Lexus leads the J.D. Power and Associates quality report, while Ford slips in the ranking.
Ford's $1 billion investment in Lincoln is a direct attack on Toyota's luxury Lexus brand
Trouble with new technologies including a clunky control system for its radios pounded Ford Motor Co's ranking in a closely watched quality ranking, just a year after the U.S. brand led its mass-market rivals.
The upcoming releases of 3D Android smartphones HTC Evo 3D and LG Optimus 3D have been keeping developers busy to produce the latest 3D apps. Google's Android is making a leap into the 3D market ahead of Apple's iPhone and App store thanks to the latest offerings of mobile devices which support 3D display features.
Japanese car major Toyota Motors today said that it expects North American vehicle production levels to return to 100 percent in September. Production is recovering earlier than originally anticipated following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, struggling to recover from the earthquake in Japan in March, told its U.S. auto dealers to honor discount offers, even on cars they do not have in stock, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
An off-duty police officer was shot in the buttocks during a robbery at an apartment complex in Stone Mountain.
Shares of Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> slid almost 3 percent on Monday after the company forecast a larger-than-expected fall in operating profit as it struggles to restore production following the earthquake in March.
A federal judge said Toyota owners outside California who seek to recover losses in their vehicles' value resulting from unintended acceleration cannot pursue their claims under that state's laws.
Toyota Motor Corp forecast a larger-than-expected 35 percent fall in annual profit on Friday and warned that the strong yen was making it difficult to justify keeping production in Japan.
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it expects operating profit this business year to fall 35 percent to 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) after Japan's biggest earthquake on record severely disrupted car production and slashed sales and a strengthening yen cut into overseas earnings.
Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> is expected to forecast a fall in annual profit later on Friday as the world's largest automaker works to restore output knocked out by Japan's March 11 disaster and grapples with a strong yen.
The president of Toyota Motors <7203.T> said on Saturday he expects the automaker to resume full production globally in November and its Japanese output is expected this month to recover to 90 percent of levels seen before a March earthquake.
Toyota Motor Corporation is recalling 106,000 Prius cars globally to replace the electric power steering pinion shaft attachment nuts, the carmaker said in a statement. Of the total, approximately 52,000 would be from the United States.
Premium automaker Lexus has joined the race of luxury cars for official royal weddings after British brand Aston Martin stole the show at the Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding celebrations on April 29, 2011.
Car sales sputtered in May, slumping to levels that were much lower than expected as higher vehicle prices led consumers to put off purchases in the face of a weakening economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 had their worst day of the year Wednesday, as the stock market was hit from multiple sides with troubling economic reports.
Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> said on Wednesday it will recall 105,784 early model Prius cars in Japan and overseas to fix a fault with the model's steering and gearbox.
Higher car prices and a shortage of fuel-efficient vehicles likely threw a roadblock in the U.S. auto industry's recovery path in May, when the Japan crisis had its biggest impact on U.S. sales so far.
Higher car prices and a shortage of fuel-efficient vehicles likely threw a roadblock in the U.S. auto industry's recovery path in May, when the Japan crisis had its biggest impact on U.S. sales so far.
Friday morning Rihanna kicked off NBC's Today show Toyota Concert Series with a performance in New York City's Rockefeller Center.
Production at Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> and Honda Motor Co <7267.T> is likely to recover more quickly than initially feared after Japan's massive earthquake wreaked havoc with their supply chains and halved output in April.
