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Good news from Toyota gives car industry a boost

05.11.09

Toyota provided more evidence of the recovery in the automotive market, when the Japanese giant reported its losses are not as bad as feared and that it will be back in the black next year ... more

Toyota say sorry as they pull out of F1

04.11.09

Toyota have quit Formula One and then apologised to their supporters for failing to win a race during their eight years in the sport... more

Toyota lying in wait if Jenson Button talks stall

22.10.09

Toyota are poised to make a move for Jenson Button after it emerged that the new world champion was “disappointed” with Brawn GP’s initial offer to stay with them... more

Spiralling costs could push Toyota out of F1

30.09.09

Toyota have admitted they could quit Formula One because of the huge costs involved... more

Three-pronged dose of good news boosts car dealers

30.09.09

Could car dealers be on the road to recovery? ... more

Troubled Toyota is to slash car production

26.08.09

Carmaker Toyota said it will slash global production to match lower sales as recession rumbles on ... more

HSBC putting the brakes on spike in Inchcape’s shares

21.08.09

CAR dealer Inchcape slammed into reverse today as HSBC warned that a recovery in sales remains more than a year away ... more

Footsie suffers from exodus in the Far East and ex-divis

19.08.09

Leading shares reversed yesterday’s gains in early trading as City investors headed for the exit following a late sell-off in Asia this morning ... more

Toyota hybrid cars to be made in UK

17.07.09

Japanese carmaker Toyota will start making a hybrid model of its Auris hatchback in the UK from the middle of next year ... more

Toyota ‘is set to build hybrid cars in Britain’

14.07.09

Toyota is to build a major hybrid car in the UK for the first time, possibly creating thousands of new jobs, reports claimed ... more

Cap row is a concern for Bernie Ecclestone

21.05.09

Formula One: Bernie Ecclestone fears that the row over the budget cap means most teams will miss the deadline for entries for the 2010 season... more

Car giants gear up for green motoring

19.05.09

The green automotive sector took big steps forward around the world, highlighting the seismic shift in emphasis by carmakers away from gas guzzlers ... more

Toyota shocks with first loss

08.05.09

Toyota stunned the world’s stricken car industry by reporting its first-ever annual loss and predicting worse to come in the year ahead... more

Briton killed in beach crash

20.04.09

Residents of a holiday island in Australia where a British backpacker was killed are demanding a speed-limit cut for beach drivers... more

Oil explorer Bowleven hit by fears of new cash call

14.04.09

Shareholders in Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Bowleven may be forced to digest yet more bad news... more

Japan's US car sales confound analysts

02.04.09

Shares in Japanese carmakers Nissan, Honda and Toyota surged after it was revealed that their US sales decline last month was less than analysts feared... more

Lewis Hamilton left trailing as Williams set pace

27.03.09

Formula One: Lewis Hamilton's worst fears have been realised, as he began his world championship defence down among the tailenders... more

Toyota admit F1 quit fears

16.03.09

Toyota revealed they came close to joining Honda in quitting Formula One... more

Toyota set to cut pay and workers hours by 10%

11.03.09

Japanese car giant Toyota has announced cuts in production and pay at its two UK factories in another sign of the crisis facing the motor industry... more

Anxious wait for UK staff as Toyota cuts

13.02.09

Engineering: Toyota's 5000 British workers are watching anxiously as the company, struggling to contain big losses, says it will freeze wages and offer voluntary redundancy to plant workers in North America... more

Toyota in red for the first time in 71 years

06.02.09

Engineering: Carmaker Toyota, which employs 5000 in Britain, has plunged to a third-quarter loss of 164.7billion yen (Ł1.2billion), its first dip into the red in 71 years of trading... more

Top execs face chop at Toyota

23.01.09

Japanese car giant Toyota is said to be preparing for a big jobs cull, but this time it will be executives getting the chop... more

Toyota loss signals end of road for president

24.12.08

Manufacturing: Toyota's 5000 UK workers are to get a new boss as president Katsuaki Watanabe gets ready to step down, taking the blame for the carmaker's first-ever loss... more

Toyota set to slam into red for first time in 70 years

22.12.08

Toyota, the world's most successful car company succumbed to the global financial crisis as it said it is to post its first loss since before the Second World War... more

Toyota gets its first rating downgrade in 10 years

26.11.08

Motor Industry: Japanese car giant Toyota suffered its first credit downgrade in 10 years ... more

Bankers take note: saying sorry can pay dividends

20.10.08

Why is it so difficult for bankers to say sorry? On the Today programme on Friday even John Humphrys lamented the fact that no one in the City can admit fault and utter the "s" word. ... more

Centrica protests too much about fat-cat dividends

04.08.08

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Lewis Hamilton puts the brakes on title talk

21.07.08

Lewis Hamilton warns his McLaren Mercedes team against complacency after a tactical blunder almost cost him victory in the German Grand Prix... more

Sales target cut rocks Toyota

16.07.08

Shares in Toyota fell to their lowest in almost three years today on reports that it will cut its sales target for the year... more

Toyota to build Prius in the US

11.07.08

Toyota, caught by surprise by the runaway popularity of its hybrid petrol-electric, will begin building them in the US after stocks have sold out... more