| Toyota regains top vehicle maker slot with 9.75mn sales in 2012 |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
TOKYO - The Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation has regained the slot as the biggest vehicle maker with sales of 9.75 million vehicles in 2012, an increase of more than 23 per cent compared ...
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| Toyota sells 9.74 million vehicles takes back No.1 title |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, a couple walk by Lexus models displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo. Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top automaker. ...
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| GM CEO Dan Akerson rags on Lions |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
TMZ: Lions' Suh saves Louie Anderson during celebrity diving show Well, this should make all of those anonymous NFL folks rethink the mean things they said ...
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| Behind the scenes Making a Super Bowl XLVII commercial |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
Behind the scenes: Making a Super Bowl XLVII commercial (video) Watch as USA TODAY goes behind the scenes for the filming of Volkswagen's Super Bowl ...
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| Toyota ousts GM to reclaim global sales crown |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
GM plans $600-million expansion at Kansas City plant for Chevy Malibu, Buick LaCrosse sedans The automaker said today that it would construct a new 450,000-square-foot paint shop at its ...
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| Toyota #1 in Sales and Honda Breaks Personal Sales Record |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
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According to a statement made by Toyota City, Japan-based carmaker, in 2012 Toyota Motor Corp. regained the total sales lead from General Motors Co., rising 23 percent to a record 9.75 million units sold, where GM had 9.29 million units sold. Makers of the Camry are projecting sales in 2013 to hit 9.91 million in [...]
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| AAA Study: Cell Phones Cause Dangerous Driving |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
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In a survey performed by the 2012 Traffic Safety Culture Index conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 69 percent of licensed drivers have disregarded safe driving and talked on a cell phone within the last month. The majority of other drivers–89 percent of respondents–believe that those who use their phone while driving are [...]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 113 |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open [...]
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| 2015 Volkswagen Golfs Bound For the U.S. will Be Made In Mexico |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
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The U.S.-bound, seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf will be made in Mexico. The German automaker has announced that production of the new model will commence at its Puebla, Mexico, plant in early 2014. VW says that the decision to build the Golf in Mexico safeguards from currency fluctuation, protecting the brand in the fight between the weakening [...]
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| Used Car Sales Start Year Strong |
Jan 28th, 2013 |
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 Used-car sales are off to a good start this year
An estimated 3.21 million used cars will be sold in January, for a SAAR of 40.2 million (compared to 2.7 million - or a SAAR of 39.5 million - used car sales in December).
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