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Toyota Motor Corp. announced to maintain limited output at half capacity in Japan from May 10 to June 3 in the course of a supply crunch following the magnitude 9.0-earthquake and tsunami on March 11 at north-eastern Japan.   The world’s No. 1 automaker said it still remained unclear when the company would return to full production in Japan. Toyota spokeswoman ...

  Although, Toyota had announced on end of last week that production will resume in Japan at half of its capacity. In the other hand, Toyota Motor Corp. said yesterday that it will suspend production in Europe for 8 days due to parts shortages following last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.   The move underscored how the supply ...

  Malaysian National Automaker Perodua says its production of cars is being disrupted by a shortage of parts from Japan following the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan.   Perodua, which is partly owned by Japan’s Daihatsu Motor Corp., says adjustments have been made to ensure inventories last until May. No details are further elaborate.   In a ...

  After the Japan massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, the latest report on Japan’s March auto sales are reportedly the worst they’ve been since 1968. Overall vehicle sales were down 44.2% from the same month in 2010, while sales of all light cars were down a similarly colossal 32.5% on the month.   With many Japanese automakers ...

  The major Japanese automakers had recently announcing its impacts, damages and plans after the resulting from the March 11, 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami.   Toyota announced to resume production on March 28 for the Prius and two Lexus hybrids – the HS 250h and CT 200h. The Prius is made at the Tsutsumi factory in western Japan, while ...

While Tokyo Electric Power Co. battling a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor 220km north of Tokyo. To conserve power in Japan, the authority had planned rolling blackouts.     As results, many manufacturer plants are out of production. However, Japan’s automakers may be able to make up for lost output by using excess production capacity at unaffected plants and running ...

The power of natural disasters had affected many tragedies and eco-systems. All type of transportation mode is forced to halt from Sea, Land to Air transports. We are not talking only solely on all the Japanese Automobiles although we miss all the upcoming Toyota FT-86, Honda CR-Z Turbo and so   According to Kyodo news agency, Japan’s transport ministry on ...

A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan and triggered tsunami. A 23-foot tsunami swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland and prompted a nuclear emergency. This natural disaster has created many losses of lives as well as damages to a couple hundred of automobiles.     The photo of the fleet of cars as seen above was taken ...