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Honda bringing back Insight nameplate for hybrid
AP Business WriterHonda is bringing back the defunct Insight nameplate for a hybrid-only vehicle planned for the Japanese, European and North American markets early next year, as the automaker strives to play catch-up with rival Toyota in hybrids. Toyota Motor Corp....Tags: Toyota, Hybrid Vehicles, Chrysler, Honda, Chevrolet
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Sales fall, but some say worst is over
Nearly every major automaker saw their U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out. Most upbeat were executives from General Motors Corp., which posted a 20.3 percent sales decline...Tags: Sales, Automotive Equipment, Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp.
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Automakers Seeing Signs Sales Slump Has Bottomed
Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out. Most upbeat were executives from General Motors Corp., which posted a 20.3 percent sales decline...Tags: Sales, Automotive Equipment, Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co.
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Car sales slump deepens
Associated PressFord Motor Co. said yesterday that its U.S. sales fell 26.5 percent in August, as the struggling automaker's results - even worse than July's dismal figures - showed that the U.S. auto sales slump might not have bottomed out. Toyota Motor Corp.'s sales...Tags: Toyota, Lincoln, Honda, Mercury, Sales
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A crash course in economy
Tribune NewspapersFalling gas prices didn't help automakers in August, as economic worries and an overabundance of trucks continued to drag down U.S. sales results. Overall industry sales were down 15.5 percent last month compared with a year earlier, and are off 11.2...Tags: Toyota, Hybrid Vehicles, Chrysler, Honda, Petroleum Industry
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New Chrysler executive James Press tries to jump-start the troubled auto company
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersAfter 37 years at Toyota Motor Corp., during which time he rose to the top job in North America, James E. Press shocked the car world by jumping to Chrysler last year. It was a dramatic transition, from being the only American on the board of the world's...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Sales, Automotive Equipment, Global Warming, Contracts
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Toyota Plans Pure Electric Car, Moves Up Testing of Plug-In Prius Hybrids
Edmunds.comRight, Toyota's E-Com electric vehicle. Five years after putting the kabosh on its rechargeable RAV4 all-electric SUV, Toyota Motor Corp. announced today that it's back in the EV game, developing a plug-in electric-powered commuter car. Japan's largest... -
My Technology's Better Than Yours: GM's 'Extended-Range' vs. Toyota's Plug-in
Edmunds.comBy Bill Visnic, Senior EditorSo here's what it comes down to: two global automotive giants jousting over who has the better technology for future hybrids.In this corner, if somewhat reluctantly, it's Toyota Motor Corp. and the "plug-in" hybrid-electric... -
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Speed television reporterNow that's a Smart stretch!: Like the oxymoronic "jumbo shrimp," the Smart minicar is suddenly huge. Specifically, a British company has taken the tiny two-seater and made it into a stretch limousine (photo a). Built by Carbonyte UK, who also created...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Kelley Blue Book LLC, Car Engine Repair, Mississippi, Heavy Engineering
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Brakes also slam in emerging markets
Tribune NewspapersFor years, carmakers have been reaping the benefits of explosive growth in emerging markets, even as U.S. sales have fallen sharply. That may be changing. Last week, Toyota Motor Corp. cut its worldwide sales forecast for 2009 by 7 percent, to 9.7...Tags: Toyota, Ford Motor Co., Ford, Petroleum Industry, General Motors Corp.
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Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday cut its global-sales target for next year by 6.7 percent, as higher gasoline prices and the slowing economy hurt demand in the U.S., its largest market. Toyota expects to sell 9.7 million vehicles worldwide in fiscal 2009,...Tags: Toyota, Sales, Luxury Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Vehicles
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Toyota cutting back its 2009 sales goal
Of The Associated PressToyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 by 700,000 vehicles to 9.7 million Thursday, showing that even one of the world's most durable automakers is being hurt by rising material costs, a slowing U.S. market and soaring gas prices. ''We have been...Tags: Sales, Automotive Equipment, General Motors Corp.
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