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South Korea's Hyundai-Kia and Toyota Motor Corp, also based in Japan, followed closely behind, respectively, for the second straight year, according to preliminary performance data released by the Environmental Protection Agency .

For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has investigated complaints from drivers saying their Toyota and Lexus vehicles accelerated all by themselves, and the company has identified essentially one cause.

The cars will all be leased for purposes of field testing. Toyota is now in discussions with federal and local governments and energy companies about who will get how many of the lithium ion battery Priuses.

Exide Technologies said Wednesday that under a new supply agreement it will supply batteries for Toyota Motor Corp.

Tokyo, Nov 18, 2009 - - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announces that it has started discussions with potential users in Japan of the newly developed "Prius Plug-in Hybrid". Approximately 200 units will be leased through a leasing company to designated parties such as government ministries, local governments and energy companies that are actively ...

Shoppers looking to buy the safest 2010-model cars will have 67 fewer choices this year than they did in 2009.

A federal judge has ordered that a former in-house lawyer at Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc.

Toyota Motor Corp. will soon offer to fix the gas pedals of vehicles in the United States that are subject to a safety recall because of a problem with sudden acceleration, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.

WASHINGTON a ' Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies.

General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson , buoyed by $50 billion in U.S. bankruptcy aid, slashed debt and operating costs without returning to profit.

Well ahead of VW's initial projection of becoming the world's largest automaker by 2018, it has now officially surpassed Toyota Motor Corp.

Tokyo, Nov 13, 2009 - - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announces it will display 45 concept and production vehicles, in separate Toyota and Lexus brand booths, at the 7th China International Automobile Exhibition , to be held at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center from November 23 to 30.

Toyota Motor Corp will soon offer to fix the accelerator pedals of up to 4 million vehicles in the United States that are subject to the company's largest ever safety recall, Kyodo News reported on Saturday.

General Motors Corp was once the world's largest automaker for 80 years until it filed for bankruptcy.

Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.

The 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado unveiled in Qatar. Officials at the launching ceremony.

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An era in which speed has been the key yardstick of automobile performance seems to have reached a crossroad.

Tokyo - Toyota said it will start leasing plug-in hybrid cars, that are even greener than its hit Prius, by the end of this year in the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to close some 300 dealer outlets across Japan over around the next three years, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.