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Toyota recalls 550,000 vehicles for steering issue

Toyota has recalled 550,000 vehicles around the globe for a potential defect that could impact steering capabilities. The fix involves a replacement for the crankshaft pulley on V6 engines. Toyota said if the problem isn’t corrected, the belt for the power steering could become detached from the pulley, making it tough to steer.

BMW 4 Series stars at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show

This is the first ever BMW 4 Series coupe, debuting here at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. It’s BMW’s efforts to better separate and identify the 3 Series saloon and coupe models, so now the two-door coupe gets its very own ‘4 Series’ boot badge. We’ll cut to the chase, too – it’s good, very good.

Chevrolet Volt production halted – again

General Motors has revealed that they are to halt production of the Chevrolet Volt for four weeks as sales stay low. Back in March, we revealed that GM were to stop production of the Chevrolet Volt range extender EV as actual sales fell well behind projected sales. At that time – with a production target of 45,000 Chevy Volts in 2012 – GM had managed to flog just 1.626 Volts in the first two months of 2012 so they decided to halt production for a moth as they had 6,300 Volts stockpiled.