Happy Monday! It’s January 29, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Toyota Land Cruiser Is Back Baby! 1st Gear: Toyota Stops Shipping Diesel Vehicles Over Test ‘Irregularities’ It’s been … Read more
Carmaker Daihatsu recalled more than 320,000 vehicles and extended a factory shutdown on Wednesday, deepening troubles sparked by a major safety testing scandal last month. The Toyota-owned firm notified the transport ministry that it would recall a total of 322,700 vehicles of two models due to a door defect. The company also announced that operations … Read more
Last week we reported on Daihatsu halting sales and shipments of all of its cars amid a probe into the Toyota subsidiary rigging safety tests of 64 different models, and now the situation has gotten even worse. On Wednesday, CNN reported that Daihatsu has now stopped production at all four of its Japanese factories, with … Read more
Daihatsu on Monday suspended operations at three domestic automobile assembly plants in the wake of its vehicle testing fraud scandal. The move comes after the automaker was instructed by the transport ministry last week to stop shipments until its vehicles are confirmed to meet the government’s safety and environmental standards. It is unclear when the … Read more
TOKYO: Toyota Motor’s small car unit Daihatsu Motor will compensate 423 domestic suppliers with which it has direct business relations as its plants in Japan remain idled due to a safety scandal, a spokesperson said on Monday. The small car specialist has halted production in Japan until the end of next month, the spokesperson said. … Read more
OSAKA – Daihatsu said Friday it has resumed vehicle shipments in Indonesia, two days after the Japanese carmaker halted all domestic and global shipments as it was determined most models had been subjected to improper safety tests. Indonesian authorities confirmed the safety of Daihatsu cars, as well as those produced by its local unit under … Read more
TOKYO: Toyota Motor shares slumped on Thursday as Japan’s transport ministry inspected a subsidiary over safety concerns dating back decades and as the world’s top-selling automaker separately also announced a recall of 1.1 million vehicles. Shares in Japan’s biggest automaker were down 3.8% by the end of morning trading. A day earlier, Toyota’s small-car unit … Read more
Toyota’s Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all vehicles both overseas and in Japan, it said Wednesday, after an investigation into a safety scandal found issues with some 64 models, including 22 sold under the Toyota brand. An independent panel has been investigating Daihatsu after it said in April it had rigged side-collision safety tests … Read more
A herd of elephants similar to the one that trampled the car that hit their babyPhoto: Xinhua News Agency / Contributor (Getty Images) Here in the U.S., there’s always the risk of a deer damaging your car or a bear breaking in to drink your soda, but you don’t exactly have to worry about anything … Read more