| Toyota and Lexus Sell Five Millionth Hybrid |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
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Look back to 2000 and you’ll probably find someone claiming that hybrid cars were a fad. But Toyota would beg to differ: it says that Toyota and Lexus brands have sold a combined two million hybrids in the United States and five million hybrids worldwide. The Toyota Prius slowly gained traction after its Japanese release [...]
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| Europe car sales head for 20-year low as Germany slumps |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
European car sales are sliding to a 20-year low after German concerns over the debt crisis sent demand plunging last month in the region's biggest economy and removed the main buffer protecting automakers.Registrations in March fell 10 percent to 1.35 million vehicles, the 18th consecutive decline, with Germany's auto market plunging 17 percent, the Brussels-based European Automobile ...
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| Toyota might add new vehicle 750 jobs in Georgetown |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
Toyota's total investment in the project would be $531 million. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc. is considering creating as many as 750 jobs in Scott County to produce a new vehicle model. The companys plans were introduced during a special meeting today of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority in Frankfort. At the meeting, the KEDFA board granted preliminary approval ...
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| Warning to Far North Queensland Hoons crackdown will target them and their cars |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
FAR North hoons beware - local police have vowed they will launch a major region-wide operation to crackdown on the offence once bold new anti-hoon laws go into full gear later this ...
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| Self-Driving Cars Hit a Speed Bump |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
the cars would be here this decade. Google has had a fleet of them since 2010; Audi, GM, Toyota and others have developed their own too. But self-driving cars won't come anytime soon. Like the arrival ...
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| Crossovers The 25+ mpg club |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
I don't know how the "official" mpg of crossovers compares with real life, but the recent Hyundai and Kia fake mpg numbers shows you how incompetent the government is at generating true numbers. I'd look at places like fuelly.com, fueleconomy.gov and find out what REAL drivers are reporting for cars. They showed that the Hyundai Elantra, etc. weren't getting ...
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| Toyota Knows The Dangers That Volkswagen Faces In Trying To Rule The Car Market |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
Forbes cover story , Joann Muller lays out CEO Martin Winterkorn's plan to lead the global industry by 2018. She writes, "By 2018 Volkswagen will be 'the world's most profitable, fascinating and sustainable automobile manufacturer,' Winterkorn says, with annual sales of 10 million vehicles and a pretax profit margin of 8 percent or higher, compared with the modest 6 ...
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| 10 Cities With The Greenest Cars |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
The San Francisco metropolitan area (including Oakland and San Jose) boasts the highest concentration of hybrid and full-electric cars according to R.L. Polk & Co. data, with hybrids accounting for 9.4 percent and electrics representing 0.52 percent of all vehicle ...
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| European car sales crisis spreads to the north |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
05/02/2013 14:26 CET European car sales continue to tumble and the problem is spreading from southern countries to the more prosperous north. For the whole region, registrations dropped to 1.35 million vehicles last month from 1.5 million a year earlier, the Association of European Carmakers said. A 10 percent decline In the first three months of the year has manufacturers trimming their ...
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| OnStar Gets Emergency Medical Accreditation |
Apr 17th, 2013 |
OnStar's advisors have helped deliver babies, administer CPR instructions and dole out post-car-accident advice, all before medical help arrives. It turns out they know what they're talking about. GM's safety and communication service has been certified by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch as a Medical Accredited Center of Excellence. It's the first ...
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