"We will be able to deliver even greater value to a wider customer base." Honda and Nissan plan new supercompany to rival Toyota and Volkswagen — here's how it could benefit you first appeared on The Cool Down.

A new report shows Toyota donated more money to climate denying Congressional candidates than other automakers, and the gap is increasing.

The Volkswagen Group hasn't had a great year - and while it only slid 2.3 percent from 2023, that was still enough to see TMC perform a LOL on them

German automaker Volkswagen saw its global sales fall in 2024. This means Japanese rival Toyota Motor will take pole position for a fifth year in a row.

Associations representing both automotive component makers and car manufacturers — including Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp. — said in near-identical letters seen by Bloomberg that they need at least a year to source alternative steel supplies.

The Biden administration would like for car manufacturers to equip their vehicles with new and improved emergency braking systems that could reduce accidents and save lives. Car manufacturers would rather not. So a lobbying group representing the biggest names in automotives is suing to stop the new rule from taking effect.

Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has agreed to pay $1.6bn (£1.3bn) and plead guilty to deceiving US regulators about the amount of emissions produced by its diesel engines. The truck company will also be banned from exporting its diesel engines to the country for five years.

Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement with US agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than 105,000 US vehicles, the company and US government said on Wednesday.

Brand Finance has published its annual Global 500 report for 2025, and the situation isn't rosy for the most valuable EV automaker in the world

For the fourth successive year, Toyota was Ireland’s best-selling car brand in 2024, selling 17,521 passenger cars, which was 4,001 more than the next best-seller, Volkswagen, with Skoda, Hyundai and Kia making up the top five.

Toyota is thinking about a full-scale return to Formula 1.Following its technical partnership with Haas that began in 2024, the alliance started with Toyota’s branding appearing on Haas cars towards the end of last year's championship.