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<title><![CDATA[Toyota streamlines decision-making for North America]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda restructured the company's management this year to give more authority and autonomy to local regions. Nowhere was this more evident than in North America, where Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., was placed in charge of all Toyota sales and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acura seeks image boost by reviving NSX in Ohio]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- Honda officials hope the revived Acura NSX, an advanced hybrid sports car scheduled to arrive in 2015, will strengthen Acura's luxury footing. "We have a very clear understanding of the high customer expectations luxury buyers around the world have for a supercar, and our ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's official: Tundra is a bit player in pickups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Gone are the days when Toyota expected to challenge Detroit's dominance in full-sized pickups. "We're never going to challenge the Big 3 in terms of volumes," Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota's North American region, said in an interview. Now, he says Toyota will combine compact and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda to convert Ohio seat plant for Acura NSX output]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- Honda Motor Co. said today it will invest $70 million to convert a former seat plant here to assemble the next-generation Acura NSX. The plant will be staffed with about 100 specially trained production workers and equipped with robots to build the gasoline-electric hybrid ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Musk's magic touch on Wall St.]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- In the land of auto giants, Tesla Motors is a Lilliputian, a fledgling electric-car manufacturer with uncertain prospects. But by one measure Tesla stands among the big boys. The company's $8.8 billion stock market value at the end of last week exceeded Fiat's $7.8 billion and was ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Next Corolla gets CVT, 2 engine choices]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The redesigned 2014 Toyota Corolla that debuts here on June 6 will have a continuously variable transmission and will be offered with a choice of two engines, company officials have told dealers. The base 1.8-liter engine will be a carryover 132-hp four-cylinder. But dealers were ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acura's new ad agency targets buyers from luxury rivals]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Alex Leikikh, the son of Russian immigrants to Minnesota, had key posts at agencies Leo Burnett and Fallon -- working at Fallon on the BMW account -- before being named president of Mullen's headquarters office in Boston. This year, his team made an emotion-filled pitch to win the Acura business. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla shares surge 24% after 1st quarterly profit]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 17:21:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Tesla Motors Inc. shares surged today after the company posted its first quarterly profit in its 10-year history -- driven by sales of the battery-powered Model S sedan. First-quarter net income totaled $11.2 million from a loss of $89.9 million a year earlier, Tesla said Wednesday. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota: Cost to develop fuel cell cars falls]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The hydrogen refueling infrastructure may not be ready, but the cost of developing the fuel cell cars Toyota plans to launch in 2015 has plunged. Toyota's current fleet of Highlander-based vehicles, which were placed in university and utility fleets beginning in 2002, cost about $1 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda signals it may expand CVTs]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Honda's plan to produce continuously variable transmissions at a new plant in Celaya, Mexico, hints that more Honda models sold here could be fitted with CVTs. The $470 million factory in Celaya will operate alongside a vehicle assembly plant under construction that is scheduled to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. output of the Prius is on hold]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Once considered a sure bet for U.S. production, the Toyota Prius is now on indefinite hold for assembly here, said Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota's North American region. Toyota currently builds enough Priuses in Asia to satisfy global demand, Lentz said in an interview. "If you look at ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla hikes guaranteed residual value on Model S]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 16:16:48 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Tesla Motors Inc. increased the guaranteed residual value of its electric Model S sedan to 50 percent after its lease-to-own period of three years. The car's guaranteed residual value had been tied to that of the Mercedes-Benz S class, which, at 43 percent after 36 months, is ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda plans $470 million transmission plant in Mexico]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 14:11:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Honda Motor Co. plans to build a $470 million factory in Celaya, Mexico, to assemble continuously variable transmissions. The factory will operate alongside a plant under construction that's scheduled to build the next-generation Fit hatchback and a Fit-based crossover. Honda said ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota car sales slide in April]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 17:05:38 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. sales fell by 1 percent in April, with 176,160 units sold. Sales at the Toyota Division declined by 2 percent to 158,069 units while volumes at Lexus increased 3 percent to 18,091 vehicles sold. Toyota claimed it was the No. 1 retail brand for the second ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crossovers lead Honda April gains]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:56 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Stoked by record April results for the Honda CR-V and Acura RDX compact crossovers, American Honda sales increased 7 percent to 130,999 units last month. Honda Division sales advanced 7 percent to 117,100 units; volume at the Acura brand increased 14 percent to 13,899 units. With ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota 2015 fuel cell vehicle to cost between $50,000 and $100,000]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:51:11 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The cost of a completed hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is 1/20th of what it was when current prototypes were being developed, paving the way for a workable business model and improved sales prospects, one of Toyota's top engineers said today. Chris Hostetter, group vice president of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pelata on Renault's spy scandal: 'I had to leave']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Renault COO Patrick Pelata fell on his sword to save his boss and friend Carlos Ghosn -- and maybe his company. Pelata, often called one of the industry's best product strategists, was part of a small team of executives Carlos Ghosn brought to Nissan Motor Co. in 1999 after ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Once a product planner, former Renault executive Pelata now mines data]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Renault COO Patrick Pelata had plenty of job possibilities after leaving the French automaker last summer. So how did the European product planner who helped revive Nissan end up selling customer-retention software from an office here on Market Street? Pelata, 57, says he ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Once a product planner, Pelata now mines data]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Renault COO Patrick Pelata had plenty of job possibilities after leaving the French automaker last summer. So how did the European product planner who helped revive Nissan end up selling customer-retention software from an office here on Market Street? Pelata, 57, says he ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtues of '13 Civic: Low spiffs, high sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[L OS ANGELES -- Honda's redesigned 2012 Civic was much maligned, but it's hard to call it a flop. Though slammed for a cheap-looking interior, bland exterior styling and a carryover base engine, the Civic sold so well last year that many dealers weren't sure the decision to fast-track a major ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dealers grouse that stair-step plans are causing more pain than last year]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stair-step programs, the incentive plans that drive many dealers crazy, are causing more grumbling than they were a year ago. Several major retailers, including some of the largest dealership groups in the country, say stair-step programs are worse than last spring, when the programs set off ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pelata on Renault's spy scandal: 'I had to leave']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Patrick Pelata fell on his sword to save his boss and friend -- and maybe his company. Pelata, often called one of the industry's best product strategists, was part of a small team of executives Carlos Ghosn brought to Nissan Motor Co. in 1999 after Renault bought a controlling ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Accavitti sees American Honda's U.S. sales rising 6% in April]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.autonews.com/article/20130425/RETAIL01/130429940/accavitti-sees-american-hondas-u-s-sales-rising-6-in-april]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES andndash; Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. sales should increase by more than 6 percent in April, a top executive said. Honda Division is projected to see a 6 percent increase in volume, compared to last April, while sales at the Acura Division will be up between 10 and 11 percent, Mike ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Henrik Fisker: 'Confluence of events' led to company's downfall]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Henrik Fisker's testimony before the U.S. Congress today will paint the automaker he founded as a victim of "a confluence of events" and as an enterprise that is capable of being saved. Fisker, who resigned from Fisker Automotive on March 13, is among the automaker and government representatives ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Henrik Fisker: 'Confluence of events' led to company's downfall]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:29:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Henrik Fisker's congressional testimony on Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will paint the automaker he founded as a victim of "a confluence of events" and as a still-salvageable enterprise. Fisker, who resigned from Fisker Automotive on March 13, is among the ...]]></description>
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