Tesla drivers were more likely than Porsche owners — or anyone else — to say they’d buy their cars again in this year’s edition of the closely watched Consumer Reports buyer survey.
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Toyota expands Takata air bag recall in Japan, China
By Mari Saito and Chang-Ran Kim
Toyota said on Thursday it would call back 190,000 more vehicles to replace potentially defective air bags made by Takata Corp, and Japan’s regulator said it may change its recall system to better respond to what it called an “unprecedented” crisis.
Takata resists U.S. recall order, ignores Toyota crisis lessons
By Chang-Ran Kim
Takata Corp’s resistance to a U.S. order to expand a recall of its air bag inflators is likely driven by a need to protect itself from legal liability, but risks longer-term business damage by alienating the public, experts say.
Takata refuses to expand recall coast to coast
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, MARCY GORDON, and Yuri Kageyama
Japan’s Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators’ demand Wednesday for an expanded, nationwide recall of millions of air bags, setting up a possible legal showdown and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars.
Autoliv says to supply airbag inflators to be used by Honda
by Daniel Dickson
Autoliv will supply replacement airbag inflators to be used by Honda Motor Company in the United States, Autoliv said on Wednesday.
