General Motors says it expects pretax earnings and profit margins to increase this year over last, after adjusting last year for recall costs.

The company also predicts improved automotive...

HEADLINE: Toyota CEO will now testify before Congress

CAPTION: Toyota''s president Akio Toyoda, under fire for his handling of sweeping recalls, will testify before a congressional hearing next week, appealing to...

1. Ford Explorers being driven by United Auto Workers members in support of the company

2. Pan of car as workers shout at passe
rs by
3. Close-up of cars, Capitol building in...

English/Nat

The US Transportation Department plans to recall over eight (m) million cars because of suspect Japanese-made seat belts, the largest such recall
ever.
In all, eleven car makes fitted...

HEADLINE:Some Toyota owners say fix doesn''t work

CAPTION: Some Toyota owners say they are still having trouble with unintended acceleration after their recalled cars were repaired, and the Transportation Department said...

General Motors says a pattern of incompetence and neglect, not a larger conspiracy or cover-up, is to blame for a long-delayed recall of defective ignition switches.

GM CEO Mary Barra, who...

Toyota has bounced back from safety recalls and natural disasters, selling 4.97 (m) million vehicles globally in the first half of the year to retake its crown as the world's top automaker from General...

1. Shigeo Watanabe, President, Bridgestone Corporation, walking into press conference

2. Wide press confe
rence
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Shigeo Watanabe, President, Bridgestone Co
rporation:
"Business...

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U.S. safety regulators have fined General Motors $35 million for delays in recalling small cars with faulty ignition switches that are linked to at least 13 deaths....

1. Wide-shot of press conference

2. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Shigeo Watanabe, President and CEO, Bridgeston
e Co.
"As of yesterday, our US affiliate, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. has requested an investigation by...

AP Television

New York - 27 March,
2013
1. Wide of 2014 Honda Odysse
y minivan
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tami Giammarco, Engine
er with Honda :
"So we...

1. Wide of exterior of Toyota dealer in Brussels

2. Close of Toyota
sign
3. Mid of Toyota Cor
olla model
4. Mid of To
yota RAV4 model
5. Wide of Toyota RAV4 and
Toyota Yaris...

The days of the iconic Volkswagen van are finally numbered.

It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers and their boards through endless summers and served as a...

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General Motors says it expects pretax earnings and profit margins to increase this year over last, after adjusting last year for recall c
osts.
The company also...

SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Schuld, Managing Director, Equinet Bank:

"Toyota is a forerunner in terms of taking the same products into different cars. And therefore, if they have a problem, it always affects a lot of...

AP Television

Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - 12 November
2012
1. Wide of test car a
pproaching
2. Close up of dashboard showing a warning sign...

Toyota said Wednesday it is recalling 1.9 (m) million hybrid Prius cars globally for a software glitch that could cause the vehicle to stall.

Toyota Motor Corp. said that 997,000 Prius cars in Japan, some...

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NAT SOT Shannon Wooten, son killed in
crash
"Shouldn't' be dead todayďż˝
it's sad."
SOUNDBITE (English) Shannon...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYTokyo - 21 May 20151. Wide of news briefing 2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Fumihiko Ike, Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA):"We...

Toyota gets 77 complaints in Japan about brake problems with Prius hybrid

FILE: October
2009
1. Various of Toyota Prius hybrid on display at the Tokyo
Motor Show
Prius
brake problems
Toky
o -...

1. Wide shot auto show floor

2. Medium shot Lincoln Town Car ballistic protection s
eries
3. Pan across new Lincoln
Ballistic
4. SOUNDBITE (English) John J
ariche, Lincoln
"It...

JAPAN SELF DRIVE SOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 4:03SHOTLIST: AP Television Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture – 13 July...

Five German automakers - Mercedes, Opel, Volkswagen (VW) and its subsidiaries Audi and Porsche - have agreed to recall a total of 630,000 diesel vehicles in Europe following an investigation into their emissions levels, German Transport...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYLos Angeles - 2 August 20161. Wide poster of Anton Yelchin2. Wide of signs and picture of Anton Yelchin3. Wide of attorney Gary A. Dordick and Victor and Irina...