The Car Hub

Amid the devastating global slump in demand for cars, fuel-sipping hybrid cars have become a bright spot for the industry with Honda and Toyota seeing robust demand for their latest models.
 

It is going to be hard to find cheap car hire this year unless you know where to search.
Further bad news just through from Travel Consultants Advito forecast car hire price rises this year, their forecast is partly based on the huge number of Toyota cars being recalled for modification as Toyota cars form a large part of car hire fleets.

The New Zealand Herald today are reporting that in the USA complaints are increasing of sudden acceleration occurring following the repair of recalled Toyota’s.
To date there are 105 known complaints in the USA of cars speeding up on their own.

The news is not good for you poor Toyota owners.
Some lawyers are now stating that if, as an owner, you have received a recall notice from Toyota that you have a fault on your car you should not take to the roads with it.
The police could also call over a Toyota for a roadside check, and similar to above, if you have received a recall notice you could be charged with driving a vehicle with a known fault.

2010 is not starting out to be a good year for Japanese car makers.
Today Honda announced they are recalling 172,000 Jazz models in the U.K.  over concern to the master power window switch, this follows an incident in S. Africa when a child was killed in a car fire.

Japanese F1 driving sensation Kamui Kobayashi (KK) is revealed as the first driver to sign up for Sauber  next season.
Prior to the end of last season hardly anyone had heard of KK until he took over the injured Timo Glock's ride at Toyota but the last two races of last season at Brazil and Abu Dhabi where he finished 9th and 6th respectively caught everyone's eye.

This FT-86 made quite an impression when displayed at the recent Tokyo Motor Show.