| Toyota Australia announces 100 redundancies following export dip |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Toyota Australia says reduced demand from export markets has made it ';unsustainable to keep the manufacturing workforce at its current size';. The voluntary redundancies - which take effect from November 29 - will be accompanied by an eight per cent reduction in the number of cars produced at the Victorian plant every day, down from 470 to 431. Toyota says the precise number of ...
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| Toyota to cut 100 Melbourne jobs |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Toyota Australia is to cut 100 jobs at its manufacturing operations in Melbourne.The car maker says it will seek voluntary redundancies as it moves to reduce production from 470 to 430 vehicles a day from December.Executive vice president Dave Buttner says the decision has been necessary because of a fall in exports to the Middle East.He says the decision also comes as Toyota seeks to cut the ...
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| Toyota to cuts jobs and slash costs |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Toyota Australia is to cut jobs and must slash the cost of building cars in Australia in an effort to keep its local operations viable.Following a decision by Ford to stop local production in 2016 and concerns over Holden's future as a local car maker, Toyota has revealed its operations are under pressure.The company will axe 100 jobs at its manufacturing facilities in Melbourne by the end ...
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| Man fronts court after allegedly damaging cars |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Detective Senior Sergeant Annette Cooper said the man became intoxicated at a premises along the Stuart Highway on Sunday night and allegedly assaulted a 24-year-old man. "It is alleged the offender then armed himself with a large wrench and a screw driver and walked out into the Stuart Highway and Virginia Road intersection," Det Snr Sgt Cooper said. "The wrench was thrown at a ...
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| 100 to be laid off at Toyota by December |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Toyota Australia has announced that it will offer a round of voluntary redundancies, with 100 workers to leave the company’s Altona manufacturing plant at the end of ...
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| Hyundai i20 WRC team principal Michel Nandan interview |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Hyundai i20 homologated for the WRC series, so what will you be able to change as the season progresses and what needs to stay the same to keep it WRC ...
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| Hyundai WRC test day access all areas |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
test drivers are toiling stoicly on their i20 rally car without an air-conditioned sanctuary in sight. A luxury marquee would certainly ease tensions ...
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| Calls for black boxes in NSW trucks |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
Following the fuel tanker crash that killed two people in Sydney's north two weeks ago, Labor MP Ryan Park has written to Roads Minister Duncan Gay offering bipartisan support on the issue.Mr Park wants the government to examine making the technology mandatory, adding that a lack of an effective heavy vehicle compliance and accreditation scheme was potentially putting lives at risk.Heavy ...
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| Electric cars are running on empty promises |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
If government actually could mandate innovation, we could all fill up our cars with garden hoses. But even Washington can't turn water into automotive fuel and that's why federal subsidies premised upon technological breakthroughs -- such as those for electric cars -- are a waste of ...
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| 2014 Lexus CT200h facelift revealed |
Oct 15th, 2013 |
As expected, the 2014 Lexus CT200h embraces the latest form of the Japanese manufacturer's 'L-Finesse' design language, which is distinguished by the signature spindle grille. F Sport badges confirm the spied hatchback is the flagship sports variant, which is likely to feature unique styling elements such as the grey fog light surrounds, racy 10-spoke alloy wheels, and restyled ...
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