Toyota shelves goal of selling 10 mln vehicles (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday slashed its 2009 sales forecast due to slowing demand, putting off its goal of becoming the world's first automaker to sell more than 10 million vehicles in a year.
Man in court over stolen vehicles (BBC News)
A 27-year-old Eglinton man is to appear at Londonderry Magistrates Court charged with handling stolen vehicles and money laundering.
Summary Box: Consumers testing hydrogen vehicles (AP via Yahoo! News)
TEST PROGRAMS: General Motors, Honda and BMW are letting a small number of consumers road test hydrogen-powered vehicles to gain feedback and see how the advanced vehicles might fare in day-to-day driving conditions.
Toyota cuts 2009 global sales target to 9.7 million vehicles amid rising costs, slow US market (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
TOKYO - Toyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 by 700,000 vehicles to 9.7 million Thursday, showing that even one of the world's most durable automakers is being hurt by rising material costs, a slowing U.S. market and soaring gas prices.
Chinese vehicles' drive to America revs up (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
Chinese automakers have been trying to get their vehicles to the United States market for several years. They have been exhibiting at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. But as of right now, not one is sold in America.
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