Daimler Sends 50 Vehicles to Support Japan Relief
12 Apr 2011, 07:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aside from the €2 million cash donation it has sent shortly after the quake and tsunami hit Japan, Daimler has now announced it is donating 50 vehicles worth about €4 million to Nippon Fou...
Toyota Japan Back at Full Throttle from April 18
8 Apr 2011, 08:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / By the time Japanese automaker Toyota resumes work at all of its facilities in Japan, over a month would have passed since the natural disaster that struck Japan forced the company to shut down most...
Quake Shakes Japan Auto Sales in March
4 Apr 2011, 05:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first numbers relating to the Japanese automotive industry following the March 11twin disaster are in, and they in themselves are disastrous as well. According to Japan's Auto Dealer Associ...
Ford Hit by Japan Quake Effects
4 Apr 2011, 05:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Over three weeks have passed since the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan brought to their knees both lives and industries, and the effects that have been felt in full that faithful day c...
Japan Quake Stops Yaris Production for Another Month
31 Mar 2011, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota’s quake-hit Miyagi plant that makes the Yaris compact for export to the United States should be offline for at least another month, according to Automotive News. While the plant has had...
Origami Cranes from Outer Space for Japan Relief Efforts
30 Mar 2011, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Thousands of miles away from Earth, the three astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) feel they have their hands tied when it comes to helping out the relief efforts underway in Japan,...
Toyota Provides 50 Vehicles for Japan Relief Efforts
30 Mar 2011, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the worst hit auto makers by the March 11 earthquake, Toyota is continuing to experience production issues and parts shortage as a result of the disaster. Even so, the car maker is continuing...
Tsunami Video Shows the Force of the Disaster
28 Mar 2011, 12:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly three weeks have passed since the quake-tsunami deadly pair destroyed cities and killed thousands on the Japanese northeastern coast and, despite the countless reports and videos we've s...
Button Will Ask for Permission to Visit Japan
28 Mar 2011, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button has reportedly asked permission from his McLaren team to make a charity visit to Japan in order to further raise donations for the people in the country following the disasters that ha...
Mazda Suspends US Dealers' Orders
28 Mar 2011, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effects of the twin disaster which struck Japan on March 11 continue to wreak havoc in the supply chain of Japanese auto makers. After Toyota and Nissan closed their plants for a considerable am...
Quake Rips Apart Japanese Road, Japanese Repair It in 6 Days
26 Mar 2011, 11:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The disaster that struck Japan on March 11 will remain as a thorn in the collective memory of the Japanese people. Entire cities leveled, industries brought the a halt, scores of people killed and a...
Toyota Prius Production to Resume on March 28
24 Mar 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After nearly two weeks of continuous bad news for Japanese auto maker Toyota and right after the car maker announced that the production at its plants in the US might be affected by the Japanese pro...
Toyota US Production to Be Interrupted
24 Mar 2011, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The freeze in production at Toyota's Japan plants, caused by the disaster on March 11, will soon expand to the US. The Japanese auto maker announced today that it has informed its American asso...
Honda Sets Up Donation Website
24 Mar 2011, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the car makers that have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami that have struck Japan nearly two weeks ago, has decided to announce an unprecedented move, meant to increase the rate at ...
VW Responds to Japan's Cry for Help
23 Mar 2011, 15:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost two weeks have passed since the Japanese devastating quake and tsunami, but it appears there is no end to the drama which continues to unfold in the leveled cities on the northeastern coast o...
Toyota Prius v Launch Delayed
23 Mar 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After putting a serious dent in the production plans the Japanese manufacturer had for the entire year, the quake and tsunami disasters from nearly two weeks ago are beginning to take their toll on ...
Toyota Japan Nonoperational Until March 26
22 Mar 2011, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Since March 11, when a major earthquake, followed by a destructive tsunami, devastated the northeastern coast of Japan, Toyota has been caught in a bitter battle aimed at resuming work at the facili...
GM Sends NY Plant Workers Home
22 Mar 2011, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effects of the quake and tsunami that took place in Japan a little over a week ago on the American automotive industry are beginning to show on continental USA, with the first major auto maker t...
GM Cuts Spending to Limit Japanese Crisis Fallout
21 Mar 2011, 18:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the days pass by, it seems there will be no quick recovery of the Japanese automotive industry in sight. Having hit first the Japanese auto makers, the shortage of parts resulted from the freeze ...
Nissan Begins Reopening Japanese Plants
21 Mar 2011, 11:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the supply chain heavily affected by the quake and tsunami which struck Japan on March 11, Japanese auto maker Nissan is slowly beginning to recover. Following more than a week of suspended pro...