Korea Cutting Lexus’ Price
3 Jan 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thanks to the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, Toyota Korea recently announced that it has lowered the prices for its vehicles made in US. As a result, Lexus and Toyota models with 2-liter engines ...
Honda Expands Operations, Enters Bangladesh Market
31 Dec 2013, 08:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda expands operations taking the first step into a new market, Bangladesh. The Japanese manufacturer opened up a joint venture operator, Bangladesh Honda Private Limited (BHL) and started the pro...
VW Group Set to Overtake GM in China Sales
27 Dec 2013, 17:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has some big plans in Asia, the company being set on ranking above General Motors on the China automobile market. It appears that the brand did pretty well this year, in the first 11 mont...
Three Toyotas Ranking First in J.D Power Asia Quality Study
27 Dec 2013, 14:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota proves again its quality in another study from Asia, putting three of its models in top place according to their class. The recent J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2013 India Initial Quality Study ...
400,000 Toyotas Being Recalled in Saudi Arabia
27 Dec 2013, 09:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The sudden acceleration problems are not over yet, continuing with another massive recall in Saudi Arabia this time. A couple of days ago, the Saudi Arabian government announced the recall of mor...
Cuba Liberalizes the Motorcycle Market
27 Dec 2013, 08:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's the wind of change blowing again in Cuba, as the Cuban lawmakers have abolished the 1959 law which forbade citizens to freely buy motorcycles or cars. The law required that the potential b...
Mindless Scooter Rider Hit Hard by Car
21 Dec 2013, 09:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While some might call this suicide or Darwin's laws in full effect, I would call it the result of human recklessness and ignorance. It's of course, sad to see that people are getting hu...
Toyota Kirloskar Appointing New Managing Director
20 Dec 2013, 15:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Indian subsidiary Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) just announced the appointment of Naomi Ishii as the new Managing Director of the company. Naomi has been around with Toyota Motor Corporation for o...
70 Percent RS15-25 Lakh Sold in India Are Toyota Fortuners
18 Dec 2013, 17:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / According to latest statistics, the Toyota Fortuner is the most popular SUV in India, with 7 out of 10 SUVs priced between RS15-25 lakh sold being one of them. The Fortuner registered a 12 percen...
Scooter Blown to Smithereens, Rider Reportedly Made It Through
17 Dec 2013, 16:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Speeding and running the red light seems like enough for a tragedy, but it looks like the victim actually made it through after being inches away from a full-on hit. Even though "lucky"...
Toyota Express Service Opening in India
17 Dec 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Kirloskar Motor recently launched the Toyota Express Service (TFS) at Galaxy Toyota, Rama Road in New Delhi, which will offer high quality services to the company’s customers. &ldquo...
Toyota Group Expects 2014 Auto Parts Export of $1 Billion
13 Dec 2013, 15:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Group is expecting that the exports of auto parts will surpass the $954 million estimated for this year and reach $1 billion in 2014. The report is based on 2014 plans shared by each indiv...
Ford to Add 11,000 Jobs in US, Asia Next Year
13 Dec 2013, 12:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. will hire 11,000 employees in the United States and Asia in 2014. About 6,000 new jobs will be added in China, where the Blue Oval company will be opening its Changan Assembly Plant N...
2 Speeding Riders Crash Really Hard
5 Dec 2013, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There's little to say after watching this short video, if anything at all. The only thing which comes to mind is the refined nuance of the "Speed kills" saying: it's not speed wh...
Toyota Innova Rival Fading In From Maruti Suzuki
29 Nov 2013, 13:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It looks like the Indian best-selling MPV Toyota Innova will be soon threatened by a new rival from the Maruti Suzuki joint venture in the near future. As revealed by Live Mint, Maruti is develop...
How to Stop a Scooter Using Your Teeth
28 Nov 2013, 13:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It may look terribly funny, but the chap in this video really got it good, as a result of recklessly speeding in a place where he should have known that any mistake is paid for dearly. Now, seein...
Toyota Boshoku Developing New Bio-Based Plastic Alloy
28 Nov 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t worry, the automakers are not mixing fuzzy bunnies with petroleum products to create new materials. Instead they combine organic resins to create reinforced plastics. Automotive inter...
Reckless Scooter Rider Rear-Ended Really Hard
27 Nov 2013, 17:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stupid mistakes usually don't need too long to deliver their nasty results, and this video shows exactly how fast can a day turn from decent to very bad. You can skip to 0:30 in case the vid...
Toyota Vios Gets Geeky Launch in Malaysia
18 Nov 2013, 18:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Launching a vehicle these days implies more than just pulling a wrap off off a new model. No... you need to build up a lot of hype before and culminate with a big reveal in front of a massive audien...
2014 Toyota Yaris Tested in Thailand
18 Nov 2013, 09:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you live in Asia and want to buy an economical vehicle, or Ecocar as it’s known in the area, you might want to check the 2014 Toyota Yaris. The new one ditches the 109 hp 1.5-liter engin...