Hans Greimel

Ending production at the Mexico plant takes Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa a step closer in a restructuring plan that involves shuttering seven of the company's 17 global manufacturing plants.

Toyota raised its full-year profit outlook as record sales and production, led by strong U.S. hybrid demand, helped the automaker absorb a $9.8 billion tariff impact.

Mitsubishi will ramp up fleet sales after it posts a quarterly net loss as tariffs and declining sales hit results, with operating profit falling 79 percent.

Despite provisions for supply chain uncertainty, Nissan’s outlook for a loss was somewhat tempered by a surprise profit in the latest quarter.

Toyota risk assessment from the deepening Nexperia semiconductor shortage is framed by the carmaker’s legwork in making its supply chain more resilient since Japan’s 2011 earthquake.

A carbon-capture contraption cleans the car’s exhaust before it leaves the tailpipe.

The Corolla Concept, unveiled at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, leverages Toyota's next generation of smaller, more efficient powertrains to deliver a bigger cabin, better visibility, sleeker aerodynamics and a more planted, athletic footprint.

Lexus pitches a family of LS vehicles, a conventional crossover-like coupe with four wheels, a chauffeur-centric people mover with six and a personal mobility zip-about with three.

For Nissan, the strategy has an added benefit of possibly lifting production rates, as the company races to improve sales, boost factory efficiency and return to the profit path.

Automakers at this month’s revitalized Japan Mobility Show pitch everything from new electric vehicles and old-school internal combustion SUVs to a six-wheeled premium Lexus concept vehicle and this glitzy coupe from Toyota’s newly spun-off Century ultra-luxury brand.