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The strong yen is harming the profitability of Japanese carmakers. After Honda, which plans to halve its domestic production over the next decade, Toyota, Japan’s number one automaker, told its parts suppliers to severely reduce their prices or risk being replaced by overseas manufacturers. Read more »
- Breaking Dawn: Camry And Prius Lead Toyota’s First Gain In The U.s. Since April
Perhaps for the first time this year, Toyota has some good news to report. Japan’s number one automaker has been hit the hardest by the March earthquake as it has the largest portion of domestic production of any other local manufacturer. When...
- Thai Floods Force Honda To Halve Production At U.s. And Canadian Plants, New 2012 Cr-v To Be Delayed
After Toyota, Honda is the next Japanese carmaker to announce significant production cuts at its North American plants due to component shortages caused by three months of disastrous flooding in Thailand. And is the case with Toyota, the production cuts...
- Major Wire Harness Systems Manufacturers Face Class-action Lawsuits For Decade-long Price Fixing
Three vehicle owners, acting on behalf of many others, have filed separate class-action lawsuits against a number of major automotive parts suppliers, accusing them of conspiracy and price fixing. The lawsuits, which were filed in the US District Court...
- Toyota’s Production Rises For The First Time In 12 Months
One of the victims of the March earthquake and the Tsunami that followed was Japan’s auto industry and especially Toyota, which saw many of its suppliers hit hard by the dual natural disaster. The result was that production slowed down considerably,...
- Toyota’s Passenger Car Sales In Japan Down 43 Percent In The First Half Of 2011
The two natural disasters that hit Japan on March 11, the 8.9 offshore earthquake and the subsequent Tsunami that devastated the country and took many human lives, has also hit hard production and sales of Japanese car manufacturers. Toyota said on...
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Toyota Warns Suppliers to Lower their Prices, or Else…
The strong yen is harming the profitability of Japanese carmakers. After Honda, which plans to halve its domestic production over the next decade, Toyota, Japan’s number one automaker, told its parts suppliers to severely reduce their prices or risk being replaced by overseas manufacturers. Read more »
- Breaking Dawn: Camry And Prius Lead Toyota’s First Gain In The U.s. Since April
Perhaps for the first time this year, Toyota has some good news to report. Japan’s number one automaker has been hit the hardest by the March earthquake as it has the largest portion of domestic production of any other local manufacturer. When...
- Thai Floods Force Honda To Halve Production At U.s. And Canadian Plants, New 2012 Cr-v To Be Delayed
After Toyota, Honda is the next Japanese carmaker to announce significant production cuts at its North American plants due to component shortages caused by three months of disastrous flooding in Thailand. And is the case with Toyota, the production cuts...
- Major Wire Harness Systems Manufacturers Face Class-action Lawsuits For Decade-long Price Fixing
Three vehicle owners, acting on behalf of many others, have filed separate class-action lawsuits against a number of major automotive parts suppliers, accusing them of conspiracy and price fixing. The lawsuits, which were filed in the US District Court...
- Toyota’s Production Rises For The First Time In 12 Months
One of the victims of the March earthquake and the Tsunami that followed was Japan’s auto industry and especially Toyota, which saw many of its suppliers hit hard by the dual natural disaster. The result was that production slowed down considerably,...
- Toyota’s Passenger Car Sales In Japan Down 43 Percent In The First Half Of 2011
The two natural disasters that hit Japan on March 11, the 8.9 offshore earthquake and the subsequent Tsunami that devastated the country and took many human lives, has also hit hard production and sales of Japanese car manufacturers. Toyota said on...