Toyota said it would expand a November recall to fix all U.S, Tundra pickups for the 2000 to 2003 model years to address a risk that part of the truck’s frame could corrode, causing spare tires or even the gas tank to drop to the road.
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Toyota has named former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater to head a new panel that will advise the company’s North American operations on quality and safety issues.
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Saab Cars North America, seeking sales momentum under new ownership, is lowering prices for its 2010 9-3s by 4 to 12 percent. Saaband#8217;s 218 U.S. dealers are expecting 9-3s this month after a half-year delivery hiatus.
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Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a Michigan appeals court to intervene to keep its top two U.S. executives from being grilled by lawyers for the family of a woman killed while driving a Camry in 2008. The appeal was filed late Monday after a Flint, Mich.
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Last year’s cash-for-clunkers program increased U.S. sales without damaging the number of future automobile purchases, as previously feared by critics, according to a study by Maritz Automotive Research Group.
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In today’s News Brake: Toyota stands behind its electronics, Jack Roush picks up another award, and Stirling Moss recovers from a tumble . . . But Wait, There’s More!
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The CFO of GMAC Financial Services is leaving the auto lender to join a private-equity firm. Robert Hull will join Providence Equity Partners in April as chief financial officer.
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Chrysler Group, reacting to General Motors Co.’s plans to reinstate 661 rejected dealerships, is signaling that it will not follow suit while noting that the number of arbitration claims involving its former dealers has fallen 5 percent.
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U.S. safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp. dispatched investigators to San Diego today to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway. U.S.
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Mazda Motor Corp. will install brake override systems in new models after Toyota Motor Corp. recalled more than 8 million vehicles amid complaints of unwanted acceleration.
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