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Subaru appoints sales specialist as its new global president

The maker of Subaru-brand cars has tapped a marketing and sales specialist to be the company's new president and lead global automotive operations in the post-quake era. Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, 57, is currently an executive vice president at Subaru's parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. He takes the title of president and COO, pending approval at the company's annual shareholders' meeting on June 24, Fuji Heavy said May 10.

Yamaha Motiv concept stars at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013

This is a real surprise here at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013 – it turns out that Yamaha is one of the companies that has done a deal with Gordon Murray Design to further investigate building a car using the firm’s revolutionary iStream efficient production process. Yes, Yamaha. The motorbike company.

Ford Galaxy MPV spied stateside

Autoweek reader and frequent spy-shot contributor Spencer Abbott sends these photos of what appears to be a Ford Galaxy MPV -- or minivan, as we typically call the vehicles stateside -- testing in metropolitan Detroit. The Galaxy received a facelift in 2010, and that appears to be what we're seeing in these photos. Your guess is as good as ours as to why the vehicle was out and about near Ford's Dearborn, Mich., headquarters.