Trucks and buses: between Toyota and Daimler global alliance in Japan. The new company will be listed in Tokyo
Commercial vehicle maker Daimler Truck wants to merge large parts of its Asian business with its Japanese rival
Stellantis will produce a large van for Toyota, also electric
The two carmakers have expanded the already existing partnership - With this vehicle, Toyota Motor Europe will enter the large light commercial vehicle segment
Bags waiting for the Fed, electric shock from Toyota
Omicron is more worrying than the moves of the central banks, but today all the eyes of the markets are on the board of the Fed - Toyota's Boom which invests 8 trillion yen (equal to 62 billion euros) to get…
Cascade Corporation acquires Lift-Tek from Calvi Holding
Acquisition will combine Lift-Tek's engineering capabilities with Cascade's latest coupler technologies for customers requiring a custom solution for the front of their forklift or automated guided vehicle
Toyota invests 11,4 billion euros in batteries
The Japanese company, which in September will have to slow down production due to microchips, launches the maxi investment between now and 2030 and presents the new hydrogen car
Bond fever and yields still at low levels also for the BTP
The uncertainties of the financial markets are reflected in the rising prices of bonds, whose yields are consequently always falling
Toyota-Suzuki: alliance for autonomous driving
The agreement, which mainly concerns electric and hybrid vehicles, provides for a share swap - The two companies already collaborate in specific sectors and in India
From separate waste collection to hydrogen cars: here's how to imitate the Japanese model
Experimentation leading to the extraction of clean methane and hydrogen from biomass (organic waste but also agricultural waste) is increasingly active in the laboratories of the Environment Park in Turin - Japan is already betting strongly on hydrogen cars but in Italy…
Toyota revolution: goodbye diesel, focus on hybrid and electric
The revolution started on January 1st: the models of the Japanese house Aygo, C-HR, Yaris, Auris, Rav and the entire Prius collection will no longer be available with diesel engines.
Toyota-Mazda: alliance on US electric cars
The agreement is based on cross-shareholdings, the development of electric technologies and vehicles and a joint investment of 1,6 billion dollars to build a new plant in the US.
Volkswagen beats Dieselgate: it surpasses Toyota and is first for sales
Despite the effects of Dieselgate, the German company is the one that sold the most cars in 2016 - The Japanese giant stopped at 10,175 million cars registered, against 10,312 for Volkswagen.
Toyota launches Kirobo Mini, the robot for drivers
In case of hard braking, the little humanoid says: "Ooops!" - According to the creators, it has the intelligence of a 5-year-old child, is able to recognize faces and chat
Toyota recalls 3,37 million cars
Problems with the airbags and the fuel tank - The measure mainly concerns the Prius and the models of the luxury brand Lexus.
Antitrust: fine of 650 thousand euros to FCA, Toyota and Nissan
The companies were fined for providing "incomplete and ambiguous" information on the total cost of the advertised cars
Toyota, Toshio Horikiri for the first time in Italy: innovation feeds the future
The Toyota guru explains the secrets of innovation at a conference in Brescia: incremental and radical - Speech by Marco Vitale
Toyota, the guru Horikiri visits Brescia
Toshio Horikiri, one of the world's leading experts on the Toyota Production System, speaks for the first time in Italy illustrating the relevance of the Toyota philosophy - The event today at 16,30 pm at the Santa Giulia Museum.
Toyota recalls nearly 3 million cars
Precautionary measure for problems with the seat belts of the Vanguard SUV and the 4x4 Rav4. "In the event of a frontal crash at high speed, the metal frame of the rear seat could come into contact with the seat belt webbing…
Toyota: profit +9,2% in 9 months, target raised for the year
Now the Japanese auto giant expects a record net profit of 2.270 billion yen (+4,4% on an annual basis), instead of the 2.250 expected.
Toyota surpasses Volkswagen and returns to be the queen of cars
Meanwhile, an EU report published today by the Financial Times shows that the problem of suspicious emissions had already emerged two years ago in Europe, but had been ignored.
Stock exchanges 2015, Italy grows twice as fast as Europe: Piazza Affari +19,5%
During the year, Piazza Affari gained 19,5%, double the average rise of the European stock exchanges - Today, however, the markets expect a slow start in the Old Continent even if good signals are coming from China - FCA,…
Toyota recalls 6,5 million cars: power window problems
The recalled models include the Yaris, Corolla, Camry and Rav4 SUV produced between 2005 and 2010 - Approximately 2,7 million of these were sold in North America and 1,2 million in Europe.
Auto Sales: Toyota is confirmed as the queen in 2014
Behind the Japanese group are Volkswagen and General Motors - The German group exceeds, like Toyota, 10 million cars sold - General Motors stops just below
Airbag Takata, Toyota, will recall more cars
This is a new blow for the world's largest car company which has already recalled thousands of cars with defective airbags and a blow to the airbag company, now accused of hiding for…
Auto, Toyota sells more than all in 2014
Toyota maintained its lead in global sales, beating rivals Volkswagen and General Motors once again in the first nine months of 2014. All thanks to record sales of 7,615 million vehicles,…
Killer airbags recall 14 million cars from 11 manufacturers
They were built by the Japanese company Takata, now in the sights of the USA - The recalls, issued by the road traffic safety authority in the United States, concern Toyota (which recalled 247.000 cars, SUVs and pickups), Honda, Nissan, Mazda…
Brake problems: Toyota recalls 1,75 million vehicles
The company specified that there were no accidents, but that the defects detected could cause "a progressive deterioration of brake performance" with the risk of fire, in the worst cases - Among the models recalled are the Crown sedans,…
Toyota is losing ground on the Russian market
The car sales of the Japanese company in Moscow could fall to the worst level since the international economic and financial crisis also due to the sanctions imposed on Russia on the Ukrainian crisis which have weakened an economy already in difficulty.
Usa, Toyota withdraws 690 vehicles
Subject of recall Tacoma pickups: there is a suspension fault that could cause the vehicle to catch fire - This is the third recall of Toyota cars this month, involving a total of 840.000 vehicles.
Cars: Toyota improves profit, BMW shines
The Japanese company archives the April-June period with a net profit of 587 billion yen (about 5,7 billion dollars), up 4,6% on the same period of the previous year - The German giant, on the other hand, closed The second one…
R&D Mediobanca, in 5 years the biggest multinationals will be Asian: Gazprom confirms itself first
Asian multinationals are destined to become the largest in the world in five years, while within twenty years the Central and South American ones could surpass those of Europe, the USA and Japan. This is the consideration that emerges from the data of the nineteenth edition…
Japan, from castor oil the most resistant bioplastic in the world
Toyota took care of it, extracting a polyamide (PA 11) from castor oil and using it to produce, alloyed with polypropylene (PP), a bioplastic material ten times more resistant than standard polypropylene.
Toyota, 2013-2014 record: profit of 13,6 billion euros (+90%)
Toyota's fiscal year 2013-2014 closed with a net profit up 90% on an annual basis, to 13,6 billion euros - Revenues also grew, +16,4% on the year - Pushing the house performance…
Toyota recalls over 6 million cars for technical problems: there is also the Yaris
27 models including the Yaris were involved: 2,3 million were recalled in North America, 1,09 million in Japan and 770 in Europe, the rest in other parts of the world.
Toyota, 70% of cars will be hybrid
Hybrid cars are at the heart of the strategy of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota which will soon devote 70% of the production of Lexus luxury cars to this type of machine.
Toyota recalls 1,9 million Prius hybrids
The faulty hybrid system could cause the car to stop suddenly, "Maybe even suddenly" - Half of the cars affected are circulating in Japan, while another 713 were sold in North America and 130 in Europe.
Cars: Volkswagen surpasses GM to become the second largest manufacturer in the world by sales
Toyota remains the undisputed leader, with 9,98 million vehicles sold - Volkswagen takes second place, with 9,72 million, and displaces General Motors, standing at 9,71 million - The gap with the Japanese is narrowing, but Toyota tip…
Hybrid cars, possible Fiat-Toyota collaboration
The president of the Japanese company, leader in the development of hybrid vehicles with the Prius, announced that the company could evaluate a request for the supply of hybrid technology by Fiat - And on the integration with Chrisler: "The two groups…
Toyota, the decline in the yen boosts earnings: +93% in the first quarter
The second quarter, i.e. the first of the current fiscal year, closed with revenues of 6.255 billion yen, up 13,7% year-on-year - Operating profit rose to 663,3 billion yen , from 353,1…
Auto market, Toyota always in the lead: record sales in the USA
The Japanese giant confirms its lead in the global ranking of vehicle sales - And while Detroit sinks, the Japanese manufacturer conquers the United States.
Toyota recalls 242 cars
New operating problems afflict specimens of the Japanese house, forcing it to repair. This time the problem is with the braking system and involves around 1.914 cars in Italy.
Toyota, net profit up to over 7 billion euros
Japan's leading automaker announced operating earnings of 1.320 billion yen (more than 10 billion euros), quadrupling from 355,6 billion in the previous year and well above the official estimate of 860 billion yen released in…
Defective airbags: 3,39 million Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda cars recalled
The Japanese Transport Ministry explained that the airbag of the vehicles in question, produced between 2000 and 2004, could not trigger correctly due to a malfunction of the system that triggers the inflation of the cushion.
Toyota's weak yen boosts earnings estimates
The Japanese automaker, thanks to the weakening of the yen and the above-expected results on the US market, has revised upwards its estimates on net profit for the current year, bringing them to 860 billion zen, or 6,9 billion EUR.
Toyota returns first in sales: +22,6%, overtaking Volkswagen and GM
After the drop in sales in 2011 due to the tsunami, the Japanese company reaches 9,75 million cars sold and surpasses General Motors and Volkswagen - Registrations up 22,6%, + 35,2% in Japan - The targets…
Cars, Toyota takes back the world scepter: surpassed General Motors, third Volkswagen
The American group, despite growing by 2,9% to 9,2 million cars sold in the last year, is paying for the crisis of Opel and the European market and is once again overtaken by the Japanese.
Toyota and Honda, record sales in the USA
Notably, Toyota's sales rose 27% to 2,08 million units last year - Honda's increase was 24% to 1,42 million.
Toyota, agreement in US class action: disbursement of 1,1 billion dollars
Shares of Toyota soared nearly 3% on Tokyo Stock Exchange following the news as investors say the deal removes uncertainty over the outcome of the deal, and stress that the economic impact is less than market expectations and is manageable .
Toyota raises earnings estimates
The Japanese auto giant raised its annual net profit estimates by 2,6% to 780 billion yen (about 7,8 billion euros), thanks to cost cuts - Toyota also revised downwards the estimates…
Toyota recalls 7,4 million defective cars
The problem is the malfunction of the electric window on the Corolla and Camry models - 204.115 Toyotas are faulty in Italy - The continuous recalls are undermining the Japanese brand's reputation for reliability.
Cars: the China-Japan clash is more harmful than the tsunami
Sino-Japanese dispute over ownership of islands off the China Sea could cost Japan's auto industry even more than the tsunami - China's Passenger Car Association predicts Toyota, Nissan and Honda will lose ground to the brands…
Senkaku/Diaoyu crisis: Toyota, Honda and Nissan shut down plants in China
The three main Japanese car manufacturers have decided to block the production of their plants in China (some partially, some completely) for security reasons, given the escalation of tension between the two countries - For the defense minister…
Toyota triples second-quarter earnings
One year after the Tsunami that shook Japan, between April and June the well-known car manufacturer recorded a net profit of around 3 billion euros, more than three times the 1,16 billion in the same period of…
Draghi effect also on Wall Street and in Asia and today Bot auction under the sign of SuperMario
Piazza Affari in swing - The Draghi effect has spread to all the world's markets and today the Bot auction is held under better auspices after the collapse of the spread - Lagarde warns: the USA is also suffering and keep an eye on…
R&D-Mediobanca survey on multinationals: Toyota always the leader, Eni and Exor in the top 20
MEDIOBANCA 2012 SURVEY ON MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES - The Japanese Toyota remains the largest company in the world with 287 billion euro of total assets - Two Italian companies are among the top twenty in the world: ENI which is twelfth (surpassed Ge)…
Toyota: 8 new models for emerging countries, target of one million sales by 2015
Executive Vice President Yukitoshi Funo: "In emerging markets, there are four or five manufacturers competing for sales leadership. Especially in Southeast Asia, Volkswagen and others are trying to challenge our leadership, and not…
Auto, Toyota re(surpasses) GM: again the first car manufacturer in the world
The Japanese group is once again the world's largest automaker - In the first quarter of the year Toyota regained the record it held in 2008-2009, selling 2,49 million vehicles against 2,28 for General Motors and 2,16 for …
Markets: Asia catches its breath, the yen down. Hopes for Toyota and Japanese exporters
Eastern price lists are clearly recovering today: Japanese exporters welcome the fall of the yen, which gives breath to some manufacturers, Toyota in the lead - The car manufacturer grew for the first time after nine trading sessions…
Markets: Tokyo falls, yen too strong. But the Asian price lists continue to run
Asian stocks rose for third straight day on better-than-expected US manufacturing data, but many Japanese stocks fell on announcement of a yen at monthly highs against the US dollar - Stocks linked…
Toyota: quarterly profit above expectations, annual estimates of 200 billion yen
The Japanese company estimates full-year operating income of 2011 billion yen and net income of 270 billion yen for the whole of 200 - A better-than-expected closing for the third quarter of 2011, equal to 149,7 billion yen.
Toyota: 2011 sales under 8 million, lost the world record
6% drop in Toyota's annual car sales, which fell below 8 million due to the disasters in Japan and Thailand - The Japanese are now only fourth: on the world throne now sits General Motors, in second place…
Auto industry, GM returns to the world top against the eternal rivals Toyota and Volkswagen
The American automaker won't reveal official figures before the end of the month, but, according to rumors, it should have finished 2011 with the sale of 9 million cars and trucks, at least 800 thousand units more than its rivals…
Toyota: a difficult year comes to an end, but in 2012 it will again be a sales record
2011 ends in decline, with 7,38 million vehicles sold, 220 less than the 7,6 million previously declared - The decline is linked to the natural cataclysms that hit East Asia during most of 2011…
Toyota-Bmw, very close to the agreement for the exchange between hybrid technology and turbo-diesel parts
The exchange between the Japanese and German companies is almost official: the former would get the decisive turbo-diesel engines for cost savings, BMW on the other hand would move forward on low environmental impact cars pending the new European regulations…
Chinese companies advance in the Forbes list. Out with the Japanese
For the first time in six years (since it has existed) no Japanese company has appeared in the Forbes ranking of Asian companies that generate the most profits - On the other hand, there are as many as 23 Chinese companies, practically half of those…
Fitch downgrades Toyota due to high yen
Compared to its competitors, the house is particularly exposed to the Japanese currency due to the strong component of production in Japanese plants - The agency has reduced the group's long-terlin debt rating to level A
Auto, in the US, Korean manufacturers are putting the Japanese in difficulty
Seoul's automakers are gaining ground on the US market over Japanese ones - In June and July, Hyundai overtook Toyota for mid-size and luxury vehicles - The international market is starting to trust…
Toyota launches a pleasure yacht. And think about China
The Japanese group presents its new pleasure boat, the Panam-35, in these times of crisis intended above all for the nouveau riche Chinese - an ideal model for cruises and fishing expeditions, worth the equivalent of 540 euros.
Strong yen hits Toyota exports to North America
The Japanese automotive group has announced that it will stop exporting its Camden sedan to the US and Canadian markets - The strengthening of the Japanese currency (at historic highs against the dollar) erodes profits for made in Japan -…
Multinationals, Toyota is always the largest and Eni is the first of the Italians which are only 15
According to the annual survey by R&S-Mediobanca in 2010 multinationals from all over the world have strengthened and Toyota remains the queen (on the Stock Exchange, however, NTT is worth more) but the Italians are less and less: only 15 out of 375. The…