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Toyota annual profit more than triples, sales rise 18.7%
Riding a wave of increased auto sales, a weakening Japanese yen and a fresh lineup of vehicles, Toyota Motor's profits more than tripled during its most recent fiscal year. The Japanese automaker said earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31 rose...
Tags: New Products, Volkswagen, General Motors Corp., Services and Shopping, Corporate Performance
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Toyota will build Lexus sedans at Kentucky plant, adding 750 jobs
Toyota Motor Co. plans to build Lexus cars in the U.S. when it completes an expansion of the factory in Kentucky where it makes the Camry and Avalon sedans. Toyota said Friday it will shift production of the Lexus ES 350 from a factory in Kyushu, Japan,...
Tags: Kelley Blue Book LLC, Plant Openings, Georgetown, Media Industry, Akio Toyoda
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Toyota to expand Kentucky factory to produce Lexus model
Toyota Motor Corp. plans a big expansion of its sprawling auto factory in Georgetown, Ky., to launch U.S. production of one its cars. Toyota isn’t talking about the project until a news conference scheduled for Friday, but the automaker's plans...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Lexus, Automotive Equipment, Luxury Vehicles, Ford
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Prius drives Toyota past 5-million mark in global hybrid sales
Since introducing the first Prius in Japan back in 1997, Toyota Motor Corp. has sold 5 million hybrids worldwide, including 2 million in the U.S., the automaker said Wednesday. Toyota said the owners of its hybrids have saved more than 3 billion gallons...
Tags: Honda, Services and Shopping, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Lexus, Ford Motor Co.
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General Motors' global auto sales climb 3.6% in first quarter
General Motors Co. posted global sales of 2.36 million vehicles in the first quarter of 2013, up 3.6%, as the U.S. carmaker narrowly topped Volkswagen Group, its closest international rival. VW’s global sales rose 5% from 2012's first quarter to...
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Huge recall for Honda, Toyota, more: Airbags can spray shrapnel
A faulty airbag part that can explode and send shrapnel into the passenger cabin is responsible for the global recall of more than 3 million cars manufactured by Honda, Nissan, Toyota and General Motors and will likely lead to more recalls. The...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., Product Recalls, Government, Ford Motor Co.
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Faulty air bags can spray shrapnel; carmakers issue recalls
For at least a decade, the owners of more than 3 million cars from six automakers drove around with air bags that could shoot shrapnel around the cabin in a crash. The problem went undetected by the world's biggest automakers and safety regulators on...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Product Recalls, Emergency Incidents, Government, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Crash safety rating system proposed for rising tsunami of older drivers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will post a request online Friday morning soliciting comments in the Federal Register on a range of topics, including a proposed "Silver Car Rating System for Older Occupants." All of the comments are...
Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping, General Motors Corp., Arthritis, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Truck sales get a lift from housing rebound
Surging truck sales paved the way for one of the biggest auto sales months in nearly six years. That's a sign of the housing rebound making its way into new construction, as contractors buy new pickups. Growth in the vital housing and auto industries...
Tags: Services and Shopping, General Motors Corp., Real Estate Sales, Chrysler, Ford Motor Co.
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General Motors, Ford and Chrysler post strong March auto sales
March looks to have turned out to be one of the biggest months for auto sales in nearly six years. The industry sold almost 1.5 million vehicles in March, about 5% more than the same month a year earlier and likely the most since the 1.6 million sold in...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Volkswagen, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Chrysler
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Lawsuit alleges unintended acceleration in Ford cars, vans, SUVs
A lawsuit filed against Ford Motor Co. alleges that several Ford and Lincoln vehicles manufactured between 2002 and 2010 are subject to unintentional acceleration and also lack "adequate fail-safe systems" to prevent crashes. The suit filed Thursday...
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Ford jumped ahead of GM, Toyota in customer loyalty in 4th quarter
Experian Automotive on Tuesday announced that Ford Motor Co. took the top spot in customer loyalty during the fourth quarter of 2012 for the first time since the same period a year earlier. During the fourth quarter, Experian Automotive said, 47.9% of...
Tags: Tesla, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Services and Shopping, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co.
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