Automotive Logistics Magazine – Although Toyota has roared back to the top of the global sales chart, driven by recovery in North America and Asia, a European market in its fifth consecutive year of decline has left the manufacturer’s volume in the region close to 40% lower than its 2007 peak. While Toyota Motor Europe […]
Automotive Logistics Magazine – Mazda will build a Toyota sub-compact vehicle based on its own Mazda2 platform at the Mexican plant it is currently building in Salamanca, in the central state of Guanajuato, due for completion in 2014. It is the first time that Mazda has built a vehicle for its rival. Mazda said the […]
Automotive Logistics Magazine – Workers across Southern Europe are staging a coordinated general strike today that has shut car production plants, halted transport links and grounded flights across the region. The action is also hitting ports and customs offices.
Wards Auto – They tried to be something other than vehicle manufacturing companies. When they focused on being banks and mortgage lenders and impressing Wall Street, they took their eye off the ball of their core business. Design faltered, quality slipped and market share skidded. Disaster ensued.
The Detroit News – Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to pay $25.5 million to settle claims from shareholders who said they were harmed by the Japanese automaker’s recall for unintended acceleration of millions of vehicles in 2009-10, court documents filed Tuesday show.
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Automotive Fleet – In a survey of commercial fleet managers, the top challenges in 2012 will be fleet cost-reduction mandates, fuel price volatility, difficulty greening fleets, fleet safety, and increasing driver productivity.
As Chevin Fleet Solutions in the U.S. celebrates a decade of successful business, Ron Katz, senior VP of North American Sales, takes a look back over the 10 most notable fleet management trends of the past 10 years. From boom to bust, the past 10 years have brought a number of trends and changes that […]
Joe Mejaly, vice president and president of Meritor’s aftermarket and trailer segment, is leaving the component manufacturer after 27 years, Meritor announced Monday. Perdo Ferro is replacing him, the company says, and will manage “all aspects of the company’s aftermarket and trailer businesses,†says an announcement from the company.
