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THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS

NHTSA fielding complaints about 2009-10 Toyota Corolla steering

8:44 am U.S. ET, Feb. 9 | UPDATED: 2/9/10 12:50 p.m. ET

Toyota Motor Corp. faces yet another possible federal investigation, this time of the electric power steering in 2009 and 2010 Corollas. An analysis by Automotive News found that the Corolla has been the subject of 83 power-steering complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since April 2008. Read More »

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Akio Toyoda plans U.S. trip to survey recall damage, rally troops

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THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS
Toyota's hybrid prowess takes hit with global recall of 437,000 vehicles

12:01 am U.S. ET, Feb. 9 | UPDATED: 2/9/10 5:30 a.m. ET

Toyota launched a global recall today of 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including its popular Prius hybrid. The recall is to address complaints that the cars' brakes momentaril ...

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Nissan profits surge in Q3, paced by China sales gains | Feb. 9, 5:46 am U.S. ET
Ford charges up electric Transit Connect | Feb. 9, 9:28 am U.S. ET
Ford hires company to improve global digital marketing | Feb. 9, 10:12 am U.S. ET
No more push: How Detroit stopped overproducing | Feb. 8, 12:01 am U.S. ET
Reinstatement may pit dealer against dealer | Feb. 8, 12:01 am U.S. ET
2011 Shelby GT500 gets lighter aluminum engine, eliminates guzzler tax | Feb. 8, 3:46 pm U.S. ET
Rivals prowl, discreetly, for Toyota trade-ins | Feb. 8
Hyundai chairman ordered to pay automaker nearly $60 million | Feb. 8
Dealers go to great lengths to make Taj Mahals work | Feb. 8
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Penske gives $1 million in trucks to Haiti relief

Penske Corp. donated more than $1 million worth of diesel-powered flatbed trucks on Friday to the Clinton Bush Haiti... Read More »

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Toyota dealerships get flood of calls after LaHood comment

The folks at AutoNation Inc. can thank Ray LaHood for their crazy day Wednesday. After the transportation secretary... Read More »

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Behind the scenes of Bridgestone's Super Bowl spots

While huge marketers such as PepsiCo dropped out and legacy ones such as General Motors didn't come back, Bridgestone... Read More »

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Chrysler to retool Mexico plant for Fiat 500 production

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Chrysler will invest $550 million in its plant in Toluca, Mexico to begin... Read More »

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After '09's dealer turmoil, NADA ponders road ahead

After a brutal 2009 in which more than 1,700 new-car dealerships went out of business, the National Automobile Dealers... Read More »

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A tip for LaHood: Please stay out of NHTSA's way, Ray

JASON STEIN: Ray LaHood, an Illinois-raised former congressman so enamored with Abraham Lincoln that he wrote a law that celebrated... Read More »

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The rise of Washington car guys

JESSE SNYDER: Hey, know all that sweat you worked up doing your bit to save the auto industry? Well, congratulations. You didn't just... Read More »

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Indigenous brands should beware the inner rules of market growth

YANG JIAN: It is natural to see a slew of automakers set out to build new production capacity after auto sales in China surged 46 percent in 2009. Yang Jian is the managing editor of... Read More »

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Chrysler to retool Mexico plant for Fiat 500 production

From BillyJoeJimBob: This is the plant that builds PT Cruiser, an aging product that Nardelli was prepared to kick to the curb with no replacement product in the pipeline. Marchionne arrives with a product that can play a niche roll in US/Canada fits needs of Mexico well ... Read More »

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Canada light-vehicle sales by model, January

Sample data:

	Jan.	Jan.	1 mos.	1 mos.
	2010	2009	2010	2009
1 series (I)	97	84	97	84
3 series (I)	448	416	448	416
5 series (I)	98	81	98	81
6 series (I)	5	10	5	10
7 series (I)	30	10	30	10
Z4 (I)	26	7	26	7
BMW division car (D)	26	7	26	7
BMW division car (I)	678	601	678	601

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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, January

Sample data:

							Total
	Car	Car	Truck	Truck	Total	Total	Percent
Make	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	change
Acura	173	308	543	791	716	1,099	-35%
Audi	636	309	248	79	884	388	128%
Bentley	2	3	-	-	2	3	-33%
BMW division	704	608	337	272	1,041	880	18%
Buick	251	280	260	222	511	502	2%

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North America car and truck production – 02/08/2010

Sample data:

	2/1-	Jan.	1/1-	1/1-
	2/6/10	total	2/6/10	2/7/09
Ford Mustang	0	3,657	3,657	22
Mazda Mazda6 sedan	0	3,410	3,410	1,289
AUTOALLIANCE	0	7,067	7,067	1,311
X5 (trk.)	1,844	7,172	9,016	7,653
X6 (trk.)	911	3,416	4,327	4,161
BMW MFG. CORP. (trk.)‡	2,755	10,588	13,343	11,814

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Certified-used vehicle sales, Jan.

Sample data:

	Jan.	Jan.	1 mos.	1 mos.
	2010	2009	2010	2009
BMW division	7,443	10,007	7,443	10,007
Mini	146	125	146	125
BMW GROUP	7,589	10,132	7,589	10,132
Chrysler	1,841	2,585	1,841	2,585
Dodge	2,774	4,001	2,774	4,001
Jeep	2,198	2,831	2,198	2,831
CHRYSLER GROUP	6,813	9,417	6,813	9,417

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Print Issue | Feb. 8, 2010

No more push: How Detroit stopped overproducing

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 8

Mike Jackson saw it coming, the tsunami that would wash over the Detroit 3 thanks to their push production system -- a system that would spawn multibillion-dollar losses even in big sales years. The model, he publicly lamented since 2005, was... ... Read More �

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