Automotive News: Toyota keeps its big recall alive, Dieselgate : Porsche Cayenne V6 TDI Diesel SUV Under Scanner; Reportedly Violates Emissions Norms
Toyota keeps its big recall alive
2009-10 unintended acceleration crisis fuels automaker's drive for safety
Seven years after Toyota Motor Corp.'s unintended acceleration debacle, the Japanese carmaker is keeping the legacy of the embarrassing global recall alive — but in a good way.
Toyota announced last month that it will pump $35 million into a second round of research projects following the recall, running through 2020. The program follows up on research Toyota initiated in 2011 in response to the recalls. That research wrapped up in December 2015.
Most automakers would hope a painful safety recall would simply slip from the public's memory. Not Toyota. read more »
Dieselgate : Porsche Cayenne V6 TDI Diesel SUV Under Scanner; Reportedly Violates Emissions Norms
The dieselgate scandal is back to haunt Volkswagen and this time it’s the Porsche Cayenne V6 TDI that has come under the scanner as the German Transport Ministry has ordered probe on the diesel SUV. A recent report by Reuters suggest that the German Transport Ministry has ordered the KBA watchdog agency to examine the emissions of sports car maker Porsche, a unit of Volkswagen. The issue for the sports car maker rose when German news magazine Der Spiegel reported the Porsche Cayenne V6 TDI diesel SUV model had much higher emissions than legally allowed. read more »
