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Honda Motor expects its global sales to remain strong thanks to brisk sales in the U.S. and China. Japanese automaker expects its group operating profit to jump 19% to 600 billion yen ($5.58 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 2017.Through the previous year Honda had important expenses because of the recalls of vehicles with defective Takata air bags, including recalls demanded in May by U.S. authorities. Therefore, the matter will have no impact on earnings in the current fiscal year, as quality-related expenses are to decrease considerably. ...
Toyota Motor Corporation has recently declared that the company has recorded sales of 9 million hybrid vehicles. Toyota is currently selling thirty-three hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid model in more than ninety countries and regions. The Japanese car maker has recorded sales of 9.014 million units as it was declared on April 30. As for the the hybrid revolution in particular, it started with the Prius, which was launched in December 1997 in Japan and then subsequently in Europe and America. Prius still remains one of the most popular and spread hybrids on the...
If you're a high-school or college student you can't afford one of those luxury brands of cars you might want, and still a car stays a daily need for everyone. Here are some hints on what is a perfect car for a student. This list includes nine cars that college graduates might consider, it includes a Fiat 500X with a starting price of around $21.000, Honda Civic $19.400, Kia Soul $16.700, Scion iA $16.500 and Subaru Crosstrek $22.500. All of these prices are below $33.865 which is an average vehicle transaction price in April, the price is up 2% since April last year.&n...
Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata Corp. is expected to additionally recall around 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles. The expanded recall will be phased in over several years and more than double what is already the largest and most complex auto safety recall in U.S. history. After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed findings from three outside investigations concerning the defective airbag inflators, Takata had to work on a plan for the expanded callback. The inflators contain propellant that can deploy with too much f...
Just as if the problems with the production haults at the Japanese plants were not enough, Toyota Motor Corp. notes a global sales decline in the first quarter of this year. Toyota's sales results fell behind Volkswagen AG's, and this disrupted the Japanese automaker's four-year reign atop vehicle industry sales charts. In the January-to-March period Toyota's worldwide deliveries dropped 2.3% to 2.46 million vehicles. In the same time Volkswagen deliveries rose 0.8% to 2.5 million. In the context of Japan's recent most devastating e...
