Toyota’s president swapped his business suit for a worker’s uniform on Friday as he sought to reassure workers.
Relatives of a California state trooper whose fatal car wreck helped spark Toyota’s wide-ranging safety recall have sued the car-maker.
General Motors is recalling 1,3-million compact cars in North America to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes.
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/ 28 February 2010
Toyota’s bungled recalls have damaged its brand, but while the carmaker faces its biggest crisis, analysts say its reputation is not beyond repair.
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/ 27 February 2010
A US congressional panel has found evidence Toyota routinely withheld company records it should have turned over in court.
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/ 24 February 2010
Toyota’s president braced for tough questions from a US congressional panel on Wednesday after the carmaker conceded it had let safety standards slip.
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/ 22 February 2010
A document claiming Toyota saved $100m by convincing regulators to agree to a cheap fix for acceleration problems has raised pressure on Akio Toyoda.
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/ 17 February 2010
Toyota is considering a recall of its hot-selling Corolla subcompact after complaints about power steering problems.
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/ 16 February 2010
Complaints of deaths connected to sudden acceleration in Toyota’s has surged in recent weeks, with the alleged death toll reaching 34 since 2000.
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/ 13 February 2010
Toyota has told Congress that it does not believe there are any problems with electronic throttle control systems in its Toyota and Lexus models.
Toyota SA has known for years about a steering problem with its 2008 Auris, which can cause the steering wheel to drop into the lap of the driver.
Honda said it would recall another 440 000 cars around the world for faulty airbags as rival Toyota faced probes over its largest safety crisis.
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/ 9 February 2010
Toyota president Akio Toyoda has promised the top US transportation official the troubled carmaker will be more vigilant in the future.
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/ 8 February 2010
Toyota, which has recalled more than eight million vehicles for problems with unintended acceleration, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid.
When it finally came, Akio Toyoda’s apology fell some way short of the dramatic mea culpa some had demanded from the Toyota president.
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/ 6 February 2010
Toyota’s president emerged on Friday to apologise for the recent safety recalls that risk ruining the reputation of one of Japan’s corporate icons.
Toyota is preparing to recall its iconic Prius hybrid car to address more than 100 complaints about delayed braking.
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/ 5 February 2010
Ford said on Thursday it would fix up to 17 600 hybrid sedans that could suffer braking problems as Toyota grapples with a braking problem.
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/ 4 February 2010
Toyota scrambled on Thursday to address jitters about the brakes on its best-selling Prius hybrid.
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/ 3 February 2010
Toyota sales dropped 16% in January as the carmaker reeled from a massive recall and rivals Ford and General Motors surged past it in the US market.
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/ 2 February 2010
A Toyota executive said the damage to the company’s sales from its global recall for a accelerator pedal problem may be greater than previous recalls.
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/ 28 January 2010
The basic idea behind pressing the accelerator on a car has been pretty straightforward. What’s going wrong with some Toyotas isn’t simple.
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/ 27 January 2010
Toyota will suspend US sales of eight models subject to a massive safety recall, an unprecendented move that sent its shares tumbling.
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/ 9 November 2009
Over 1 000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported sudden, spontaneous acceleration of their vehicles since 2001.
While Sukasha Singh is not terribly fond of children,
she understands why the Verso is good for the family.
Toyota Motor, reeling from its first ever financial loss, will stop hosting the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix from 2010.
Nissan, Japan’s third top carmaker, reported a ¥233,7-billion annual net loss, its first yearly loss in a decade.
Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is considering plans to put its European workforce on a three-day week.
Japan’s current account balance swung to its largest deficit on record in January, with the income surplus tumbling about a third from a year earlier.
South Africa said on Monday that industry bailouts by rich nations, especially in the carmaker sector, could be a covert form of protectionism.
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/ 24 February 2009
South Africa’s trade and industry minister will meet car makers to discuss a rescue package to help limit job losses, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
More than 50 000 Toyota Yaris vehicles have been recalled in South Africa due to a seatbelt defect, Toyota SA said on Wednesday.