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.
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.
Opel will launch its new entry-level Karl minicar next summer at a starting price of less than 10,000 euros in Germany including tax.
