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Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to lift its worldwide production goal for Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the April-September half by about 150,000 units to slightly more than 4.5 million, the Nikkei reported in its Thursday morning edition.

According to Millward Brown's annual ranking of the world's top brands, Toyota Motor Corp has overtaken German luxury carmaker BMW as the most valuable automotive brand, Automotive News Europe has reported.

The Justice Department says two more Japanese executives at a major auto supplier have agreed to plead guilty and serve time in prison as part of a wide-ranging three-year FBI investigation into auto parts price fixing.

Derbyshire County Council held its twelfth annual event on Saturday and Sunday, staging it in the grounds of its Elvaston Castle and Country Park for the first time.

Ryder System <R.N), a truck rental and supply chain management company, could see its shares rise as much as 20 percent, according to a Barron's report.

A Toyota Motor Corp.,'s model is on display at the automaker's Tokyo head office in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 8, 2013.The automaker is heading for a huge class-action lawsuit stemming from widespread breaking problems in 2010 In 2010, Toyota recalled millions of vehicles for "unintended acceleration" issues, which generated lots of negative press for ... (more)

Toyota Motor Corp is planning to increase production of lithium-ion batteries by six times, as the automaker prepares to eventually use them in its flagship Prius gasoline-electric hybrid cars, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.

Our tiniest Toyota is about to get a little French flair. The Japanese automaker announced Thursday that its Toyota Motor Manufacturing France facility would begin building Yaris models destined for North America specifically, the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Shares of General Motors reached an important milestone on Friday, closing above their initial public offering price of $33 for the first time in more than two years.

Toyota Motor Corp. has reclaimed the title of largest company in Asia by market value.

The latest tranche of Japan's growth strategy will aim to triple infrastructure exports and double farm exports by 2020, as well as boost private investment, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday.

Potential class members in the sudden acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp.

Asian shares rose as stocks in Japan climbed to their highest level since December 2007 and yields on the nation's 10-year bond advanced to the most in more than a year.

Potential class members in the sudden acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp.

On Monday May 12, Toyota Motor Corp. announced its plans to lobby US regulators in an effort to get a new headlight-based technology approved.

Daniel Loeb, founder of Third Point, participates in a panel discussion in Las Vegas in this May 9, 2012 file photo.

Hyundai Motor Co., Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit, Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.

Toyota Motor Corp. : Toyota has a creative method for reducing the number of pedestrian deaths that occur at night, or in the darker hours of the evening: new headlights that use a physical shade to shield oncoming traffic from the bright lights, in place of the traditional low-beams. As a result, the redirected light won't blind other drivers, but ... (more)

"Every time Windsor goes on break, we go on break," says Dan Hillock, Dakkota's director of operations.

Improvements in automaker-supplier relations are stalling, with the difference between the top- and bottom-ranked companies narrowing, according to a survey of auto-parts makers in North America.