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  • March 15: Mike Michels, VP of communications for Toyota Sales USA, says the accelerator pedal of a man's Pruis that allegedly sped out of control was tested and found to be working normally. Watch his entire statement.  (NBC News)Toyota said there were "significant inconsistencies" between a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control and the findings of the company's preliminary investigation.


    7:53 pm on March 15, 2010
     

  • U.S. safety investigators have found no evidence so far to support or disprove a California motorist's claim his Toyota Prius sped out of control on its own last week, and cautioned the case may never be explained.
    10:00 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • New light-vehicle sales in Mexico fell in January for the 18th straight month. Sales declined 8 percent from January 2009 to 64,066 vehicles.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • Opel/Vauxhall's planned new minicar will be a trendsetter in its segment, the brand's sales and marketing chief Alain Visser said. Visser said Opel plans a car below its Corsa to meet the growing demand in Europe for small, fashionable cars.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • Saab is in talks with up to a half dozen automakers on sharing technology on future models, Spyker CEO Victor Muller told Automotive News Europe.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • Here are profiles of some of the 28 finalists for the 2010 Automotive News PACE Awards. This group highlights environmental innovations.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • With its sales plunging 52 percent this year in a market up 10 percent, Suzuki is struggling to stay upright. But the troubled brand has provided Scott Pitman his big break. Now the 42-year-old Wichita, Kan.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • As a teenager in Kenya, Dean Parpia's dream was eventually to take over his father's auto dealership in the capital city of Nairobi. Then life happened.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • Dealer Ralph Martinez's recent attempt to buy a $4 million Subaru dealership suddenly collapsed when the bank rejected the deal. "It's not about equity," says Martinez, a multifranchise operator in Portland, Ore. "I was going to put down 66 percent.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

  • A six-month truce in the industry's incentive wars is breaking down, and Toyota -- that paragon of marketing discipline -- is getting the blame.
    1:01 am on March 15, 2010
     

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