Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Kentucky town feels Toyota's pain
Georgetown, Ky. -- In another auto town -- in Michigan or Ohio, for example -- the scenario would be old news: The pride of a community is wounded when the automaker takes a bad tumble. But the angst is raw and new here, at the home of Toyota's largest and oldest North American plant.
Revised Edge crossover features two Ford firsts
Ford Motor Co. is slated to unveil a new version of the Ford Edge at the Chicago Auto Show today, the first freshening of the company's best-selling midsized crossover.
GM considers adding shifts to meet increasing demand
Chicago -- General Motors Co. is doing careful planning as it looks at adding third shifts to meet demand for products, a top official said Tuesday.
Honda expands recall to repair air bags
Honda Motor Co. expanded a recall first issued in 2008 by 378,758 vehicles Tuesday to fix an air bag that may deploy too forcefully.
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- Hartford spent $520,000 lobbying gov't in 4Q - 01:23 PM
- India halts genetically modified eggplant release - 11:08 AM
- Opel asks European govts for $3.7 billion in loans - 10:14 AM
- Hartford Financial's 4Q profit beats estimates - 05:09 PM
- Moody's reviews its ratings for MGM Mirage - 04:17 PM
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- Nissan expects full-year profit on rising sales
- Honda expands recall to fix air bag problem
- 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 will be faster and lighter, execs say
- Toyota CEO: We 'failed to connect dots' on safety issues
- Chrysler CEO cancels Chicago auto show speech
- Chrysler will celebrate Challenger in Chicago
- Toyota, Apple co-founder try to solve his Prius problem
- Kelley Blue Book to cut value of recalled Toyotas again
- GM, Treasury still in talks over Whitacre pay package
- Toyota to resume production today at six plants
- GM China sales nearly doubled in January
- Reports: Toyota decides to recall Prius in Japan
Toyota recalls more vehicles
Washington -- Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 437,000 vehicles worldwide Tuesday, including its flagship Prius hybrid, over braking issues. - 1:00 am
Runaway vehicle issue lingers
Washington -- After thousands of complaints, investigations worldwide spanning more than 30 years and the recall of millions of vehicles, the problem of sudden unintended acceleration isn't close to being resolved. - 1:00 am
Battery-only cars make no sense, but still find investors
Neil Winton: It's a bit like those old Looney Tunes cartoons, when the Road Runner races off a cliff and it takes a little while for gravity to establish its case for the inevitable swift vertical descent. How else can you explain the fact that investors still take battery cars seriously, after the invention of the plug-in hybrid, not to mention the extended range electric vehicle (EREV)? - 1:00 am
Senate sets Toyota hearing over recalls
Washington--The Senate Commerce Committee set a hearing on Toyota's recall woes for March 2, while the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee canceled a hearing set for Wednesday because of another snowstorm headed for the capital. - 6:52 pm
State Farm says it alerted feds to Toyota problems in 2007
Insurance giant State Farm alerted U.S. safety regulators in late 2007 that it was seeing an uptick in reports of sudden-unintended acceleration incidents in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles, a company spokesman said today. - 1:00 am
Howes: Toyota's ties to Congress face their first big test
Daniel Howes: We're about to see who Toyota's friends really are. For the better part of two decades, the Japanese automaker used its steady U.S. expansion and sterling quality reputation to woo new allies in Washington and state capitals around the country. - 8:52 am
Nissan, absent in Detroit, returns to Chicago
Nissan Motor Co. has rejoined the Chicago Auto Show in large part because it's geared to consumers. - 2:27 pm
Ford puts one leader over performance teams
Ford Motor Co. will move all of its performance teams under one leader, working to create a universal feel for all of its performance vehicles, Ford said Monday. - 1:00 am
Toyota recalls Priuses worldwide
Toyota said it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide over braking problems as the company moves aggressively to repair damage to its reputation. - 9:12 am
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Subaru Legacy Limited's transmission is a peek at future
More cars in the future will resemble the 2010 Subaru Legacy Limited, whether we like it or not. - 1:00 am
Gooding classic auction still defies crumbling economy
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Fashion Square shopping center may no longer be the most prestigious place for purchasing consumer goods in this upscale Phoenix suburb, but each January, two large tents are set up in the parking lot near the Dillard's department store and buyers from around the world come in person, by telephone, by Internet or by proxy to bid, sometimes in shocking amounts, on classic automobiles.
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