Toyota backs off full-sized pickup war queryvar=”toyota,backs,off,full-sized,pickup,war”; Mark Rechtin Automotive News | October 3, 2008 – 1:52 pm EST ENLARGE Toyota won’t engage the Tundra in U.S. pickup truck sales wars this year.   PARIS — Despite its recent 0 percent financing deals, Toyota is not going to engage Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge in [...]

  GM to close Ohio SUV plant 2 years ahead of plan queryvar=”gm,to,close,ohio,suv,plant,2,years,ahead,of,plan”; David Barkholz Automotive News | October 3, 2008 – 4:30 pm EST     DETROIT — General Motors is ending production of its slow-selling mid-sized SUVs on Dec. 23, two years earlier than announced in June. GM is pulling ahead the closure [...]

  Toyota offers 0% financing on 11 models Move could heat up incentive battles queryvar=”toyota,offers,0%,financing,on,11,models”; Hans Greimel Automotive News | October 3, 2008 – 12:01 am EST Bob Carter, Toyota Division general manager Photo credit: JOE WILSSENS   TOKYO — Toyota is turning to 0 percent financing on 11 models as it reels from its [...]

  Industry leaders ramp up rescue support queryvar=”industry,leaders,ramp,up,rescue,support”; Harry Stoffer Automotive News | October 2, 2008 – 5:02 pm EST     WASHINGTON — Automobile industry leaders today turned up pressure on Congress to pass a financial rescue package that they say is necessary to thaw frozen credit markets. General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, in [...]