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		<title>EV Mode Creates Crisis Mode For Engine Parts Makers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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For manufacturers of engine timing chains, main bearings or any of the hundreds of unique components for engines and transmissions, EVs like the Nissan Leaf pose an enormous threat. Decades of investment in the manufacturing technologies and IP are potentially rendered irrelevant if the switch to battery-powered EVs progresses at the rate that its optimists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is South Korea The New Japan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cammy Corrigan</dc:creator>
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Reuters reports that Japanese manufacturers are running scared from Hyundai-Kia. A combination of a rising Yen and South Korea sealing more and more free trade agreements with other countries has helped Hyundai-Kia immensely. Of course, copying Toyota&#8217;s business model of building reliable cars at affordable prices has helped greatly, too. All this momentum from South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honda: Supercar Sour Grapes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Future Vehicles]]></category>
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After months of teases and race-car previewing, Toyota is publicly unveiling its production-spec LF-A supercar at the Tokyo Auto Show [via Automotive News [sub]]. And it&#8217;s a legitimate front-engine supercar, with a 4.8 liter V10 motivating it to 60 MPH in 3.7 seconds. It even has a true supercar pricetag: $375,000. But how does this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Mark X Marks The Spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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Since it&#8217;s shaping up to be Luxury Sedan Day here at TTAC (actually, it&#8217;s water-heater explosion day here at TTAC West, but that&#8217;s another, less-interesting story) we thought we&#8217;d show you Toyota&#8217;s Mark X [via Autocar], a sedan it figures could be a budget competitor to the BMW 5 series. But rather than getting hung [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitsubishi And Peugeot/Citroen Sitting In A Tree?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Vehicles]]></category>
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A touching story of auto-industry love may be developing between Mitsubishi and PSA, reports All Cars Electric, citing Wards [sub] and French newspaper reports. It seems the French concern was deeply smitten with Mitsubishi&#8217;s $45k MiEV electric car and pursued the option for Citroen and Peugeot-branded versions. And apparently, the more PSA learned about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick Your Scion Lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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As the latest sales show (and have been showing for some time now) Scion is one hot mess. And though the best advice we can give is for Toyota to start selling its JDM confections as Toyotas, somehow we don&#8217;t think the big T wants to hear it. Instead, why not pick a new lineup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Toyobaru Coupe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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The FT-86 concept, based on an RWD variant of the Subaru Impreza chassis, has been revealed at the Tokyo Auto Show. And behold, the Toyobaru coupe of internet legend appears to be in near-production trim. With a 2.0 boxer four, a six-speed manual and a forecast base price of under $30k, the FT-86 hopes to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quote Of The Day: Meet The New Upstart Edition</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-meet-the-new-upstart-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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Hyundai is awesome. They are undoubtedly a threat because their products are cheap, and the quality is improving
Honda CEO Takanobu Ito in the Canadian Press. &#8220;Hyundai is the biggest threat for the Japanese automakers,&#8221; adds Nissan senior VP Shiro Nakamura. &#8220;We have to offer the equivalents of sushi, tempura and kaiseki to compete against Korean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Akio Toyoda: My Company Is &#8220;Grasping For Salvation&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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Akio Toyoda faces the music at the Japan Press Club [Video available via Bloomberg]
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: Rebadging The Rebadge Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
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We thought the Lexus HS250h would be a cynical rebadge of the Prius with a little more power. We were wrong. The HS was marginally unique enough, but then ToMoCo went and cynically reabdged it as a Toyota and called it the Sai. Sigh. It hasn&#8217;t been confirmed for the US yet, but if it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Auto Motor und Sport Celebrates Sixty Years of Kei Cars</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/auto-motor-und-sport-celebrates-60-years-of-kei-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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We&#8217;ve missed the actual anniversary- Japan&#8217;s first &#8220;kei car&#8221; specifications were first announced on July 8 1949- but Japan&#8217;s city cars still deserve a party. Auto Motor und Sport has a 51-image gallery of Kei-cars throughout the years that is sure to delight fans of tiny, sub-liter whips. For those unfamiliar with the Kei class, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suzuki, Mitsubishi: Japanese Surrender?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/suzuki-mitsubishi-japanese-surrender/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/suzuki-mitsubishi-japanese-surrender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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The worst recession in half a century will be prolonged as consumers see their jobs go away and their home prices head south, economists Nouriel Roubini and Robert Shiller warn on Bloomberg. The University of  Michigan index of consumer sentiment fell by more than forecast to 64.6 from 70.8 in the prior month. And [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Volkswagen Denies Ultimatum, Suzuki Denies Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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Over the weekend, Porsche complained loudly about a Monday ultimatum to accept Volkswagen&#8217;s merger proposal&#8212;or else. The answer from Wolfsburg: &#8220;Ultimatum? What ultimatum?&#8221;
&#8220;There is no ultimatum,&#8221; a VW spokesman told Reuters. He would not comment further.
Parallel worlds? Porsche Chairman Wolfgang Porsche and his deputy on the supervisory board, Uwe Hueck, said in a statement on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Second Charge Battery Developed. Ish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Japan&#8217;s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have co-developed a nickel-hydrogen battery that recharges in less than 10 seconds, the Nikkei [sub] reports. That should get your plug-in EV or hybrid back on the road much faster than getting a tank of gas, a coffee and a doughnut. The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Overpriced EV of the Day: Mitsubishi MiEV</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/overpriced-ev-of-the-day-mitsubishi-miev/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/overpriced-ev-of-the-day-mitsubishi-miev/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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Mitsubishi has announced Japanese market pricing for its MiEV electric car, and it&#8217;s a staggering ¥4.38 million, or $45,660 according to Automotive News [sub]. And what does that buy you? 100 miles of lithium-ion powered range, 4 doors, a 14 hour charge time on 100-volt power (seven hours on 200 volts and 30 minutes on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Toyota Slashes Global Production by 46 Percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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Holy global overcapacity, Batman! Trading Markets reports that the world&#8217;s largest automaker is cutting Japanese production in half and overseas production by 43 percent, as it struggles to touch bottom. Toyota and its Hino and Daihatsu subsidiaries will produce 433,979 units gobally in April, down 46 percent from April 2008. Exports from Japan have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Battery Maker Imports Electric Car From Detroit</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/japanese-battery-maker-imports-electric-car-from-detroit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 06:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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Yuasa is a well-known Japanese supplier of batteries. They just started to target the burgeoning market for automotive lithium cells. They commemorated this occasion with an electric car imported from the U.S.&#8212;in 1917.

Genzo Shimazu, the first president of Japan Storage Battery Co., one of GS Yuasa&#8217;s forerunners, had imported the Detroit, manufactured by Detroit Electric [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meanwhile In Japan: Hot Hybrids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 07:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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While sales of hybrids and plugins languish in the US, and are, for all intents and purposes, non-existent in Europe, in Japan, &#8220;the popularity of Honda Motor Co.&#8217;s Insight hybrid and the even greater popularity of Toyota Motor Corp.&#8217;s new Prius highlights that eco-friendly models are one of the few bright spots for automakers,&#8221; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Prepares Management Purge</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-prepares-management-purge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Putting the &#8220;continuous&#8221; in &#8220;continuous improvement,&#8221; Toyota plans on replacing 40 percent of its senior managers and half the board members while reorganizing its North American business according to the Financial Times. Akio Toyoda takes over as president of his grandfather&#8217;s company next month and clearly wants to set a new tone at the top. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honda Insight Tops Japanese Sales Figures</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/honda-insight-tops-japanese-sales-figures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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Such as they are. Japanese sales are set to fall below 5 million in 2009 for the first time in nearly thirty years. But even with Japan&#8217;s sales slump particularly affecting standard-sized cars, Honda moved 10,481 units of its new hybrid on the Japanese market last month. That makes it the best selling car in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subaru Posts First Loss in 15 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/land-of-the-rising-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/land-of-the-rising-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Nante hazukashi! (How embarrassing!) Japanese car manufacturers show very bad manners and use red ink in their books.
Fuji Heavy, makers of Subaru, posted its first net loss in 15 years in the fiscal year ended March, the Nikkei [sub] says. Resposible? The usual suspects: Sluggish consumption, tighter conditions, a drop in vehicle sales in all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Parts Makers Want Government $$$</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/japanese-parts-makers-want-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Let&#8217;s see what comments this one gets: Seven Japanese companies have applied for the US government&#8217;s relief program for auto parts and materials suppliers of GM and Chrysler, the Nikkei [sub] says.
The program earmarked $5 billion in public funds to make suppliers whole who are owed money by the two artists.

Four Japanese applicants&#8212;Aisin Seiki, Akebono [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carmageddon Continues</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/carmageddon-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/carmageddon-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 06:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Nikkei [sub] brings the cheery weekend news that Japanese new car sales are at their lowest level in the last 41 years of recorded history. Nipponese bought only 284,035 units in April, a drop of 23 percent on the year. Last month, the Japanese government launched tax breaks for fuel-efficient cars, but they kept consumers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ToMoCo: Steeper Losses Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/tomoco-steeper-losses-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/tomoco-steeper-losses-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Formerly proud Toyota is staring in the eyes of another multi-billion dollar loss for the new 2009 fiscal year, the  Nikkei [sub] reports. The fiscal year lasts through March 2010. According to estimates, the world&#8217;s largest automaker will report a loss of around $5 billion for the 2008 fiscal that just ended on March 31. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nipponese Stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nipponese-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nipponese-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Faced with ever dropping car sales and an aging population, Japan is turning up the money tap to solve both. According to Reuters, Japan is considering introducing subsidies of up to $3K for the purchases of gasoline/electricity hybrids and other low emission vehicles. If the opposition party has their say, certain demographically desirable emissions will [...]]]></description>
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