14 March 2010, 12:15 am
Lawsuits over the last half-century are credited with such innovations as impact-absorbing dashboards and steering columns, and gas tanks that won't explode when a car is rear-ended. On a summer day in 1911, Donald MacPherson was driving his Buick runabout to Sarasota Springs, N.Y., when the wooden ... Read More »
13 March 2010, 11:30 am
COMPACT CAR: The concept model of Toyota's new compact car, Etios, being displayed in Kochi on Saturday. Hiroshi Nakagawa Managing Director of the company (third from left) and others are seen at the unveiling function... Read More »
12 March 2010, 5:42 pm
The troubled automaker hopes to draw buyers this weekend with the help of an advertising blitz and big incentives. Toyota dealers are gearing up for something they haven't seen in a while: a crowded showroom.... Read More »
12 March 2010, 5:05 pm
A US automotive safety official flatly rejected charges of poor handling of deadly Toyota defects.... Read More »
12 March 2010, 12:11 pm
A top US automotive safety official flatly rejected charges that his agency had bungled its handling of deadly Toyota defects.... Read More »
12 March 2010, 9:06 am
Aggressive deals are expected to boost Toyota sales 30 percent in March... Read More »
12 March 2010, 7:40 am
California’s left-wing business agenda is coming home to roost. Toyota has announced that it will close the state’s only automobile manufacturing plant.... Read More »
11 March 2010, 6:53 pm
Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks following Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles for safety problems.... Read More »
11 March 2010, 2:28 pm
A top US automotive safety official flatly rejected charges Thursday that his agency had bungled its handling of deadly Toyota defects or acted as "a lapdog" to the Japanese auto giant.... Read More »
11 March 2010, 8:44 am
US regulators, under fire for their handling of deadly Toyota defects, defended their record Thursday as the best in the world and vowed an industry-wide probe into electronics used in accelerators.... Read More »