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THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS

Toyota says no evidence 'runaway' Prius happened

9:00 am U.S. ET, March 15 | UPDATED: 3/15/10 4:40 p.m. ET
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Toyota Motor Corp. said today it had found no evidence to support the driver's version of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius episode a week ago, suggesting that authorities examine whether the incident happened as reported to police. Toyota representatives convened a news conference in San Diego, near the site of the March 8 report of the "runaway" vehicle, to announce preliminary findings of its examination of the 2008 Prius driven by James Sikes. Read More »
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THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS
Recalls erode Toyota’s perception of quality
3:03 pm U.S. ET, March 15
The negative publicity surrounding the recall of 8.5 million Toyota cars and trucks around the world has knocked the brand from the top spot in a study that measures cons ...
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Japan hopes to make EV recharging technology the global standard
3:22 pm U.S. ET, March 15
Japan's automakers aim to cement their lead in electric vehicles by making Japanese recharging technology the global standard and bringing it to the United States. A coal ...
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Canadian union sees solution to GM's Equinox shortage
2:55 pm U.S. ET, March 15
The Canadian Auto Workers has a plan for General Motors Co. to ease its shortage of Chevrolet Equinoxes and GMC Terrains: Build the models in Oshawa, Ontario. North Ameri ...
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Spurned dealers get good response from GM

At least several rejected General Motors Co. dealers who have not been told that they are candidates for reinstatement... Read More »
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Probe of runaway Prius casts doubt on driver’s story, WSJ says

A federal investigation of the Toyota Prius involved in a dramatic incident on a California highway last week found a... Read More »
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General Motors needs more changes

KEITH CRAIN: A couple of weeks ago, General Motors made a number of changes in sales and marketing so that no one outside the... Read More »
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Surprise: Toyota troubles not hammering certified sales

ARLENA SAWYERS: Considering all the trouble Toyota had in February -- accusations of unintended acceleration, predictions of falling... Read More »
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Tonkin: Industry now faces moment of truth

ED TONKIN: Recently, while sitting behind Yoshi Inaba in Sen. Jay Rockefeller's Senate hearing on the Toyota recall, I watched and listened intently as Sen. Mark Begich from Alaska asked... Read More »
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Union idea for saving Opel's Belgian plant is ambitious, unrealistic

From 224882: Mr. Ciferri is absolutely right in his analyses. There just isn't such thing as the need for low volume plants, the others would not have closed lately. Car manufacturers were previously not organised to combine more than a couple of different models ... Read More »
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North America car and truck production – 03/15/2010

Sample data:

 3/8-3/1-1/1-1/1-
 3/13/103/13/103/13/103/7/09
Ford Mustang1,8533,70312,8131,464
Mazda Mazda6 sedan1,5853,16111,2983,791
AUTOALLIANCE3,4386,86424,1115,255
X5 (trk.)2,0874,16518,72814,553
X6 (trk.)9701,9319,6079,395
BMW MFG. CORP. (trk.)‡3,0576,09628,33523,948

Customer and Dealer Incentives

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U.S. car and light-truck inventories, on March 1

Sample data:

 DaysDays 
  DaysDays
  supplysupply
 Inventory1-Mar1-Feb
BMW div. car (D/I)Units20102010
BMW div. car (I)27,8005976
BMW div. trk. (D/I)3,2002025
Total BMW division (D/I)30,9004964
Mini Cooper car (I)8,4007090

Mexico car and truck sales, January

This Mexico car and truck sales, January data is available within our Data Center as a PDF download.

Canada light-vehicle sales by make, Feb. & YTD

Sample data:

       Total
 CarCarTruckTruckTotalTotalPercent
Make201020092010200920102009change
Acura394377464613858990-13%
Audi66246120416686662738%
Bentley22--220%
BMW division9468594743311,4201,19019%
Buick24816025316650132654%

Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, Feb. & YTD

Sample data:

 Feb.Feb.2 mos.2 mos.
 2010200920102009
1 series (I)104122104122
3 series (I)691582691582
5 series (I)9911799117
6 series (I)214214
7 series (I)23102310
Z4 (I)27142714
BMW division car (D)----
BMW division car (I)946859946859

North America car and truck production – 03/08/2010

Sample data:

 3/1-Feb.1/1-1/1-
 3/6/10total3/6/103/7/09
Ford Mustang1,8503,65710,960688
Mazda Mazda6 sedan1,2363,4109,3733,658
AUTOALLIANCE3,0867,06720,3334,346
X5 (trk.)2,0446,96016,78813,141
X6 (trk.)9394,0938,6768,413
BMW MFG. CORP. (trk.)‡2,98311,05325,46421,554

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