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Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER At the old General Motors Corp., CEO Rick Wagoner's mantra was to run quick and run lean. Under Mr. Wagoner, however, the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN BUSINESS TICKER / AUTO PARTS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Two of Canada's largest auto parts makers narrowed their annual losses in 2009 and while that's a sign that [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Bloomberg News ENTERTAINMENT MI Developments Inc. will hang on to two more racetracks owned by its bankrupt Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) unit - including [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Canadian battery maker Electrovaya Inc. has won a contract with Chrysler Group LLC to provide lithium-ion batteries for a plug-in hybrid version [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING / DEALERSHIPS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER When Saturn was yanked out of the General Motors Co. orbit last year, Bob Clute had to move quickly to [...]

Byline: STEVEN CHASE AND GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING / TOYOTA OTTAWA and TORONTO -- Senior Transport Canada bureaucrats found themselves riding the hot seat on Parliament Hill yesterday, forced to [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKERS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER -- General Motors of Canada Ltd. has rejected calls to follow its parent company's example and voluntarily reinstate dealers who were terminated [...]

Byline: STEVEN CHASE AND GREG KEENAN; With reports from AP, Reuters AUTO INDUSTRY OTTAWA and TORONTO -- A House of Commons committee probing the Toyota Motor Corp. recall wants the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKERS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER General Motors of Canada Ltd. should match its parent company and reinstate some of the 240 dealerships that were terminated last year [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKERS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER A rare display of discipline among auto makers to cut consumer incentives is in danger of being blown apart by Toyota Motor [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Associated Press FORD TAKES POLE POSITION AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER As Ford Motor Co. roared into first place in the auto sales race in North [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan Kevin Williams will become the new president of General Motors of Canada Ltd., replacing Arturo Elias, who held the job for a little less than four years. [...]

Byline: BILL CURRY, BARRIE MCKENNA AND GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING OTTAWA and WASHINGTON and TORONTO -- Senior officials from Toyota and Transport Canada will be summoned to a parliamentary committee [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan BUSINESS TICKER / NORTH AMERICA / MANUFACTURING The Ontario government will invest about $80-million in a Ford Motor Co. engine plant in Windsor, Ont., and help establish [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Magna International Inc. wants to assemble complete electric vehicles for auto makers and ride the wave of innovation in electric and hybrid [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO SALES AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Since 1994, executives at General Motors of Canada Ltd. worried about the long-term prospects of Kesler Chevrolet in tiny Acme, Alta., population [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With reports from The Associated Press and Bloomberg THE TOYOTA CRISIS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The embattled scion of Toyota Motor Corp.'s founding family is admitting that the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Dow Jones and Associated Press AUTO MAKING / TOYOTA'S RECALL AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Toyota Motor Corp. now faces the prospect of a criminal investigation, [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Auto makers will face more intense oversight from regulators in the wake of the Toyota Motor Co. recalls and the 'tsunami' of [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN ENTERTAINMENT / HORSE RACING Frank Stronach and MI Developments Inc. will hang on to a trifecta of racetracks and stay in the horse racing business while most [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from reporter Steven Chase and Associated Press AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER U.S. government regulators turned up the pressure on Toyota Motor Corp. amid signs [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING TORONTO -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER In the space of about a week, Sergio Marchionne is turning Fiat SpA into a global auto maker, expanding into [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING TORONTO -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Senior Japanese auto industry executives are watching the frenzy surrounding the recall of millions of Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles closely [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER General Motors of Canada Ltd. wants the Ontario Superior Court to throw out a lawsuit filed by some of its terminated dealers so that [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER David Mondragon should be rubbing his hands in glee, anticipating a new vehicle blitz from Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. that [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Associated Press CAR MAKING / RECALLS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Toyota Motor Corp., the auto maker that made hybrid a household word, is recalling 437,000 [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AND STEVEN CHASE CAR MAKING TORONTO and OTTAWA -- Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to announce a recall today of its environmental showpiece, the Prius, as the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Bloomberg and Associated Press AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER *** Toyota Motor Corp. is moving to end the crisis that has battered its image, [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN, STEVEN CHASE AND JEFF GRAY THE TOYOTA RECALLS / AUTO MAKING / TOYOTA'S ACCELERATING CRISIS TORONTO, and OTTAWA and TORONTO -- The car sped up, racing along [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AND JEFF GRAY AUTO MAKING / RECALL Investors gave an early blessing to Toyota Motor Corp.'s repair plan and attempt to restore its reputation. Now the question [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Bloomberg AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Senior executives from the Canadian and U.S. operations of Toyota Motor Corp. will take to the television airwaves [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Associated Press AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Toyota Motor Corp., working frantically to solve a crisis that has led to the recall of more [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Bloomberg News and Associated Press AUTO INDUSTRY AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The storm battering Toyota Motor Corp. intensified as the company broadly extended its safety [...]

Byline: JEFF GRAY AND GREG KEENAN AUTO PARTS MISSISSAUGA and TORONTO -- A little trophy case greets visitors to CTS Corp.'s plant in Mississauga. Right on top, you find a [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Bloomberg News AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Rivals are pouncing, customers are pulling their cars off the road and Toyota Motor Corp. is scrambling [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan; Associated Press Business Ticker / NORTH AMERICA Toyota Motor Co. said yesterday it was suspending Canadian and U.S. sales of eight recalled vehicle models to fix accelerator [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN GREEN VEHICLES AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The electric Tesla roadster that goes from zero to 100 kilometres an hour in 3.7 seconds has been approved for sale in [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER 'Engine' Charlie Wilson, who as president of General Motors Corp. uttered the famous words that 'for years I thought what was good [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN THE LOOKAHEAD / Jan. 25 -29 AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Two of the world's largest auto makers will close the books on 2009 this week - one as [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Associated Press LITIGATION AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER General Motors of Canada Ltd., a Bay Street law firm and two of its lawyers have been targeted [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER High gas prices and the soaring Canadian dollar have wiped out Glendale International Corp., a manufacturer of recreational vehicles and trailers that [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO PARTS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The restructuring that is transforming the auto parts industry will continue this year and represents an opportunity for Magna International Inc. to [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKERS DETROIT -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The hybrid war is bursting into overdrive. Three global automotive powerhouses introduced new hybrid cars yesterday at the North American [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. produced a record 319,548 vehicles last year and will surpass that in 2010 with production of more than 400,000 cars and crossover [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER There's something missing from the North American International Auto Show this year: good old-fashioned American horsepower. The watchwords are 'small' and 'electric' [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AND LES PERREAUX AUTO MAKING TORONTO and MONTREAL -- New environmental regulations in Quebec that commence next week could raise the prices of 80 per cent of [...]

Byline: ANDY HOFFMAN AND GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING Canadian car parts giant Magna International Inc. is jumping into the mining sector with a strategic investment in a privately held lithium [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The Canadian Auto Workers union vows to battle any plan by General Motors Co. to shift production of some Chevrolet Impala models [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Dow Jones MANUFACTURING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER It's cheap, it's tiny, it caused a sensation in the global auto market when Tata Motors Ltd. of [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER General Motors Co. plans to produce the next generation of its Chevrolet Impala mid-sized car at a plant in Michigan in addition [...]