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Akio Toyoda waves family flag, heir makes crisis personal challenge

The reclusive Akio Toyoda is taking the rare step of waving the family flag, as the scion to Toyota Motor Corp.’s founding dynasty tries to steer the world’s largest car company out of a spiraling safety crisis. In testimony prepared for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, President Toyoda pursues a rare personal tack on the emergency, saying “my name is on every car.” “As you well know, I am the grandson of the founder, and all the Toyota vehicles bear my name,” Toyoda says in prepared comments circulated ahead of Wednesday’s committee hearing in Washington. “For me, when the cars are damaged, it is as though I am as well.” The intimate reflection is a departure for Toyoda, who has spent most of his career sidestepping public discussion of his lineage.

Driver prefer atlas to sat-nav

SATELLITE NAVIGATION may have become an integral part of many drivers’ daily routine, three quarters of the UK’s motorists (76%) say they still prefer to use a road atlas to plan journeys. Drivers in a survey by the AA said they found an atlas more useful to give an overview of a journey. While satellite navigation systems are useful, a further 65% of drivers said they still use an atlas to check the sat-nav is selecting the best route.

Lamborghini Unica Tease – new super sports car at Geneva +video

Lamborghni Unica teased ahead of Geneva 2012 Lamborghini has released a teaser video for next week’s Geneva Motor Show promising a brand new uncompromising super sports car -Lamborghini Unica It looks like the Lamborghini Unica – if that is the name Lamborghini has chosen for their new uncompromising super sports car – is designed to steal some of the thunder from the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta in Switzerland next week. But what is it? We know it’s not the Lamborghini MLC SUV, because that’s not scheduled to be revealed until the Beijing Motor Show in April.