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Toyota Motor's to recall 270,000 vehicles.
Toyota Motor Corp is recalling 270,000 vehicles worldwide to fix those faulty engines. Toyota has received many complaints over faulty engines in Japan. Although there are no accidents were reported any where in the world including Japan. Some of the drivers told to the company that their engines made strange noises.
According to some newspaper information this recall may cost Toyota motors around U.S $227 million.Read More

Indian Motor Company to build Electric vehicles.
India's Mahindra group which is now doing well in the cars and SUV's had planned to build electric vehicles in India. Already the Indian motor giant Tata has stepped in to the EV production research with Norwegian company collaboration. Tata's EV is set to be delivered in to the Indian market by 2010 - 2011. More Reading

Ford India starts exporting petrol engines to Thailand.
Ford India is exporting petrol engines to its sister company in Thailand which were produced in their Chennai plant.More

Suzuki to boost car production in India.
As Indians are purchasing more cars every year, Suzuki Motor has made steps to build nearly 1.45 million passenger cars in the year in 2012 in India.More

India car sales rise
Car sales in India jumped 30.5 per cent year-on-year in May, industry data showed on Wednesday, as new launches boosted demand.More

Fiat Reaches Deal On Car Plant With All But One Union.
Fiat SpA (F.MI) reached Friday an agreement with all but one of the unions after a final round of talks on the working conditions of a plant that the Italian car maker wants to revive. More

Maruti to expand distribution network by 200 more dealerships.
India's top car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, is expanding its distribution network and plans to add 200 more dealerships, as demand has picked up in the auto sector.More

EU announces new rules on car repairs and maintenance.
9:22 PM 6/2/2010

The European Commission set new rules for car repairs and maintenance which will come in to effect from 01/06/2010. The EU ordered the car makers and authorized dealers to share their vehicle's technical data with private repair shops and spare parts sellers. As this will healthy competition for maintenance services. Also they expect this rule will reduce the repair and distribution costs very much.

Japanese cars sales go up.
This year 2010 seems to be good for Japanese car makers as Toyota says that their export has been doubled in this year. While the other car makers, Nissan, Mazda and Mitsubishi too are happy with their production increase and export increase. Toyota car sales are picking up this year in the U.S.A as per the media reports.

Sri Lanka Reduces Vehicle import Tax. As the economy is recovering in Sri Lanka in this year 2010, the Sri Lanka Government has made a sudden tax cut on the vehicle import by 50%. So the new prices of the luxury cars may go down by 16 million rupees and the medium size cars by 10 million and the small cars may go down by 4 million rupees.

Tesla Motors and Toyota to make electric cars in California.
6:47 AM 5/21/2010

Tesla Motors and Toyota joined together to make electric cars for the market in California

Both companies had accepted their conditions and the State rules to manufactor Toyota's electric cars for the consumers from the Tesla Motors California plant. The electric car project is expected to be announced on Thursday at a press conference in Palo Alto, Calif. Tesla Motors is currently producing electric sports cars with the body of the Lotus model.

Car Maker's Price War on Electric Cars.
Electric vehicles are the future cars for the Japan roads, that's what most of the Japanese car companies are thinking. The Japan Government is too heavily subsidy the electric cars. Actually the Japanese Government who subsidy this cars don't have a future plan whether they will continue to support them for long time or not.

This week the Nissan Motor Company announced that they will sell their latest Leaf electric car less the price of 3 million yen. It means that a customer can buy the Leaf electric car for the price of 2.99 million yen along with government's subsidy payment. But for the Mitsubishi Motors this news came as a big shock as they are ready on the door step to sale their much talked i-MiEV electric cars. Now the price of the i-MiEV with the subsidy is around 2.84 million yen. That is 150, 000 yen less than the Nissan's electric car Leafs.
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Jaguar forecasts sales increase
British iconic car maker Jaguar expects China to be its third-biggest market in the next few years after its sales accelerated last year. Sales of the auto maker rose 34 percent to 1,800 vehicles in China last year, said Christopher Brown, managing director of Jaguar China.
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Chinese auto makers increase production of small cars
In response to the fast-growing demand for small cars, Chinese auto makers Chongqing Changan Automobile and Haima Investment Group both recently announced plans to invest large sums to increase the production of small cars. Virtually all manufacturers in the country have made ambitious expansion plans.
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Moving Motor Show confirmed
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The British Motor Show is go! As Auto Express exclusively reported last week, organisers of the Goodwood Festival of Speed have officially confirmed plans to resurrect the British event. What’s more, visitors will actually be able to drive a selection of new cars on a specially constructed course.

Ford India plans to re-enter used car market.
Car maker Ford India is planning to re-enter the used car segment by relaunching its Ford Assured programme.Launched in 2000, Ford Assured was an initiative to buy and sell used cars, in which Ford India, along with its dealerships, bought, reconditioned and sold various models of used cars.
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Safety first for domestic car makers.
The recent massive recall of Toyota vehicles has put quality control at the top of priorities for Chinese's domestic auto makers eager to improve sales at home and itching to sell models overseas.On Monday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued guidelines requiring Chinese car makers to step up efforts to improve vehicle quality and enhance driving safety.
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Car makers running scared.
What effect is the recent spate of car recalls and safety concerns likely to have on car sales and on the future of car making?
When Akio Toyoda fronted up to the United States Congress last week, he did so to satisfy the American public's demand that Toyota's man at the top publicly apologise for three safety scares in as many weeks
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Car makers should pay for recall fixes: MPs.
Vehicle manufacturers should be forced to pay for repairs during recalls, some MPs said Monday.
"If you are buying a vehicle in good faith ... you shouldn't have to pay extra for faulty design or application of their machinery," said NDP MP Brian Masse.
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Luxury car maker Audi posts strong Feb car sales.
Luxury car maker Audi said on Monday it anticipated a solid first quarter after February sales gained almost 20 per cent from a year earlier.
Audi said it delivered 75,900 vehicles in February, an increase of 19.9 per cent, 'mainly thanks to our leading position in China and Western Europe, and strong sales in the United States, sales director Peter Schwarzenbauer said in a statement.
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Toyota considers recall of top-selling Corolla.
Toyota's safety crisis deepened Wednesday as the embattled Japanese giant said it was considering a recall of its Corolla, the world's best-selling car, because of possible steering problems.
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Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda gestures as he holds a news conference in Tokyo.
Beleaguered Toyota said it would fit all new models with a safety system that cuts engine power to prevent runaway car accidents behind its global recall of millions of vehicles.
Toyota also announced that it would fit all new models with a system to cut engine power when the driver steps on the accelerator and brake pedals at the same time, to prevent runaway car crashes blamed for dozens of deaths

A car recall need not be bad news
Car recalls. They may seem like two dreaded words these recent weeks, but it is not always about bad news.
While most recalls still involve parts that need fixing, sometimes car makers develop newer parts such as fuel tank covers or hinges.
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Toyota 'sorry' for car recalls
TOYOTA took full-page ads in major Japanese newspapers today to apologise for massive recalls, and began fixing braking faults on two problem hybrid models as pressure mounted on the car maker to come clean over defects. news.scotsman.comp

Toyota Corolla Recall 2010? World's Best-Selling Car May Be Next.
Toyota is considering a recall of its hot-selling Corolla subcompact after complaints about power steering problems – another blow to the world's largest automaker already reeling from a string of recalls for safety problems. www.huffingtonpost.com

80 Percent of Car Buyers Say They'd Buy American on the Heels of Toyota Crisis.
In a recent survey 80 percent of car buyers say they'd consider buying a Ford, Chrysler or GM brand on the heels of the Toyota crisis. An overwhelming 48 percent said Chevrolet tops their list to replace Toyota for their next vehicle purchase, with 17 percent choosing Ford and 14 percent choosing Chrysler.www.theautochannel.com