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Toyota says China plant output to remain suspended

Honda Motor Co halted production at a car making factory in southern China on Wednesday, making it the second car maker after Toyota Motor Corp to turn off assembly lines because of a strike at a supplier owned by Japan's Denso Corp.

Honda: China plants to restart, supplier strike ends

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Honda Motor Co said production at Chinese joint venture Guangqi Honda's two factories would resume on Thursday after a one-day disruption caused by a strike, now ended, at a Chinese factory of Japan's NHK Spring (5991.T).

China labor strife silences Toyota, Honda plants

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Japanese auto makers Toyota and Honda said major car factories in south China halted work on Wednesday due to strikes at parts suppliers, as worker discontent continued to jolt the industry and unnerve investors.
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New strike in China affects supplier to Toyota and Honda

A strike at a Japanese car parts supplier in southern China forced Toyota Motor Corp to suspend production at a Chinese auto assembly plant on Tuesday, the latest in a string of labor-related disruptions at foreign-owned manufacturers across the country.
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Second strike hits China Toyota supplier

A parts supplier for Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday it was dealing with its second strike in China this week, the latest in a rash of factory labor disputes across the country.
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Toyota to make Corollas in Mississippi in 2011

Toyota Motor Corp is resuming construction of a plant in Mississippi that was put on hold during the economic downturn, and plans to make its top-selling Corolla sedan there starting in autumn 2011.
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Auto sales tick higher but caution lingers

Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co posted double-digit sales gains for May that outpaced growth for Toyota Motor Corp as U.S. auto sales rose 19 percent from the depressed levels of a year earlier.
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U.S. auto sales tick higher but caution persists

U.S. auto sales rose about 19 percent in May, a rebound from depressed year-earlier levels that still leaves the industry sputtering at the lowest sales rate since the 1980s more than half a year into a grudging recovery.
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New Ford Fusion probed for accelerator pedal risk

U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into the possibility that accelerator pedals could be entrapped by floormats in Ford Motor Co 2010 Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans.
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Judge gives Toyota 30 days to produce documents

A U.S. federal judge on Friday gave Toyota 30 days to turn over the bulk of documents sought by class-action lawyers from previous investigations of complaints about its cars racing out of control.
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California court cases against Toyota consolidated

A judge has ordered the pretrial merger of at least 40 California state court lawsuits filed against Toyota over cars that have raced out of control, including a case stemming from the fatal crash that sparked the automaker's recall crisis.
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Toyota gets Tesla stake, Tesla gets Toyota factory

Toyota Motor Corp said it would take a $50 million stake in U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors, a move that gives the Japanese automaker a chance to repair its dented public image and vaults the California start-up on to the world stage.
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Toyota gets Tesla stake while Tesla gets Toyota factory

Toyota Motor Corp said it would take a $50 million stake in U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors, a move that gives the Japanese automaker a chance to repair its dented public image and vaults the California start-up on to the world stage.
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Toyota confident throttles not linked to recall saga

Toyota Motor Corp remains confident that its electronic throttles are sound and not behind instances of unintended acceleration that led to huge recalls, federal investigations, and lawsuits, the company's U.S. sales president said on Wednesday.
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Toyota to recall Lexus in Japan for steering fix

Toyota Motor Corp, the world's biggest automaker, said it plans to recall four models of its Lexus luxury car in Japan due to steering problems, its latest move in a series of massive recalls.
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FBI investigating four packages sent to Toyota

Authorities are investigating after four suspicious packages were sent to Toyota Motor Corp U.S. facilities in the past week that were later found not to contain threatening materials.
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BMW could launch 5 Series full hybrid in 2011 -CEO

German carmaker BMW plans to take its 5 Series ActiveHybrid concept into full-scale production as early as next year and expects to introduce the dual-powertrain technology into its smaller 3 Series.
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Toyota to close Thai plant as crisis hit sales

Toyota Motor Corp said it would close one of its four vehicle plants in Thailand as the economic crisis hammered exports, in a rare move for what was until a few years ago the world's fastest-growing carmaker.

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