Toyota looked set to retain its title as the world’s top-selling carmaker in the first half of 2013, company figures showed, outpacing General Motors and Volkswagen as it boosted overseas sales to a record high.
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$90 million Toyota global training center for mechanics completed
Trainee after-service staff work on a Prius during a maintenance training demonstration today at the company’s Tajimi Service Center.Photo credit: Bloomberg
Toyota unintended acceleration case goes to trial
Jury selection began yesterday in a Los Angeles, California trial stemming from a lawsuit alleging that Toyota Motor Corp. should be held responsible for unintended acceleration in a woman’s 2006 Camry.
Japan’s Diamond Electric to pay $19 million U.S. fine in parts price-fixing probe
A Japanese manufacturer of ignition coils that were sold to Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Subaru parent Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $19 million fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of automotive components, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Goodwood Festival of Speed
Honda’s racing line-upHonda has confirmed that a great line-up of cars, motorcycles and drivers from its rich racing past will be starring at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place on 11-14 July.
Famous riders and dtivers include Freddie Spencer, three time World Motorcycle Grand Prix champion, and John Surtees, the only man to have won both the F1 championship and the World Motorcycle Grand Prix, as well as Gabriele Tarquini, Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden, Matt Neal, John McGuinness, Alex Lowes, Ralph Bryans and Stuart Graham. All will be tacling the Goodwood Hillclimb throughout the three day Festival.
