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Best And Worst States To Drive, 2012 Scion iQ, Recalls: Today's Car News
24 May 2012, 10:21 am
Today at The Car Connection we dug deep into the data and found the best--and worst--states to drive in, and built an infographic to illustrate it. Green Car Reports tests the 2013 Scion iQ and finds it lacks a certain something despite rating 37 mpg in a cute, compact body. Jeep and Chevy are looking into the 2010 Wrangler and the 2011-12 Cruze...
Bringing Up Scion, Toyota Overhauls Brand and Products
20 May 2012, 12:08 am
Toyota?s Scion is growing up. The marque, hatched in 2003 as the company?s ?youth? brand, remains its forward agent among the American Millennial generation ? but in a new approach to the target, Scion is expanding its heretofore limited vehicle lineup, skewing its advertising more toward traditional themes, and probably ditching the pace-setting box design ...
China automakers look overseas as local slowdown pinches
11 May 2012, 12:43 pm
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Ramped-up capacity by Chinese automakers during the heady days of 30-50 percent annual growth has bumped headlong into a domestic slowdown, and indigenous firms are now seeking buyers in far-flung corners of the world -- from Egypt to Ukraine to Indonesia. With Western markets still out of reach, China's domestic automakers are staking their export push on the same ...
2012 Scion iQ Driven, Recalls, 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In: Car News Headlines
11 May 2012, 9:36 am
Today at High Gear Media, Patrick Long raced an old Porsche and Nissan is really committed to electric cars. Ford and Ram issued recalls and we found the cheesiest DC fast-charging video ever. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. A new survey revealed eight in 10 drivers admit to texting while driving. Ram...
2012 Scion iQ: Driven
10 May 2012, 7:21 pm
In our first drive of the 2012 Scion iQ, last summer, we were pleasantly surprised—almost smitten—with this new
minicar (sold as a Toyota in other world markets), and impressed that such a daring product is coming to the U.S. Compared to the Smart Fortwo, which is really the only other vehicle in the U.S. that's close to the same size...
March 2012 - Production: global total and Japan
6 May 2012, 7:59 pm
Tokyo, Apr 25, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for March 2012 and for the 2011 fiscal year.
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Bowing to pressure, Fiat halts sales to Iran - FOX News
25 May 2012, 11:25 am
Singer Lopez had been repeatedly asked by United Against Nuclear Iran to renounce her relationship with Fiat after filming a series of commercials for the Fiat 500
minicar last year. Fiat said its sales to Iran were "totally immaterial" in terms ...
Big racing fun comes in small-car packages - msnbc.com
22 May 2012, 10:46 am
Maybe enough fun that some potential
minicar buyers will want to come out and wave the flag for their own car. “Not everybody can afford a Mustang GT,” noted Matus. “It is nice to have something the young person can buy and take pride in ...
Bringing Up Scion, Toyota Overhauls Brand and Products - Forbes
19 May 2012, 11:35 pm
A big part of Scion’s answer is new products. Last fall Scion added the iQ
minicar to its long-extant three-car lineup of xB, xD hatchback, and jaunty tC. Only iQ’s debut allowed Scion to post a 13-percent sales increase for the brand for ...
Subcompact car sales are improving, finally - Auto123
17 May 2012, 1:40 am
So far in 2012, we’ve witnessed a 22% rise in sales within the subcompact and
minicar categories. Several models were redesigned in the last year, and consumers seem to be digging them. Fairly new, the Fiat 500 is at last gaining some momentum.
China carmakers look at exports as slowdown hits - Deccan Herald
16 May 2012, 2:56 pm
“We need to go beyond the China market to survive.” On the frontline of this export push are low-cost cars like the Great Wall Haval sport-utility vehicle models and a
minicar called the Panda - the same affordable cars whose sales are booming in China ...
China automakers look overseas as local slowdown pinches - Reuters
11 May 2012, 12:43 am
"We need to go beyond the China market to survive." On the frontline of this export push are low-cost cars like the Great Wall Haval sport-utility vehicle models and a
minicar called the Panda - the same affordable cars whose sales are booming ...
