Nissan Contributing to Italian Earthquake Relief
Lamborghini Earthquake Shutdown Discussed

Production screeched to a halt for several Italian automakers including Lamborghini after earthquakes shook the country starting May 20. Finally, Lamborghini is offering insight to how its line was actually affected by the disaster.

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Ferrari 599XX Evo Sells at Charity Auction With 1.3 Million Reserve

Ferrari announced a charity auction last week after the earthquakes that rocked Italy starting May 20 affected families, compromised homes and even shut down the automaker’s production.

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Earthquakes in Italy Prompt Ferrari Charity Auction

Earthquakes that have rocked Italy since May 20 claimed at least 16 lives since they started, but Ferrari is trying to help ease the pain by holding a charity auction and directing the proceeds to the victims’ families. 

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SIM-LEI EV Revealed With 206 Mile Range

It’s the SIM-LEI EV, built by the SIM Company, founded in 2009 at Japan’s Keio University. What separates it from the other EVs on the block is SIM’spreference to use four electric motors, one per wheel, rather than a central motor under the hood. The car should have debuted in March, 2011 but couldn’t meet that date after the earthquake devastation of last year.

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Highly Radioactive Cars Being Sold Illegally in Japan

If you thought the risk of buying a flood car after Hurricane Katrina was serious, imagine having your health threatened just from being near the car. That’s exactly what’s been happening in Japan, where unsuspecting consumers are being sold dangerously radioactive cars that belonged to people living in Fukushima and the surrounding area after the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the prefecture’s nuclear power plant in March.

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Driver Captures March 11 Tsunami From Inside Car [Video]
A fearless driver captured footage of the March 11 tsunami from inside his car. Yu Muroga was driving to work the morning of the March 11 disaster, when he filmed the destruction on the city streets.
Some drivers made a run for it while other drivers stayed inside. There was likely a higher probability of surival if one stayed inside the car.  Amazingly, Muronga’s car did not flood despite water at one point, coming up to the windows. Check out this incredible video after the jump!
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Ferrari Auction Nets $724,000 for Dissaster Relief in Japan

Japan’s wealthy elite brought out their wallets this past weekend for a more than worthy cause; rebuilding the country they call home. At an event hosted by Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo and attended by Italian ambassador Vincenzo Petrone and Japanese Minister of Industry Banri Kaieda, a total of $724,000 was raised to help the disaster relief efforts in Japan.

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Mazda Is Back To Normal Production Levels After Earthquake Disaster

Mazda has officially announced that the assembly plants in Japan are back to normal operational levels. The Japanese automaker predicts that it will be able to achieve a domestic production volume of 900,000 units during the current fiscal year (April 2011- March 2012). The company is also predicting sales revenue of 2.19 trillion yen based on a global sales target of 1.305 million units during the current fiscal year.

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Toyota And Honda Plan To Hire 5,000 Workers As Japan's Industry Recovers

Toyota and Honda plan to hire as many as 5,000 temporary workers in Japan for the first time in more than a year as the automotive industry recovers from the March 11 earthquake.

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VW's Rearview Cameras No Longer Available Because Of Earthquake

The Japanese Earthquake disaster of March 11, 2011, has wreaked havoc all around the world and has affected Volkswagen by interrupting supply of their backup cameras. Consumers that want a rear view camera fitted to their VW may have to wait for shipments to resume.

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Honda's North American Production Returns To 100 Percent In August

North American Honda production will return to normal in August, earlier than expected, the company announced in a statement today.

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Toyota Corolla Power Steering Investigation Closed

The U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its investigation into the power steering system in the 2009-2010 Toyota Corolla with no defects found.

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Honda Fit Shuttle Wagon to Launch This June

Honda has scheduled the June 16 release of its all new Fit Shuttle. The new station-wagon-like variant of the popular Fit subcompact will be offered with both a regular 4-cylinder engine or a hybrid version, the Nikkei business daily reported.

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Nissan Reinforces Plant In Defense Of Future Earthquakes

Nissan is looking to strengthen some key plants in an effort to minimize damage from future earthquakes starting with the heavily damaged Iwaki engine plant in the Fukushima prefecture.

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