| UPDATE 1-Toyota to recall 185000 cars globally including Yaris |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
Wed Jul 3, 2013 2:51am EDT TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - The world's best-selling carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp, said it was recalling around 185,000 vehicles globally, including the Yaris compact, owing to a glitch in the electric power steering system that could make the steering heavier. Models of the Yaris, known in Japan as the Vitz, that were made between November 2010 and March 2012, have ...
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| The Best Fourth of July Deals |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
Expect plenty of red, white and blue at your local auto mall this weekend. From Chevrolet to Nissan, automakers are playing up the holiday with more than a few deals. We dug around to find the best discounts -- generally anything better than 10% off the MSRP -- among major automakers on a national scale. As always, your local dealership may have its own sales, so check for specifics. Will ...
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| Video American auto sales shift into high gear |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
Major automakers saw their sales rally in June, including General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. Anthony Mason reports on the increase in sales and how it reflects confidence in the U.S. ...
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| Video July 4 car sales Is now the right time to buy |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
On this holiday weekend, you can expect to see a lot of bargains on cars. John Giamalvo, senior analyst at Edmunds.com, speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about why this is a good time to buy and what consumers should look out ...
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| Entry of trucks into capital banned at peak hours during Ramadan |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
WAM ABU DHABI, July 3rd, 2013 (WAM) -- The Directorate of Traffic and Patrol Police of Abu Dhabi Police has banned the entry of heavy trucks into the capital at peak hours during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Brig. Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harthy, Director of the Directorate of Traffic and Patrols at Abu Dhabi Police, said that the ban on truck traffic would be imposed from 07.00 - 9.30am and 1.00 - ...
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| RV driver slams into 30 parked cars in Los Angeles |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police say the driver of a 25-foot recreational vehicle plowed into 30 parked cars, a power pole and an apartment building in the San Fernando Valley but there were no serious ...
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| Will electric cars ever enter the mainstream |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
Pardon my metaphor, but is the tank half-empty or half-full when it comes to electric cars?The bad news: start-up electric-car makers Aptera, Better Place, Coda and Fisker are out of business, or close to it. Of the 14.4m cars sold last year in the US, only 52,835 - one out of every 270 cars sold - were plug-in hybrids, like the Chevy Volt, or pure electric cars like the Nissan Leaf. Even with ...
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| Toyota HiLux trumps small cars in June car sales |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
ute has beaten perennial best-sellers the Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3 to claim top spot in the latest car sales figures. Official industry figures released today show nearly 5000 units of the always-popular utility vehicle were sold in June. The 4931 figure for the Toyota HiLux put it ahead of the Corolla (4196) and Mazda 3 (3672). The result propels the HiLux into a three-way battle with the ...
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| Volkswagen Australia sales hit in June |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
recall . VW registered a drop of nearly 20 per cent compared with this time last year, selling 1226 fewer vehicles than June 2012. The German brand still sold 5220 for June 2013 but the company will be concerned by such a notable decline after it was forced to respond to intensive reporting by Fairfax Media over safety issues relating to its DSG gearboxes. Its most famous car, the Golf ...
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| Chrysler Ford US auto sales jump in June |
Jul 3rd, 2013 |
A Chrysler Jeep sign is seen outside the Hollywood Chrysler Jeep car dealership on October 2, 2012 in Hollywood, Florida. Detroit's Big Three automakers on Tuesday reported their strongest monthly sales since the industry went into a slump, thanks to brisk business in pick-up trucks.June's strong performance by the U.S. carmakers defied some skeptics worried about a slowing of the ...
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