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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/business/industries/automotive business Business - Automotive en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/business/industries/automotive http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal afp/20100210/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal AFP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall ap/20100210/toyota_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda afp/20100210/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda AFP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265761858936-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.ZccVaGsnJcyZ4xNd.uKSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Honda Motors logo is seen in the grill of a vehicle at a dealership in Manassas, Virginia. Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265761858936-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.ZccVaGsnJcyZ4xNd.uKSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Honda Motors logo is seen in the grill of a vehicle at a dealership in Manassas, Virginia. Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain afp/20100209/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:53:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota_specialreport nm/20100209/us_toyota_specialreport Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:28:18 GMT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota nm/20100209/us_toyota Reuters science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:17:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.3a799e70ace7484f9a8c46aee1cc5764.japan_toyota_recall_ksx107.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=R6abUXdmkrngAiqpBCNVFA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Photographers and cameramen surround a recalled Prius as a technician fixes the program of the antilock brake system at a dealership of Toyota Motor Corp., in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems &mdash; the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The spiraling crisis at Toyota Motor Corp deepened on Tuesday as the automaker said it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering and braking problems.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.3a799e70ace7484f9a8c46aee1cc5764.japan_toyota_recall_ksx107.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=R6abUXdmkrngAiqpBCNVFA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Photographers and cameramen surround a recalled Prius as a technician fixes the program of the antilock brake system at a dealership of Toyota Motor Corp., in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems &mdash; the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota_camry nm/20100209/us_toyota_camry Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:00:02 GMT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will recall 7,314 model-year 2010 Camry sedans in the United States due to the risk that a potential defect in steering may make it harder for drivers to stop the vehicle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_toyota_europe_recall ap/20100209/eu_toyota_europe_recall AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:20:56 GMT AP - Toyota in Europe is no where near the hot-selling carmaker it is in the United States. But the troubled auto maker's miseries have hit home there with the recall of the Prius, which has become something of an icon in environment-conscious Europe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/europeautostructurecutscompanyopel afp/20100209/europeautostructurecutscompanyopel AFP topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:09:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/europeautostructurecutscompanyopel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265742319372-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=LIPV7usKGW02MqvGf9.7Sw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="General Motors Europe interim chairman and Opel CEO Nick Reilly addresses a press conference in Frankfurt/Main, western Germany. Opel laid its cards on the table Tuesday with details of a restructuring plan that will involve 8,300 job cuts and require billions of euros (dollars) in state aid.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Troubled automaker Opel laid its cards on the table Tuesday with details of a restructuring plan that will involve 8,300 job cuts and require billions of euros (dollars) in state aid.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/europeautostructurecutscompanyopel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265742319372-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=LIPV7usKGW02MqvGf9.7Sw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="General Motors Europe interim chairman and Opel CEO Nick Reilly addresses a press conference in Frankfurt/Main, western Germany. Opel laid its cards on the table Tuesday with details of a restructuring plan that will involve 8,300 job cuts and require billions of euros (dollars) in state aid.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/as_india_gm_food ap/20100209/as_india_gm_food AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:08:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/as_india_gm_food"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.73f89ef6889e4ca6a3b3fdebea031e0c.india_economy_del156.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=8OqSFKRdo48KZrXBr1kLIQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="People purchase watermelons at a wholesale fruit market in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. India's economic growth will likely hit 7.2 percent for the fiscal year ending March, the government said Monday, adding to pressure on policymakers to unwind generous stimulus measures that helped pull Asia's third-largest economy out of the global slump faster than many expected. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)" border="0" /></a>AP - India halted the release of the world's first genetically modified eggplant Tuesday, saying further study needed to be done to guarantee consumer safety before it could be cultivated in the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/as_india_gm_food"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.73f89ef6889e4ca6a3b3fdebea031e0c.india_economy_del156.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=8OqSFKRdo48KZrXBr1kLIQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="People purchase watermelons at a wholesale fruit market in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. India's economic growth will likely hit 7.2 percent for the fiscal year ending March, the government said Monday, adding to pressure on policymakers to unwind generous stimulus measures that helped pull Asia's third-largest economy out of the global slump faster than many expected. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_gm_opel ap/20100209/eu_germany_gm_opel AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:14:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_gm_opel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.127fc6f265dd42f0aa412cf47b8c3ae6.germany_gm_opel_msc101.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=xzyNKUoIvdyq4ua6lmLzfA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="German Economic Minister Rainer Bruederle briefs the media about the developments with General Motors Co's Opel unit at the Reichstags building in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. General Motors Co.'s Opel unit announced a restruction drive that will result in about 8,300 job cuts across Europe. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" border="0" /></a>AP - GM's Opel unit asked European governments for billions of euros (dollars) in aid on Tuesday even as it formally presented a restructuring plan that will result in some 8,300 job cuts in Europe.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_gm_opel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.127fc6f265dd42f0aa412cf47b8c3ae6.germany_gm_opel_msc101.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=xzyNKUoIvdyq4ua6lmLzfA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="German Economic Minister Rainer Bruederle briefs the media about the developments with General Motors Co's Opel unit at the Reichstags building in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. General Motors Co.'s Opel unit announced a restruction drive that will result in about 8,300 job cuts across Europe. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/britainjapanautorecalltoyota afp/20100209/britainjapanautorecalltoyota AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:57:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/britainjapanautorecalltoyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota said on Tuesday it would recall around 8,500 Prius hybrid cars in Britain over a braking failure as the Japanese carmaker scrambles to cope with the latest technical problems affecting its vehicles.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/britainjapanautorecalltoyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda afp/20100209/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda AFP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:22:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265725287756-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=tpLTHsSuxnc8dksL3p7AwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, seen here addressing the press, said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota president Akio Toyoda said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265725287756-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=tpLTHsSuxnc8dksL3p7AwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, seen here addressing the press, said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earns_nissan ap/20100209/as_japan_earns_nissan AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:34:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earns_nissan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265729101488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gVI_PMv0jn9A6y8zBMYlZg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nissan Motor upgraded its earnings outlook Tuesday, saying it was on course to end the current financial year in the black thanks to solid demand in China and other emerging markets. "Our performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 is encouraging, demonstrating that our countermeasures (in response to the global economic downturn) are working," chief executive Carlos Ghosn said in a statement.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it booked a profit in the October-December quarter after a deep loss a year earlier, and now expects to be in the black for the full fiscal year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earns_nissan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265729101488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gVI_PMv0jn9A6y8zBMYlZg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nissan Motor upgraded its earnings outlook Tuesday, saying it was on course to end the current financial year in the black thanks to solid demand in China and other emerging markets. "Our performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 is encouraging, demonstrating that our countermeasures (in response to the global economic downturn) are working," chief executive Carlos Ghosn said in a statement.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/toyotatorecallpriushybridsoverabssoftware pcworld/20100209/toyotatorecallpriushybridsoverabssoftware PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:20:12 GMT PC World - Toyota plans to recall around 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars to replace software that controls the antilock braking system (ABS), the auto maker said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_nissan nm/20100209/us_nissan Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:50:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_nissan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2618281825.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=LFHPTnMOGJPYpqlwVnSxIA--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan drives the newly launched Nissan's 370Z in Mumbai January 20, 2010. The car will be available in India at a starting price of Indian Rupees 5.35 million (approximately $117,000). REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nissan Motor Co (7201.T), Japan's third-largest automaker, returned to quarterly profit on Tuesday and lifted its outlook for the second time, as brisk global sales signal the worst may be over for the auto industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_nissan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2618281825.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=LFHPTnMOGJPYpqlwVnSxIA--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan drives the newly launched Nissan's 370Z in Mumbai January 20, 2010. The car will be available in India at a starting price of Indian Rupees 5.35 million (approximately $117,000). REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids afp/20100209/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:54:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698432822-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=EuVNPiHReYuvxCCzY5t8LQ--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="Toyota Motor has said it will recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota Motor said Tuesday that it would recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698432822-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=EuVNPiHReYuvxCCzY5t8LQ--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota Motor has said it will recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota_toyoda nm/20100209/us_toyota_toyoda Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:40:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota_toyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3695770711.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=rHcXFX9bV8s9zk7TYXODGA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda attends a news conference in Nagoya, central Japan February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) President Akio Toyoda wrote in an article published on Tuesday that he has promised the top U.S. transportation official the troubled automaker will be more vigilant in the future about responding to safety regulators.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota_toyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3695770711.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=rHcXFX9bV8s9zk7TYXODGA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda attends a news conference in Nagoya, central Japan February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265687914467-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Bt5JnDsT.jRu_ps6MJG2hQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Toyota Motor said Tuesday it would recall its newest Prius model, and two other hybrids, in Japan owing to brake problems as part of the latest in a string of safety issues to hit the auto giant.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota Motor said Tuesday it would recall its newest Prius model and two other hybrids in Japan owing to brake problems, the latest in a string of safety issues to hit the auto giant.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265687914467-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Bt5JnDsT.jRu_ps6MJG2hQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota Motor said Tuesday it would recall its newest Prius model, and two other hybrids, in Japan owing to brake problems as part of the latest in a string of safety issues to hit the auto giant.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_toyota_lawsuit nm/20100209/us_toyota_lawsuit Reuters science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:03:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_toyota_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265517569455-3-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=QoSIbJXTCsIg.LTdw.gCmg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Facts on the anti-locking braking system for cars, the focus of concern in the Toyota Prius safety complaints.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Toyota faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuits stemming from complaints of faulty brakes in its top-selling Prius hybrid car and from investors claiming they were misled about problems with unintended acceleration in a wide range of models.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_toyota_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265517569455-3-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=QoSIbJXTCsIg.LTdw.gCmg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Facts on the anti-locking braking system for cars, the focus of concern in the Toyota Prius safety complaints.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)