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BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Gail Edmondson |
Lexus: Still Looking For Traction In Europe Lexus is going nowhere fast in Europe: After 12 years in showrooms, last year it registered sales of just 21,156 cars -- down 11% from 2001 -- compared with more than 234,000 in the U.S. To make Lexus a success, though, Toyota needs to establish it as a separate brand. |
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Kitamura et al. |
Why Lexus Doesn't Lead the Pack in China A late start and high taxes have left Toyota's luxury brand stuck behind rivals. |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 David Welch |
Is Lexus Sexy Enough To Seduce Europe? Lexus will amp up its cars' pizzazz and ditch the understated styling. |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Tim Higgins |
Lexus Cedes Ground in the U.S. to Mercedes and BMW Toyota's quality problems - and aggressive pricing by Mercedes - have fueled market share losses at Lexus. |
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Bremner & Roberts |
Asia: Audi Needs To Burn Rubber Audi is winning plaudits in Europe and the U.S. as it launches hit model after hit model in the luxury-auto segment. Asian car enthusiasts love the brand, too. |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 David Welch |
A Rival For BMW? The sporty GS Lexus 430 has what it takes to match the German carmaker -- almost. |
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Ian Rowley |
Stuck In The Slow Lane In Japan In April, Antonio Zara took over one of General Motors Corp.'s toughest jobs: president of vehicle sales for Japan, a country where U.S. nameplates have less than 1% of the market. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Chester Dawson |
Wanted: Toyotas That Say "Toyota" With a 99-vehicle lineup, the automaker lacks a recognizable visual style |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Scion Rising The youth-targeted Scion may be the most powerful weapon Toyota has as it grows its market share in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Bremner & Dawson |
Can Anything Stop Toyota? An inside look at how it's reinventing the auto industry. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Drake Bennett |
Toyota Doubles Down on Japan While economic forces dictate more overseas plants, Toyota has recommitted to domestic production -- for economic, political, and institutional reasons. |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 John Rosevear |
Ford Hits Toyota Where It Hurts Longtime quality paragon Toyota actually dragged down the average in the most recent edition of the widely watched J.D. Power Initial Quality Study for automakers. |
BusinessWeek January 22, 2007 Ian Rowley |
Even Toyota Isn't Perfect A raft of recalls lately has Toyota scrambling to safeguard its reputation for quality. |
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Thomas & Cremer |
Audi Feels a Need for Speed in the U.S. Volkswagen's Audi brand, the luxury car leader in both China and Europe, is aggressively moving to boost sales in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2005 Mike Cianciolo |
Toyota's Still the Best Automaker reports increased profits on strong global sales. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Mike Cianciolo |
Toyota Smokes the Competition The leader of the Japanese auto market sets a list of records. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Rich Smith |
Toyota's Hot, Daimler's Not Toyota makes six out of the 10 fastest-selling autos in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek June 19, 2006 David Welch |
How Do You Turn On The #@!&% Air? A J.D. Power study finds luxury cars like Mercedes and BMW overloaded with complexity |
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 David Welch |
Autos: Not Your Father's...Whatever What does Gen Y want in a car? To auto makers' surprise, it's price and value |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Chester Dawson |
Buy A Toyota, Get A Mortgage The auto giant is setting up a bank and eyeing the consumer credit markets. |
BusinessWeek January 8, 2009 David Welch et al. |
A Green Auto Show This year's Detroit auto show, which runs from Jan. 11 to Jan. 25, promised to be a subdued affair. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Chester Dawson |
An Endurance Test For Japanese Carmakers Is Japan's long-suffering auto market poised for a rebound? For the moment, yes. Sales in the world's second-largest car market rose last year for the first time since 2000. |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 David Welch |
Reinventing the Hybrid Wheel Will Toyota and others convince buyers that the latest models are more than weird science? |
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Gail Edmondson |
Hot Audi It's finally blasting into the luxury-car pack. Can it stay there? |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Welch, Rowley & Eidam |
How Honda Is Stalling In The U.S. Until recently, Honda Motor Co. seemed unstoppable, but its most popular models are showing signs of weakness and the mighty yen is hurting profits. |
BusinessWeek March 11, 2010 Alan Ohnsman et al. |
The Humbling of Toyota A combination of high-speed global growth and ambitious cost cuts led to the quality lapses that have tarnished the once-mighty brand. How it all went wrong. |
Popular Mechanics March 1, 2010 David Kiley |
What's Next for Toyota: Your Top Recall Questions, Answered Questions still linger, notably, what will be the ultimate consequence of Toyota's nightmare episode. |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 David Welch |
Staying Paranoid At Toyota Fearful of "big-company disease," Toyota keeps scrambling to retool itself. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 Rich Smith |
BMW Predicts Luxurious Earnings BMW is setting the bar high for itself in 2004, maybe too high. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2004 John Teresko |
Asia -- Yesterday's Fast Followers, Today's Global Leaders After revolutionizing the auto industry with radical vehicle production methods, the Japanese -- with growing participation from the rest of Asia -- are now assaulting the West's lead in technology, styling and marketing. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Bob Hirschfeld |
Dealing On a Large Scale Revenues at automobile retailers now approach $1 trillion annually, or about one-fifth of total domestic retail sales. But more important to investors is the fact that this industry is in the process of consolidating, and that spells opportunity. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Shubh Datta |
Toyota: Uncertainty Looms Ahead Toyota saw a decline in its profits by a whopping 77% in its last fiscal quarter. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Rich Smith |
Toyota Cruises, Hyundai Stalls There are few surprises in J.D. Power and Associates' latest report on vehicle reliability. |
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ian Rowley |
Toyota: Way, Way Off-Road Toyota has moved into consulting, prefab houses, advertising, health-care support, even sweet potatoes. |
Popular Mechanics January 22, 2010 David Kiley |
Toyota Tackles Sudden Acceleration With New Recall The Japanese automaker announced a recall of 2.3 million Toyota vehicles on Jan. 21, admitting to a problem with accelerator pedals it sourced dating back to 2005 from Indiana-based supplier CTS Automotive Products. |
The Motley Fool March 27, 2009 Rich Smith |
Detroit Rules the Roost Would you really rather have a Buick? |
BusinessWeek March 5, 2007 Ian Rowley |
Toyota's Bid for a Better Battery CEO Watanabe confirms that Toyota will develop new lithium-ion batteries for its third-generation hybrids. |
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Ian Rowley |
Cars That Brake When You Don't Japan leads the way in high-tech gadgets that help prevent auto accidents. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2010 Rich Smith |
Picture of the Day: Toyota -- Moving Backward Citing a range of problems newly discovered -- problems with fuel pumps, problems with the brake fluid -- Toyota this morning announced it must recall 740,000 Lexus, Avalon, and Highlander models in the U.S. |
Car and Driver September 2005 |
Spied! Seen here is a computer rendering of what the production model 2007 Lexus LS might look like. |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2006 Rich Smith |
The Hottest Rod in Detroit GM gets bragging rights as the new Sky convertible from its Saturn division earned top honors as the hottest model in America. |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2011 Shubh Datta |
Honda's Struggles Likely to Grow Honda plans to cut production from Japan, post-Japanese crisis. |
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Adam Aston |
Running Out Of Road Micheline Maynard doesn't drop any bombshells in The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market. Instead, she builds a persuasive case with layers of detail, a methodical recounting of the imports' successes and Detroit's repeated fumbles over the past 30 years. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 John Rosevear |
A Real Problem for Toyota Those recalls? Forget 'em -- Toyota has a real problem now. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 David Welch |
The Second Coming Of Cadillac Now its cars are cool. Will bold design and lots of horsepower keep the brand rolling? |
BusinessWeek February 3, 2010 David Welch |
Toyota's Recalls: A Tough Road Back Why Toyota may take years to win back the confidence of car buyers, assuming the flurry of recalls is over. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Rich Smith |
Japan's Hybrid Statement America is going to become the center of Japanese hybrid-car production. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Green & Ohnsman |
At Subaru, Sharing the Love Is a Market Strategy This quirky car brand barreled through the recession. |
BusinessWeek May 6, 2010 Keith Naughton |
With Lincoln, Ford Isn't in the Lap of Luxury After its sale of Land Rover, Jaguar, and Volvo, Ford banks on Lincoln. |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Gail Edmondson |
It Looks Like BMW By A Nose A slew of new models could propel the car-maker past Mercedes |