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...
Exported Japanese Cars, Radiation Free
18 Mar 2011, 18:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As soon as the ships will be allowed to depart Japanese ports once again, and the locally-built vehicles will find a way out of the devastated northeastern coast and head for the US, they will arriv...
Chrysler Contributes to Japan Relief Efforts
18 Mar 2011, 18:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slowly, but surely, the aid for the Japanese people affected by last week's earthquake and tsunami is growing in size, with the automotive industry as a whole and car makers around the world be...
Kobayashi Affected by Situation in Japan
18 Mar 2011, 10:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kamui Kobayashi would have normally waited forward to the new season start, at Melbourne, hadn't it been for the earthquake and tsunami that tragically affected the North-Eastern part of Japan ...
Daimler Contributes EUR2 Million to Japan Relief
18 Mar 2011, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Thursday German auto maker BMW was the first European company from the automotive industry to announce a contribution to the worldwide efforts made to help Japan, the week ends with more gl...
Yen Grows Stronger, Threatens Financial Health of Auto Makers
18 Mar 2011, 06:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Usually, when a crisis of some kind hits a country, its currency depreciates. Proving, once again, that it is an economy like no other, Japan and its big automotive players are faced, one week after...
Japan Crisis Shuts Down GM Shreveport Plant
17 Mar 2011, 19:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first event of what is expected to be a chain reaction following last week's disaster in Japan arrived on Thursday, after American manufacturer GM announced it is suspending production at i...
Japan Cancels 2011 Tokyo Motorcycle Show
17 Mar 2011, 16:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With Tokyo now being a city plagued by power outages and threatened with the prospects of nuclear radiation arriving from the damaged nuclear power plants on the northeastern coast of Japan, one of ...
Hyundai To Donate JPY100 Million to Quake-Striken Japan
17 Mar 2011, 13:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japan has been hit by a massive Tsunami wave a week ago, causing massive damage and the widespread loss of life. Hyundai Motor Group announced that it will donate a total of JPY100 million (approxim...
Sauber Cars to Feature Support Message for Victims in Japan
17 Mar 2011, 13:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / We're not sure about other teams, but Sauber F1 will show its support for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan during the season opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 Championship, ...
BMW, VW Evacuate Employees from Japan
17 Mar 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The situation in Japan is still tense at the moment and could deteriorate even further in the near future. In response to the dangerous situation regarding the nuclear plants in the country, two maj...
Toyota US Operations Not Affected by Japan Quake
17 Mar 2011, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost a week after the devastation that struck the northeastern coast of Japan gave another devastating blow to the operations of auto maker Toyota, the company finally managed to come up with a re...
BMW Donates EUR1 Million for Japan Relief
17 Mar 2011, 08:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly a week has passed since a double disaster struck Japan, and the aftermath is yet to be fully felt. With thousands of people still missing, entire cities leveled and several nuclear reactors o...
Nissan Leafs Dodged Quake, Tsunami, Head for US
16 Mar 2011, 12:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The disgruntled Nissan Leaf customers in the US, unhappy with the way in which the delivery process of the electric vehicle is being handled, will be happy to know that, at least for some of them, t...
GM Chips In for Quake-Stricken Japan
15 Mar 2011, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the entire Japanese automotive industry already announcing some type of help or another for the relief efforts currently undergoing on the northeastern coast of Japan, it's now time for th...
Nissan Lost 2,300 Brand New Cars to Tsunami
14 Mar 2011, 17:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four days after a major earthquake struck Japan, the automakers affected have begun adding the numbers and reporting their losses. Throughout the weekend, we've all seen images of entire fields...
Japan's Auto Makers Come Together in Support of Relief Efforts
14 Mar 2011, 17:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Friday, Japan was hit by the most powerful earthquake in its history and the fifth strongest one in the world in the last century. The quake itself, as it hit a country well prepared for such dis...
Autoliv Japan Operations Unhurt by Quake
14 Mar 2011, 17:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With most of the automotive supply base still trying to recover after Friday's huge earthquake, every piece of news coming from Japan, from the car makers and suppliers who conduct business the...
Toyota Might Produce 40,000 Less Cars After Japan Earthquake
14 Mar 2011, 14:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest carmaker has been hit hard by the recent earthquake, which has damaged a number of key production facilities in Japan. The strong quake has also cripple...
F1 World Shocked by Tsunami, Earthquake Tragedy in Japan
14 Mar 2011, 08:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The recent earthquake and tsunami that has hit the north-eastern region of Japan last week shocked the entire world, and Formula 1 made no exception from that rule. Even though no F1 figure has been...