In spite of shrinking resources, market share, and credibility, the venerable Gray Lady has poured resources into trashing Toyota, the chief competitor of the paper’s drinking buddies — the White House and the UAW. Look at the depth of their
It has been fascinating to observe how a multinational corporation that is so popular and trusted can be so flatfooted and incapable of responding to a crisis. Like many of these crises it started small. The corporation seemed invincible and
It’s time for your weekly dose of markets and politics with Coffee and Markets, featuring The New Ledger’s Francis Cianfrocca, a podcast brought to you by the fine folks at Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com and LibertyPundits.com, your new home for conservative
CBS News: Lentz briefly appeared to tear up during his testimony, saying that he lost a brother in a car accident shortly after the brother’s 30th birthday. “That was twenty-some years ago,” [Toyota’s James] Lentz said. “And there’s not a
Toyota, which employs over 35,000 workers in the United States with factories in eight states, is the target of a government-led and union-supported attack due to recent recalls. In the U.S., it is estimated that 15,000 Lexus HS250h and 133,000
There’s a question oft-posed by the proponents of global warming… or of “climate change,” as the new term of art has it, thus allowing warmists to claim both the snowstorm now blanketing America’s East Coast, as well as the melting
United Auto Workers (UAW) union rank and file members shout down their own UAW leadership in a heated meeting on January 24th, as their UAW leader loses it at the podium. Sunday’s meeting in California made last summer’s Town Halls
AP: The 2010 Ford Fusion was named Motor Trend magazine’s car of the year Tuesday, beating out the Toyota Prius, BMW 7-Series, Chevrolet Camaro and others in the closely watched competition. It was yet another accolade for Ford Motor Co.’s
I admit it. I like electronic gizmos. When I’m not driving (and even sometimes when I am), my BlackBerry is never more than an index finger away. In the car, I can’t go a mile without scanning for an Old
Published: 12 October 2009 from Nargarkot, Nepal Kandahar City, Afghanistan Slowly, surely, the city is being strangled. Signaling the depth of our commitment, security forces are thinner in Kandahar than the Himalayan air. During the days and evenings, there were
I asked Danish journalist Camilla Fuhr Nilsson to write two dispatches about USAF Pedros. Camilla accompanied me at Camp Bastion. Here is the first: By Camilla Fuhr Nilsson Published: 27 September 2009 It is the last weekend of August 2009.
KDFW: Dan Bialczak and his friends pimped the ride with whatever they could think of and anything they could find off eBay or second-hand stores. Among the features — a cylinder of nitrous oxide and a visor keyboard. The keyboard,
AP: Toyota Motor, the world’s top automaker, announced Friday a 4.4-billion dollar annual loss, its first ever, and warned it would plunge deeper into the red as car sales collapse during the recession. Toyota lost 765.8 billion yen (7.7 billion
I quit smoking years ago but love second hand smoking. I especially love watching women smoke. It is more of a cinematic fascination. It looks good. Women are magic and when they come with their own pyrotechnic effects, they are
From the Los Angeles Times, Thursday January 29th, 2009: 2 DIE IN HEAD-ON COLLISION A Culver City police officer and a Van Nuys man were killed Wednesday in a head-on collision that closed several lanes of the 10 freeway for
AP: Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as an interest rate cut in China disappointed investors and a profit warning from Toyota Motor Corp. raised concerns the global recession would only worsen.
Reuters: Asian shares tumbled as auto giant Toyota cut its profit forecast, while the euro and sterling fell on expectations of pending rate moves.
AP: As the economy continues to suffer, auto makers are struggling. That trickles down to car dealers who have also seen sales slow dramatically. A new report shows last month G.M., Ford, Chrysler and Toyota had double-digit sales dips.
Toyota will start selling the iQ in Japan by the end of the year and in Europe next January. The carmaker plans to sell 80,000 iQs a year in Europe.
Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it’s beaten its U.S. rival in another measure—global vehicle production.
Toyota overtakes Ford as the No. 2 automaker in the U.S., Tata Motors leads bid for Jaguar, Land Rover brands, and Netflix pursues a new strategy. The AP’s Mark Hamrick reports.
[dailymotion 2GSJkbROvpsQhlXKd nolink] Ford’s U.S. sales plummeted 21 percent in September as the automaker saw a steep drop-off in car sales, while Toyota reported a 4 percent decline.
