... car buyers snapped up in October 2009, sending sales up for select manufacturers. The figures are in and the news for October 2009 ... least Mitsubishi has an electric car coming while Suzuki is looking more like Daihatsu and Isuzu, a pair of Japanese brands which have since abandoned ... s Audi brand each gained sales, suggesting that the market for luxury cars is on the mend. Indeed, both GM and Ford ...

... its tyres slashed by the recession, city car sales are powering ahead, double where they were last year and three times their ... , bigger, plusher seats, ? so the old way of making small cars, a truly minimalist philosophy, has had to be compromised. Even if you wanted to reintroduce the ... . Small cars, big successes... Shortest Smart ForTwo Smallest convertible Daihatsu Copen Most ...

... only three Japanese carmakers--the other two being minicar giants Suzuki and Daihatsu--that didn't lose money in fiscal 2009. For ... to 1.6 million cars. But at least the pain is easing. Between June and September, auto sales were down but at slower rate of 10. ... ' stimulus spending and have reduced stockpiles of unsold cars. Nissan executives, meanwhile, told reporters at the Tokyo Motor Show ...

... “reflects booming demand sparked by (government measures) as well as hot sales of hybrid cars,” Yoichiro Ichimaru, a Toyota executive vice president, said at ... announcing that it would be withdrawing from Formula One racing. The figures include sales at truck maker Hino Motors Ltd (7205.T) and compact car maker Daihatsu Motor Co (7262.T), but exclude vehicles made and sold by its joint ...