Toyota's scandal-hit Daihatsu aims to resume vehicle develop...
25 April 2024
TOKYO: Scandal-hit Toyota Motor subsidiary Daihatsu aims to fully resume developing vehicles by as early as the end of this year, the president of the compact carmaker told reporte...
Toyota tightens oversight over scandal-hit small car unit Da...
09 April 2024
TOKYO: Japan's Daihatsu Motor said on Monday it will streamline the way it reports on development and certification to its parent Toyota Motor as the compact car maker seeks to ove...
Toyota says president, chairman of scandal-hit Daihatsu unit...
13 February 2024
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp said today both the president and chairman of Daihatsu Motor will step down almost a year after the small-car unit said it had rigged collision safety-test...
Toyota unit Daihatsu to unveil new management structure next...
09 February 2024
TOKYO: Toyota Motor's Daihatsu unit said today it planned to unveil a new management structure next week.
Soichiro Okudaira, president of Daihatsu, whose production has been ham...
Daihatsu recalls 320,000 cars, extends factory halt
25 January 2024
TOKYO: Daihatsu recalled more than 320,000 vehicles and extended a factory shutdown on Wednesday, deepening troubles sparked by a major safety testing scandal last month.
The To...
Beleaguered Daihatsu sees long wait to reopen factories
23 January 2024
TOKYO: Daihatsu, which cheated on safety tests for decades, said it doesn't expect to resume shipping cars any time soon.
The Japanese government ordered the Toyota subsidiary t...
Toyota to announce plans for scandal-hit Daihatsu in a month
16 January 2024
TOKYO: Toyota Motor plans to announce in about a month steps to overhaul its small-car specialist Daihatsu Motor after an investigation into misconduct at its unit related to rigge...
Certification revoked for 3 Daihatsu cars due to safety scan...
16 January 2024
TOKYO: The Japanese government is revoking certification for three Daihatsu Motor Co. vehicles after an investigation found the Toyota Motor Corp. affiliate had been manipulating c...
Daihatsu suspends all domestic production
26 December 2023
TOKYO: Daihatsu has suspended all its domestic production as the Toyota-owned company faces a massive safety testing scandal.
The firm, which has about 9,000 factory workers in ...
Daihatsu to compensate suppliers over output stoppage
25 December 2023
Daihatsu has resumed production of Perodua brand cars at two joint venture plants it operates with Perodua. — Reuters
TOKYO: Toyota Motor's small car unit Daihatsu Motor will comp...
Toyota halts some South-East Asian exports on Daihatsu scand...
24 December 2023
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TOKYO: Toyota Motor Co. halted shipments of six car models in Malaysia and four other South-East Asian countries as its subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. faces a widening s...
UMW Toyota Motor offers reassurance following Daihatsu safet...
22 December 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) sought to limit the fallout from the cheating scandal at Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd by reassuring Malaysian customers and...
Daihatsu offices raided after scandal halts all car shipment...
22 December 2023
Daihatsu headquarters in Osaka. — Image from Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
TOKYO: Daihatsu Motor Co.’s offices were raided by the Japanese government after an...
Toyota vows reform after affiliate Daihatsu caught in safety...
21 December 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp. pledged "fundamental reform” after subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. was forced to suspend all shipments - and now faces a government raid of its offices - fo...
Toyota and Daihatsu suspend shipments: Will Malaysian models...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Daihatsu has decided today to suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas.
Toyota has also decided to temporari...
Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments, in widening...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor's Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan's biggest automaker said today, after an investigation into a safety scandal found issues at 6...
Toyota Raize hybrid passes in-house collision test, says Dai...
26 May 2023
TOKYO: A safety test done by Daihatsu on the Toyota Raize hybrid SUV (sport utility vehicle) on May 24, specifically a driver's seat side collision test, delivered results that mee...
Suzuki, Daihatsu and Toyota to jointly launch electric mini-...
17 May 2023
TOKYO: Prototype zero-emission, battery electric powered mini-commercial vans jointly developed by Suzuki, Daihatsu and Toyota will be unveiled at an exhibition from May 18 to 21.
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Toyota-affiliate Daihatsu rigged safety test for 88,000 cars
28 April 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars, most of which were sold under the Toyota ...
Toyota says renewable hydrogen is the Swiss Army knife of en...
17 April 2023
In order to reduce vehicle emissions and eventually achieve carbon neutrality in Asean countries, the Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies (CJPT) consortium, which consists of...
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