reasonably expect it to be packed with state-of-the-art gadgets. | But drivers who have splashed out on a new motor recently thanks to the Gover...
Nissan invests in Tennesseans
Nashville Tennessean
Other Views | Last week, Nissan North America announced plans to borrow $1.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy to build lithium-ion batteries and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) at Nissan's Smyrna plant. | Construction should start late this y...
Japan rethinks silent hybrid cars
BBC News
| Japan is considering the introduction of noise-making devices for near-silent hybrid cars following safety fears from vision-impaired pedestrians. | "Vision-impaired people feel that hybrid vehicles are dangerous", a transport ministry of...
Russians demand flying cars and telepathy
The Register
| Reader poll Pravda is offering an entertaining insight into just what Russians consider must-haves for the forthcoming century – a list which naturally includes flying cars, cheap space travel and the elixir of eternal youth. | A poll by the Russ...
Japanese Cars
2010 Toyota Prius photographed in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
(photo: Public Domain / IFCAR)
Hybrids help Toyota, Honda dominate Japan car sales
The Times Of India
| 6 Jul 2009, 0857 hrs IST, REUTERS               Text: TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in June while Honda Motor Co's rival Insight ranked fourth, helping the two hybrid leaders dominate the list of top-selling models. | Sales of the Prius, which was remodelled in mi...
German Cars
Opel Dello in Hamburg
(photo: Public Domain)
Magna Board Set to Approve Opel Plans
CNBC
Magna's board of directors is scheduled to approve next Tuesday a business plan for the acquisition of German carmaker Opel, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.           ] have already clarified most of the major issues in weeks of tough negotiations and they expect to resolve the last few issues holding up the takeover by ...



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