| Weak yen US sales lift Toyotas profit forecast |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Toyota Motor raised its operating profit forecast for the financial year ending in March 2014 by 7.8 percent on Friday as the weakening yen makes its export business more profitable and as it posted strong sales in its biggest market, the United States. The world's best-selling carmaker now expects to book 1.94 trillion yen ($19.55 billion) in annual operating profit, up from its previous ...
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| 10 Most-Stolen Luxury Cars |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Crime Bureau knows that some brand-conscious baddies have a taste for high-end marques. And so, it's published a list of the ten luxury rides that car thieves love. To gather its data, the NICB looked at auto thefts reported over four calendar years: 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. According to the organization, 4,384 luxury vehicles were stolen during that period. To add some ...
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| Cars.com Reviews the 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Cars.com reviewer Dave Thomas says Chevrolet's compact Sonic is a well-balanced and affordable car, but the sport-oriented RS version doesn't fit that description. Shoppers expecting more power and added driving excitement from the RS will end up paying more without really seeing a big return on the ...
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| Volvo Announces Pricing on 2014 Lineup |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Volvo announced pricing this week for its 2014 lineup, across which exterior updates and technological enhancements have been made. Powertrains carry over from the previous year and include the 250-horsepower T5; 240-hp, 3.2-liter six-cylinder; 300-hp, turbocharged T6; and the Swedish automaker's most powerful engine, the turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder, which makes 325 hp and 354 ...
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| What exactly was inside those train cars |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Nearly a month after the deadly train derailment in Lac-Mgantic, questions remain about exactly what was inside the 72 train cars and the potential health and environmental impacts. The train was carrying crude oil from North Dakota, but the Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that crude oil doesn't usually lead to the "fierce fire" and subsequent explosions seen in ...
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| CTA Unveils Seat Configurations On New Cars |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
CHICAGO (CBS) — Acting on rider complaints, the CTA on Friday released the proposed seating configuration it will provide to manufacturers bidding on its next generation of 'L' cars. One major change: It brings back at least some forward-facing seating after complaints from riders using the new 5000 series cars, WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts reports. The diagrams released ...
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| Vandal standing in highway median damaged 9 trucks Illinois State Police say |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
o Illinois State Police are trying to locate a person who threw rocks and bricks at nine trucks early Friday on Interstate 55.The incidents happened about 3 a.m. in the northbound lanes near mile marker 38, close to the Macoupin County border, said Illinois State Trooper Calvin Dye Jr.Dye said various parts of the trucks were hit, but most had windshield damage. The person responsible was ...
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| About 50 arrested in Burkina Faso after student protests turn violent and cars set ablaze |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Students in the capital of Burkina Faso have set more than a dozen cars ablaze after negotiations with university officials failed. Police superintendent Patrice Yeye said Friday that two officers were seriously wounded in the unrest on campuses in Ouagadougou this week. The violence began after university officials told the students to vacate their dormitories at the end of July and they ...
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| Toyota Tops Global Autos Again Just 3 Years After Slump Began |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Three years after it all started falling apart for Toyota, the company is emerging as the biggest winner these days in the global auto industry. As confirmed by its latest quarterly report issued on Thursday, in sales, output and profitability, Toyota now stands -- perhaps a bit uncomfortably -- at the pinnacle. That is no mean accomplishment for a once-untarnished giant that recently has battled ...
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| Toyotas profits surge 94 from weaker yen |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
Related: U.S. car sales continue strong run The automaker is also expecting to make a bigger profit for fiscal 2014, forecasting net income of 1.48 trillion ($14.8 billion), up from an earlier projection of 1.37 trillion ($13.7 billion). Toyota's shares rose after the announcement, though the jump was roughly in line with a general market rally in Japan. Toyota is among a slew of Japanese ...
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