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“A #Japanese transport ministry raid found #Toyota – along with #Mazda, #Honda and #Suzuki – submitted inaccurate #SafetyData and used specifically modified vehicles to #manipulate crash-test results.

Production resumed in September 2024 after the vehicles were retested and Toyota apologised – but this may have been the catalyst for the car maker dropping them from their range, the ageing models to be effectively replaced by the new-generation #Corolla that launched in 2018.”

#Australia / #cars <drive.com.au/news/toyota-corol>

DriveToyota Corolla Axio and Fielder models dropped in JapanToyota will stop making the Toyota Corolla Axio and Fielder later this year, following suspended sales in 2024.

Known by different names in different markets, here in the UK it’s the Suzuki Vitara. A car that was the height of fashion in the early nineties and a surprisingly capable little offroader if needed, although you likely wouldn’t go green laning if you had the Fatboy kit like this one.

Original art here: angyl.co.uk/shop/p/suzuki-vita

Prints available here: redbubble.com/shop/ap/16701119

#autocar also reports that #Suzuki is putting the handbrake on their #EV plans.

I just increasingly get the feeling Japanese car manufacturers are going to be facing some very dire times in the next 5–10 years. They will be outpaced by China and Korea, as well as individual companies elsewhere.

autocar.co.uk/car-news/consume

Autocar · Suzuki puts future EVs on hold as it "monitors" electric car marketBy Will Rimell