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A sales slump for cars can mean deals for buyers

by Jed Kim
May 2, 2017
Car sales in the U.S. are down, compared to last year, for the fourth straight month. That’s largely across the board. Ford, GM, Fiat-Chrysler and Toyota all reported lower sales. That means the bonanza that the auto industry has been enjoying for the past several years may be cooling off. That means dealership lots are […]
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Are foreign automakers feeling pressured by Trump?

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 10, 2017
Toyota is investing $1.3 billion to upgrade 30-year-old equipment at its manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. The factory is going to start producing a new Camry in June. The automaker says this investment has been in the works for years and was not driven by the border tax floated by President Trump. But that doesn’t […]
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Trump’s Toyota Twitter feud: does it matter?

by Lewis Wallace
Jan 6, 2017
Toyota is the latest company whose stock took a hit after the president-elect threatened to punish the carmaker for its plans to build Corollas in Mexico. Toyota’s planning to move production out of Canada, not the U.S. In any case, that makes Toyota his first foreign target for a tweet about tariffs. Michelle Krebs, a […]
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Will a national charging-station network boost electric vehicle sales?

by Scott Tong
Nov 3, 2016
Low EV sales has sparked action from the White House.
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Prius sales are down in the US. Why?

by Jed Kim
Sep 8, 2016
Low gas prices may lessen the shine on hybrids, but that's not the only reason.
Priuses have become synonymous with highly fuel-efficient vehicles.
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
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Car sales leveling off

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 4, 2016
Recent sales reports point to a plateau in vehicle sales in the U.S.
Toyota sales are down about 1 percent from this time last year.
David McNew/Getty Images
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Toyota makes the case for hydrogen power

by Molly Wood
Apr 11, 2016
The company's new Mirai envisions a world where we fill up with hydrogen instead of gas.
The interior of the Toyota Mirai, on display at the New York International Auto Show.
Stephanie Hughes / Marketplace
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What do young buyers want in an auto, anyway?

by Nova Safo
Feb 19, 2016
Instead of edgy design, they want value and reliability. Just like their parents.
Toyota's last Scion model is this concept car, which will be folded into the Toyota brand.
Nova Safo/Marketplace
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Takata, Toyota, GM: how do companies survive recalls?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 25, 2015
Product recalls happen all the time. Just last week, there were 11 not including food products.
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Toyota ramps up expansion plans

by Adam Allington
Apr 16, 2015
The car maker announced plans to build plants in Mexico and China.
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