Toyota, Mazda in talks on expanding partnership: sources

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) are in talks to expand their technology partnership to fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs), sources said on Saturday, as global automakers face rising costs to comply with stricter emission regulations.

BMW's China dealers say company agrees to pay $820 million subsidy

(Reuters) - BMW (BMWG.DE) will pay 5.1 billion yuan ($820 million) to auto dealers in China who pressured the world's top luxury carmaker to share the cost of overstocked showrooms, BMW's main Chinese dealership group said on Monday.

Toyota Motor aims to double sales in China to 2 mn vehicles in future

BEIJING: Toyota Motor Corp plans to make and sell hybrid versions of its Corolla and Levin sedans in China next year, fitting them with locally-made components, in its first bid to entirely manufacture gas-electric hybrids outside Japan.

GM's global sales rise four percent in 2013

(Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Tuesday its global sales grew 4 percent in 2013 on strong demand in the world's two largest auto markets, China and the United States.

Toyota settles US acceleration case after $3 mn verdict

Toyota Motor Corp reached a deal on Friday to resolve a lawsuit in the United States over unintended acceleration issues, one day after a jury found the Japanese carmaker liable and ordered it to pay $3 million for defects that caused a 2007 fatal crash.

Mazda CEO says aims to sell around 500,000 Mazda3 vehicles a year

TOKYO: Mazda Motor Corp aims to sell around 500,000 redesigned Mazda3 compact cars a year around the world, Chief Executive Officer Masamichi Kogai said on Wednesday, setting the highest target ever for its best-selling model.

Toyota to invest $102 million to boost transmission output in US

DETROIT: Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it will invest $102 million at its West Virginia engine transmission plant and aluminum casting factories in Missouri and Tennessee to boost production.

Toyota aims for record global production in 2013

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp plans to make a record 8.79 million vehicles under the Toyota and Lexus brands in 2013 and 9.5 million in 2014, a member of the Toyota labour union federation said on Wednesday.

Toyota set to reclaim 'top car maker' spot from GM

Toyota Motor is set to overtake General Motors and reclaim "the world's biggest car maker" title for 2012, after a bumper year of sales at home and abroad.

General Motors, Ford see slower truck sales as Toyota gains

DETROIT: General Motors Co, the largest US automaker, posted a small gain in September US sales as demand for passenger cars offset a drop in pickup trucks, while Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp reported a large sales increase.

Volkswagen hopes revamped Golf will help it catch Toyota

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen is hoping a sleek makeover will keep its Golf in the best-selling compact car spot, helping the German automaker overtake Toyota and GM as the world leaders.

Toyota to recall Lexus SUVs to fix floor mat issue

DETROIT: Toyota's problems with runaway acceleration just won't go away.

Toyota's troubles in rear view mirror

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Toyota Motor took a step in putting recent problems behind it Wednesday, reporting a big jump in quarterly earnings and predicting a bigger profit for the fiscal year recently underway.

Honda's automobile unit resumes operations in Thailand

Honda Automobile Thailand (HATC) has resumed production at its plant in Ayutthaya after severe floods halted operations in early October.

Toyota confirms loss of No. 1 carmaker spot

TOKYO: Toyota Motor confirmed on Wednesday that its world group sales fell below the eight million mark in 2011, losing the firm its number one spot in the global carmakers' league.

Hyundai and Kia predict slower sales growth in 2012

Hyundai and its affiliate Kia Motors have said they expect sales growth in 2012 to be sharply slower than 2011 due to the global economic downturn.

After a year of disasters, Toyota sees record sales

(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp forecast a 20 percent jump in global sales to a record 8.48 million vehicles next year as it claws back from this year's output losses caused by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.