Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety , Toyota After a long spell as the apple of the media’s eye, Toyota is now officially in the bad news barrel. So far the Japanese automaker has announced the recall of 5.3 million vehicles for floor mat issues that may lead to unintended acceleration and a separate recall of 2.3 million vehicles for sticking gas pedals ( watch the explanatory video ).
Filed under: Motorsports , Renault , Racing Renault R30 F1 challenger – Click above for high-res image gallery. Follow the jump to watch video.
Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Acura , Canada , Luxury At the very least, our friends to the north will soon have another Acura TL trim level to choose from. Reader Steve F. dropped us a line to let us know he received this mailing from Acura , which included an announcement a new TL A-Spec model.
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show , Motorsports , Event Alert Just like January equals Detroit , February means Chicago for auto show lovers. The major players will again descend upon McCormick Place in the Windy City, along the banks of the still-frozen Lake Michigan.
Renault on Sunday presented Vitaly Petrov, Russia's first formula one driver, as the occupant of its second race seat for the 2010 season.
On the tarmac of the Ricardo Tormo circuit at Valencia on Sunday afternoon, Sauber revealed its car for the 2010 season.
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Filed under: Motorcycle The upper-middleweight naked bike segment, which currently has entrants from the likes of BMW , Aprilia and Ducati , is about to get an good ol’ injection of Japanese know-how as Yamaha readies its upcoming new FZ8 for production. Yamaha apparently sees room for a machine that splits the difference between the smaller FZ6 (and FZ6R ) and the full FZ1 naked literbike.
Filed under: Government/Legal , Japan , Recalls , Toyota With Toyota’s woes seemingly multiplying by the day, you knew it was just a matter of time before the lawyers arrived on scene.