Honda and Toyota Production Slumps Continue
With Japan’s home vehicle market moribund, and other world economies remaining at depressed levels since the financial markets collapsed last September, the Japanese social contract that promises...
View ArticleJapanese Car Production Up for First Time in 3 Years – But Not For Long
Japanese car production rose for the first time in 3 years - but the trend is downward, sharply, as more and more Japanese automakers announce plans to shift production abroad. The latest is Nissan, as...
View ArticleWould You Wait for a Japanese Car?
How long would you wait for that Japanese sedan? Would you sit tight through a shortage of domestic pickups? New research shows that many customers won't hang around if the crisis in Japan delays the...
View ArticleToyota Delaying Launch of Prius V, Preparing to Shut Some U.S. Plants
Still struggling to get its Japanese plants up-and-running, Toyota has now delayed the planned April launch of its all-new Prius V. The maker has also warned workers it may soon be forced to...
View ArticleToyota’s U.S. Plants Down for a Week
Toyota's U.S. plants will be down all next week, the result of the ongoing Japanese parts shortage. Meanwhile, Honda reveals production of the new 2012 Civic won't be back to normal until "sometime in...
View ArticleNovember Car Sales Could Be Best Since Mid-’09
While some analysts feared car sales would cool in November the opposite appears to have happened - and TheDetroitBureau.com reports sales for the month will likely prove to be the best since mid-2009...
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