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GM Reclaims World's No.1 Spot

Rob Quinn — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:57:00 CST

General Motors is back on top of the world less than three years after its bankruptcy and restructuring. The company is once again the world's top-selling automaker, with 9 million sales worldwide in 2011, almost a million more than second-placed Volkswagen. Toyota, which took top spot from GM in 2008,...

Car Sales Jumped 14% Last Month

Matt Cantor — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:36:05 CST

Americans may be worried about the economy, but they still need to get where they’re going. Auto sales beat expectations last month, rising 14% to 994,721, their fastest sales pace since August 2009, reports the AP . Chrysler led the pack: The automaker’s sales jumped 45%, Reuters reports. Close behind...

Ford, Toyota Join Forces on Hybrid System

Matt Cantor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:44:05 CDT

A trans-Pacific partnership between Ford and Toyota is set to bring us a new generation of hybrid vehicles. The two companies will join together in creating a gas-electric hybrid system suited to light trucks and SUVs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The two firms already have hybrid systems that power...

Toyota to Recall 82K Hybrids in US

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:38:17 CDT

Toyota will recall about 82,200 hybrid SUVs in the US because of computer boards with possible faulty wiring. The car giant said today’s recall will involve about 45,500 Highlander and 36,700 Lexus Rx 400h hybrid SUVs from its 2006 and 2007 lines. The action covers just the...

Toyota Recalls 106K First-Generation Priuses

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:44:00 CDT

Toyota recalled 106,000 first-generation Prius hybrid cars globally today for faulty steering caused by a nut that may come loose. Loose nuts in the electric-power steering can cause the vehicle, if operated over a long time, to steer with too much force. Only one minor accident, reported in the...

Toyota 'Arrogance' Prompts Safety Flaws: Report

Matt Cantor — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:35:04 CDT

Toyota has serious institutional flaws that pose a threat to the safety of its vehicles, finds an independent review out today. The problems stem from a “sense of pride at being number one” that can become “arrogance and foster complacency,” says the report, conducted by a panel the firm convened...

Quake Could Knock Toyota From No. 1 Auto Spot

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:47:38 CDT

Toyota's global car production, disrupted by parts shortages from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, won't return to normal until November or December—imperiling its spot as the world's top-selling automaker. "To all the customers who made the decision to buy a vehicle made by us, I sincerely apologize for the enormous...

Toyota Issues SUV Recall

Kevin Spak — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:31:00 CST

The hits just keep on coming for Toyota, which this weekend recalled another 22,000 vehicles. This time it wasn't over anything as dramatic as runaway cars, though; the company merely fears the tire-deflation monitoring system may fail on some SUVs and trucks, Reuters reports. Still, any recall for the...

Toyota Recalls Yet Another 2.17M Vehicles

Kevin Spak — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:33:23 CST

Toyota issued yet another massive recall today, calling in 2.17 million US vehicles to deal with—you guessed it—accelerator problems. The company intends to fix “various flaws” that could cause floor mats to interfere with the cars’ accelerator pedals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The recall will affect...