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10 Mar 10, 08:03:22

Forget Toyota. Chrysler's got the most problems.

The car company that is off to the worst start of 2010 isn't Toyota. It's Chrysler Group.

10 Mar 10, 11:03:51
Can the Toyota Way survive Toyota's ways?
In the 1950s, a Toyota engineer named Taiichi Ohno, just back from visiting the United States, where he was wowed by its supermarkets, began to think about how he could use what he saw as a way to run a factory. He obsessed over the idea of eliminating waste, of avoiding inventory buildup, of empowering workers to follow instructions meticulously and of aiming to continually improve.

10 Mar 10, 04:03:58
Cash for Clunkers: Better than we thought
The government's Cash for Clunkers program resulted in a far bigger boost to car sales than was previously estimated, even by the government, according to a new analysis by Maritz Research, an automotive market research company.

11 Jan 10, 05:01:58
Driving the Volt past the limit
Drained of its battery power, the Volt finally reveals how it performs when running on gasoline.

09 Mar 10, 10:03:31
Toyota starts the long road back
Toyota fired another volley this week as it continued its fight to regain the confidence of owners shaken by reports of unintended acceleration.

05 Mar 10, 04:03:33
Toyota: Sudden acceleration test unrealistic
Toyota is rejecting a university professor's test that claims to show that electronic throttle systems on Toyota cars could cause unintended acceleration saying the test was simply not realistic.

09 Mar 10, 09:03:58
Toyota ads move beyond the recall
New ads from Toyota's local dealers look like they're missing something.

05 Mar 10, 08:03:32
GM offers 661 dealers a second chance
Shuttered General Motors dealers hoping to get their business back should stay near the phone. General Motors is in the process of calling 661 dealers targeted for shutdown to offer them their franchises back, company executives said Friday afternoon.

03 Mar 10, 04:03:01
Toyota fix in question amid complaints
Federal safety regulators said Wednesday they have received 10 complaints from drivers alleging sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles that have already been repaired under the automaker's recent recall.

05 Mar 10, 08:03:00
Toyota incentives rouse would-be buyers
Toyota's new incentive plan appears to have piqued the interest of buyers looking to snag a good deal, reports showed Thursday, even as the automaker's recall woes linger.